Quick Hitches BX23 w/ Speeco quick hitch and 3pt receiver frame

[jim_wilson]

finally got some of my pictures scanned in and figured I would post a few. I got sick of manhandling the box blade and rear blade on and off of the 3pt so I bought a Speeco quick hitch and adapted everything over to use it. Then I made a 2" receiver adapter so I could tow my lawn roller. The Speeco is great - I can swap implements with no manhandling and none of the cursing that I am used to. Plus it weighs about 75 pounds itself so it adds a little extra ballast to the rear of the tractor.

 

[jim_wilson]

2nd shot - picture of the receiver hitch with the roller attached

 

[surfran]

Looks real nice Jim. Never can have too many options for making life easier! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jim_wilson]

another pic showing just the quick hitch on the 3pt. I have found the quick hitch to be a lifesaver. I had to do a little bit of modification to it to get my Woods box blade to fit but other than that it fit great. I bought a bunch of extra bushing kits from Northern tool to fit all my implements - Woods GBC48 box blade, Kioti RB22-60 rear blade, and my homemade 2" receiver adapter. I found that the bushings were easier to attach to the implements by just getting some 7/8" bolts insted of trying to fit them over the existing Cat1 pins and use the retaining pins that were supplied with the bushings. Neither the back blade or the box blade Cat1 pins retaining pin holes lined up with the holes in the bushings - using the bolts was just easier and saved me from having to modify anything. If I ever need to go back to using the implements on a regular 3pt I just have to unbolt the bushings and bolt the regular pins back on.

 

[jim_wilson]

another shot with the receiver adapter installed