Quick Hitches DeltaHook - anyone own or use one?

[myyaz33]

I really like the idea of the Deltahook system but sure don't see many TBNers that have one. Do you or anyone you know have or use one?

 

[Wedgie]

I just checked out the website for the Delathook System.

They suggested a price of close to $900.00 to get started with the plates.

WOW!! Quite a bit compared to the quick hitches usually mentioned on the forum.

George

 

[beenthere]

Appeared to be a clever idea at one time. Not one that caught on, and prlly the quick hitch idea prevailed as better.

 

[myyaz33]

I personally think the triangle idea is superior to any of the quick hitches but sure can't see the price difference justification.

 

[beenthere]

I see little advantage over the quick hitch system, but several disadvantages. May just be me.

Disadvantage #1 would be the requirment to have a delta receiver on each implement. True, the implements may need to be altered to comply with the quick hitch's, but no more than needed to refit a delta receiver (IMO).

#2 would be, for me, fewer alternate uses that the quick hitch can be put to....such as the top hook for a set of logging tongs, welded grab hooks for hooking chains to and pulling things. The delta hook just seems to have the one application.

#3 would be visibility of the attachment. I can look through the arch in the quick hitch (iMatch for me) and see the tiller, the blade, the box scraper, etc. Not so much with the plates of the delta hook.

Granted, looks like when the delta hook is hooked and going, it will do the job of holding the attachment.

 

[curly]

It's a good system, I've had it for 3-4 years now. Yes it is expensive to get started if you have a lot of implements, I only have 4. The customer service is bar none. I hooked a chain to the main plate (that is on the tractor) and was trying to do something stupid and bent the plate. I called the company to get another one and they said they would replace it free of charge. I had Pat's for a short while until I saw this.

 

[k0ua]

It's a good system, I've had it for 3-4 years now. Yes it is expensive to get started if you have a lot of implements, I only have 4. The customer service is bar none. I hooked a chain to the main plate (that is on the tractor) and was trying to do something stupid and bent the plate. I called the company to get another one and they said they would replace it free of charge. I had Pat's for a short while until I saw this.

Do you have any objections or negatives to it at all? (other than the dang price)

 

[curly]

The only problem I ever had was that my box blade popped loose at the bottom while using it. I've only used the box blade a couple of times so it wasn't something I worried about.

 

[PapaPerk]

I run a John Deere iMatch hitch on my Kubota. Love it! And I got it for like $100 because it had been sitting in the rain at the dealer for 1 year. Didn't matter... Painted it black so that Green didn't clash with my Orange!! Lol

 

[curly]

I was gonna look at the iMatch this time around. Til I realized I was gonna get to keep the DeltaHook on the new tractor.

 

[k0ua]

I run a John Deere iMatch hitch on my Kubota. Love it! And I got it for like $100 because it had been sitting in the rain at the dealer for 1 year. Didn't matter... Painted it black so that Green didn't clash with my Orange!! Lol

I would give you your money back on that one, and pay you for painting it too... That was a pretty good deal

 

[PapaPerk]

I would give you your money back on that one, and pay you for painting it too... That was a pretty good deal

Here's a link to my thread about it.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/224232-painted-imatch-quick-hitch-installed.html

 

[rbtjr]

I used the Deltahook system for years. I had five or six female units that go on the implements. Deltahook is a very good system but I ultimately switched to Pat's easy-change system. There were several reasons. One reason is that I have more implements than I had female Deltahook units to go on them. When I wanted to use an implement that didn't have a Deltahook female unit on it, I had to transfer a Deltahook female from another implement or take the male Deltahook unit off of the tractor. I was willing to do that but the Deltahook units are heavy, and some female family members said they wanted to be able to use the tractor (they never did, so the weight factor became irrelevant--after I had gone to Pat's system). The Deltahook system doesn't work, or doesn't work well, with some implements (a sickle bar mower being an example). And I bent two of the Deltahook female units by getting one end of a box blade caught on an immovable object like a strong root. I had the bent units fixed and had some strengthening iron straps welded on them. The newer Deltahook female units I bought were a better design in that they had strengthening iron straps already on them. All things considered, I decided that Pat's system would be easier to work with for all users of the tractor. In retrospect, I think I was correct. Still, the Deltahook system works great for most implements.