3PT quick hitch questions??

[gwdixon]

Thanks. Pats easy change looks like a good product, but after having telescopic link ends, no real need for Pats. I know full sized AG tractors have been running the 3PT QH for ever, that is why I asked.

If I have to get off the tractor to hook up one, I am hooking up all three.

The telescopic lower arms will do you no good with a frame-style QH. You might as well have fixed lower arms.

The telescopic arms are not a be-all, do-all either. The implement lift pins have to be lined up vertically with the lift arms or you'll have to fool around with the adjustable link on one of the lift arms. Having a Top & Tilt helps a great deal but it is still fooling around.

If the pins do not line up you can hook up the lowest pin and the top link and then lift the 3PH a bit until the other lift pin and lower arm line up. And this is with the telescopic lower arms.

Pat's makes an insertable QH for telescopic arms that does not lengthen the lower arm at all so the PTO shaft and hydraulic top link problems of being too short are eliminated. I got them for my M7040 after dealing with the foibles of the telescopic arms for awhile.

Don't get me wrong, the telescopic arms are a huge improvement over the fixed arms. But there is a better way. Oh, and I don't work for Greenwell Mfg. or have any association with them other than being a four-time customer.

 

[jenkinsph]

If the pins do not line up you can hook up the lowest pin and the top link and then lift the 3PH a bit until the other lift pin and lower arm line up. And this is with the telescopic lower arms.



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Most telescopic links I have used will swivel up and down when pulled out making it easier to attach implements where the hitch isn't sittling level. Normally if you attach the lowest arm first you can raise the opposite arm easily by lifting it up.

I have both telescopic links and I match and find the IMatch is hands down the winner.

 

[MJPetersen]

Quick Hitches are just coming available here, but I wanted one so I ended up making one for my self. I have used it a lot since I made -- it is always on the lift except when I am using the tiller (2 point). I had to conform my home made implements to my new standard, but it is so easy now to change implements that is far and away worth it. My tractor is small enough that I can man-handle most of my implements, but now it is so fast to change implements that I can use the right tool for the job instead of the "one on the lift." :thumbsup:

pictures of my hitch and the mods that I made are linked in my signature.

Mike