Quick Hitches Attaching a Box Blade with a Quick Hitch

[felixedo]

I have a NH TC-35D (Not relevant, but I know you guys like to know), and have installed a quick hitch on the 3 pt arms. It is NOT the PAT'S EASY CHANGE. I got it at Tractor Supply, but can't remember what they called it. The issue is this: My Land Pride Box Blade normally attaches by the arms going between two ears, and then a pin is inserted through the ball at the end of the lift link. When wanting to use the Quick Hitch, you would think that you would just insert the pins through the ears and lift the implement into place. Problem 1: The steel surrounding the pin extends out too far from the mounting hole and blocks me from inserting a locking pin into the Quick Hitch.
Problem 2: Attempting to resolve Problem 1, I installed pins extending outward from the outside mounting ear. There is no material that can interfere, and I should be able to lock the hitch. Now, with the lift arms pushed out far enough to grab the pins, the pins and hitch arms are at too great of an angle to allow the pins to seat down into the hitch.

Please advise me on your ideas and experience for the best possible solution.
1. Replace current Quick Hitch with Pat's Easy Change. I don't mind doing this, but I haven't seen one in detail up close and don't know if it's a solution or not. Depending on how the hitch locks and the locking pin location, this could be the best, simplest and preferred solution. Also, overall width is a consideration.
2. Insert a pin through the ears as originally designed, and cut off enough material to remove interference. I don't mind doing this, but it is a rather permanent alteration, so I want to make certain I don't otherwise weaken the attachment points and ultimately not solve my problem.
3. Replace the outward extending Class II pins with smaller diameter pins, so they drop down into the hitch. Again, using a weaker hitch point and puling on the implement at odd angles. I continue to be skeptical of pulling on the box blade from outside the attachment ears rather than between them.

These are the 3 possibilities I have come up with. I invite your own advise, thoughts and experience.
-- Jeff

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Pictures are worth a thousand words, pics would help everyone SEE exactly what you are dealing with.

Pictures will get you much more help and probably several solutions.

 

[orangeandgreen]

As Brian said, pictures make things much easier to understand.
I think I had a similar issue with my King Kutter tiller and Harbor Freight QH though.
I removed a little material from the back of the quick hitch "hook" and a little material from the frame of the tiller and it clears now. I first tried the smaller pins, but the tiller jumped around too much when in use.

 

[Fallon]

As Brian said, pictures make things much easier to understand.
I think I had a similar issue with my King Kutter tiller and Harbor Freight QH though.
I removed a little material from the back of the quick hitch "hook" and a little material from the frame of the tiller and it clears now. I first tried the smaller pins, but the tiller jumped around too much when in use.

My KK2 tiller won't fit on my quick hitch with the quick hitch CAT 3 bushings on. I run it without the bushings & haven't noticed any issues. It does jump a little occasionally, but not much more than it would with the bushings.

 

[boggen]

your in a cluster mess...*chuckles* been there done that , i am agreement with others, pictures plz.

make/model of quick attach

model number of your land pride box blade.

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rough guessing.... sounds like ya need to forget about the "cat 2" pins / linkages. they are for much bigger tractors / horse power. just because an attachment or quick hitch offers cat 2 setups. doesn't mean you should use them. your tractor is setup for CAT 1 (category 1) 3pt hitch. it is plenty strong enough to handle cat 1 stuff. 3pt hitches are standardized for a reason.

some 3pt hitch attachments may need to be modified to work with a quick attach. i really don't want to say this. due to it may lead you to hack and slash at stuff that you don't need to do. and will put pressure on you for pictures.

 

[Fallon]

your in a cluster mess...*chuckles* been there done that , i am agreement with others, pictures plz.

make/model of quick attach

model number of your land pride box blade.

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rough guessing.... sounds like ya need to forget about the "cat 2" pins / linkages. they are for much bigger tractors / horse power. just because an attachment or quick hitch offers cat 2 setups. doesn't mean you should use them. your tractor is setup for CAT 1 (category 1) 3pt hitch. it is plenty strong enough to handle cat 1 stuff. 3pt hitches are standardized for a reason.

some 3pt hitch attachments may need to be modified to work with a quick attach. i really don't want to say this. due to it may lead you to hack and slash at stuff that you don't need to do. and will put pressure on you for pictures.

CAT 1, 2 & 3 quick hitches use CAT 3 size pins (or bushings to make CAT 1/2 pins the same diameter as CAT 3 pins) if they properly adhere to the quick hitch specification.

 

[boggen]

CAT 1, 2 & 3 quick hitches use CAT 3 size pins (or bushings to make CAT 1/2 pins the same diameter as CAT 3 pins) if they properly adhere to the quick hitch specification.

:thumbsup:

i haven't looked at quick hitch specs in ages. and never dreamed, of cat 3 quick attach going down to cat1. seems like an awefull lot of extra metal and reinforcement. to handle a cat1 setup.

always remember seeing cat1, or cat1/2, or cat2/3 style quick hitchs. so there wasn't so much extra built into the smaller cat 1 setups....

 

[Pete Judd]

I bought a HF quick hitch a few years ago because I have a couple of things that I can't move to get them hooked up. Moved pins outside to inside or vise versa to make it work. Added shim rounds cheap on the pins to make them fit better. You also can buy longer pins, and install them so you can get the clips to fit.

 

[felixedo]

Thanks all for the replies. From where I sit at the computer to the tractor, it is about 2 hours. I haven't been thinking about the pictures while wrestling with implements. I'll get some next time I'm at the property.

 

[Xfaxman]

Thanks all for the replies. From where I sit at the computer to the tractor, it is about 2 hours. I haven't been thinking about the pictures while wrestling with implements. I'll get some next time I'm at the property.

Is this what you have?

CountyLine® Fast Change Hitch

This is a quick hitch, that everyone is replying about.