Quick Hitch

[Portuguese Farmer]

No, good works also has one

 

[California]

If someone is building a ballast box here's a way to mount the lower pins.

Hammer the pins into 1.25" OD square tubing then weld them together.


Here's a thread describing the application. I put additional pins on an old back blade to make it quick hitch compatible.

 

[dinoedwards]

Picking up my Speeco QH Monday but just saw great videos on Pats Quick Connects, man! should have got those instead, I have some older stuff that may not work with Speeco.

 

[WranglerX]

Picking up my Speeco QH Monday but just saw great videos on Pats Quick Connects, man! should have got those instead, I have some older stuff that may not work with Speeco.

Modify the "older stuff" once to fit QH and be happy forever..... QH is 3rd generation designed to do a way with all the foibles of non standard hitch attachments....

 

[WinterDeere]

Modeify the "older stuff" once to fit QH and be happy forever..... QH is 3rd generation designed to do a way with all the foibles of non standard hitch attachments....

I modded all of my non-QH implements the year I bought a QH. Well-worth the effort, as I made other improvements while I already had the welder and other tools out and handy.

 

[dinoedwards]

True, still would need bushings for Pats.

 

[California]

I modded all of my non-QH implements the year I bought a QH. Well-worth the effort

Yeah. Here's my minor improvement to a small disc to match the QH. New pins and some washers.

No bushings. There's no need for a precision fit in this application.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

If someone is building a ballast box here's a way to mount the lower pins.

Hammer the pins into 1.25" OD square tubing then weld them together.


Here's a thread describing the application. I put additional pins on an old back blade to make it quick hitch compatible.

That's pretty neat. I don't need it for that purpose, but I have been thinking of stiffening the pins on my subsoiler, which I abuse a lot, and this would be one way to do it.

Reading this thread, I'm wondering why people don't buy Pat's hitches instead of all that steel. My Pat's hitch system has been great so far, and I believe it will allow me to connect an offset flail mower, which won't work with a normal QH.

I wonder if there is some problem with Pat's hitches that I don't know about.

 

[CalG]

That's pretty neat. I don't need it for that purpose, but I have been thinking of stiffening the pins on my subsoiler, which I abuse a lot, and this would be one way to do it.

Reading this thread, I'm wondering why people don't buy Pat's hitches instead of all that steel. My Pat's hitch system has been great so far, and I believe it will allow me to connect an offset flail mower, which won't work with a normal QH.

I wonder if there is some problem with Pat's hitches that I don't know about.

I bent the locking lever on the Pat's, but it bent right back.

I also bent a couple of pins using bushings on a Cat 1 scoop bucket with my Cat II tractor. Actually, IIRC I have 5 bent pins, why I save them, lord only knows. ;-

Weld ons?

 

[California]

I sometimes use the QH to shove an implement into alignment before hooking up. Doubt you can do that without a QH.

The QH also provides 65 lbs of ballast mounted far back, significant on a small tractor.

Here's a photo from when I had to backfill a trench in the narrow corridor behind the barn. To improve traction in that tight space I chained on two 75 lb wheel weights. I have two more but didn't need them. If I ever do this again I'll first put on the side-to-side drawbar for a little more weight and to reduce swaying.

The QH has many uses. Note the toolbox carried there.

 

[California]

My Pat's hitch system has been great so far, and I believe it will allow me to connect an offset flail mower, which won't work with a normal QH.

I offset my rotary mower same as I would without the QH, by adjusting the tractor's sway chains.

So far as I know, either allows the same offset for an implement. If the mower itself has the offset, again, either device should allow the same offset.

 

[deezler]

Yeah. Here's my minor improvement to a small disc to match the QH. New pins and some washers.

No bushings. There's no need for a precision fit in this application.

Thanks for this image. I will need to reconfigure my old 7' rear scraper blade with something like this, probably.

 

[dinoedwards]

Brush cutter hooked up good to new Speeco QH it's the biggest heaviest piece I have so that's great.
Box will have to move mount and support arms, no biggie, but my 4' rake pins are to short.
Which bushings or extra long pins can I use? Need about 2 inches more each side?
5 1/4" now, need about 8" each?

 

[Williy]

On a quick hitch when the bottom pins are locked in
its not possible for the top pin to jump out of the top
hook

willy

 

[bcp]

On a quick hitch when the bottom pins are locked in
its not possible for the top pin to jump out of the top
hook

willy

It appears to me that "top pin jumps out" complaints are from using a rotary cutter, in a quick hitch, with a pin (red) in the holes designed for the top link, instead of re-assembling the cutter hitch to fit a quick hitch.

The A-frame should fit the quick hitch, with the flex link behind the A-frame.

Bruce

 

[California]

Brush cutter hooked up good to new Speeco QH it's the biggest heaviest piece I have so that's great.
Box will have to move mount and support arms, no biggie, but my 4' rake pins are to short.
Which bushings or extra long pins can I use? Need about 2 inches more each side?
5 1/4" now, need about 8" each?

The slightly longer pins shown above were from Tractor Supply.

For your rake needing substantially longer pins, and if maintaining OEM authenticity isn't important, I would cut off the pins and weld on a new pin assembly like shown in post #42 above, with the pins hammered full depth into square tubing.

I don't think a rake can cause extreme stress, but you think so then you might want to reinforce the new pin assembly. See the other post linked from post #42.

 

[dinoedwards]

The rake is light and could just hook it to 3 point but would be nice to have all attachments used with QH.
QH 29 1/2" rake is 21" Believe extra long pins from Rural King at 5 1/2 usable end 8" overall should work.

 

[deezler]

Just picked my SpeeCo up from tractor supply along with a couple longer CAT1 pins. Excited to get all my attachments configured.

 

[deezler]

I don't know if tractor-supply is getting these SpeeCo's from some sort of clearance house or what, but it came with no paperwork and just some bubble wrap around oh, 80% of the unit. Forgot to take a pic before ripping it off. But the bottom on each side was unprotected and just covered in some stupid warning tape from UPS. Not awesome, but oh well.

Easily swapped it in without even disconnecting the PTO shaft.

I guess I'll just configure each attachment one at a time as I swap them in, from now on.

Joke's on me though, as the good deal I got on this quick hitch was quickly squandered by an impulsive grab of a basic chicken coop as a surprise for mother's day, hahaha.

 

[dinoedwards]

I don't know if tractor-supply is getting these SpeeCo's from some sort of clearance house or what, but it came with no paperwork and just some bubble wrap around oh, 80% of the unit. Forgot to take a pic before ripping it off. But the bottom on each side was unprotected and just covered in some stupid warning tape from UPS. Not awesome, but oh well.

Easily swapped it in without even disconnecting the PTO shaft.

I guess I'll just configure each attachment one at a time as I swap them in, from now on.

Joke's on me though, as the good deal I got on this quick hitch was quickly squandered by an impulsive grab of a basic chicken coop as a surprise for mother's day, hahaha.

Mine came the same way wrapped in plastic but everything works!