Quick Hitches Bushings or not?

[Fallon]

Not sure which dimension needs more clearance for your tiller. But you know you can flip the bushing around, so the collar portion is to the outside (or vise versa if you need).

I had to flip them on my brush hog:

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You can see the rust on the frame behind the pins from where I tried & failed to hitch up with the bushings on. There is about 2.5" of clearance without bushings which is enough for the hooks to clear. With the bushings on it wont slide into the hooks as they hit the frame.

I've converted several non-standard impliments to be QH compatible & am working on welding a new top hook mount for a cheap back blade now. I just cant be bothered for the tiller as it works fine without bushings. At the rate things are wearing on it I'll be through at least 3-4 sets of tines before there is any real wear on the pins.

 

[MESSMAKER]

Not sure which dimension needs more clearance for your tiller. But you know you can flip the bushing around, so the collar portion is to the outside (or vise versa if you need).

I had to flip them on my brush hog:

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These are great. They are more expensive than regular bushings but they are probably worth it.

 

[JohnnyMX]

Outside pins get the entire bushing that is slid over with a roll-pin. Keeps the implement from wandering because of the larger end. For clevis style hookups I do normal bushings. The thing that is annoying is that most "Quick-Hitch" ready implements also need 2 cat1-to-cat2 bushings and then 2 cat2-to-cat3 to fill up the quick hitch. I guess it depends on the size of your quick hitch arms, but it seems like they all end up being a cat 3 sized bushing. They should supply them as one could argue they aren't really ready to just be hooked to a quick hitch without possible rounding things over.

 

[LouNY]

Is your quick hitch a cat 2 or a cat 1,
from what I have worked with and seen,
if your tractor is cat 1 and you buy a cat1 quick hitch the hooks are cat 2 size so one to two bushing take up the slack.
When using a cat 2 tractor with a cat 2 quick hitch the hooks are cat 3 size and cat 2 to cat 3 bushing will take up that slack.

 

[Fallon]

All my cheap Cat 1 QHes had hooks sized for Cat3 pins.

 

[JohnnyMX]

The MX5200 comes as cat 2 with cat 1 bushings. That is attached to the quick hitch. The quick hitch takes cat 3 bushings and most of the implements have cat 1 pins. That is why I go cat1-->cat2-->to end at cat3. I wish the sold just a cat1-3