John Deere 3720 quick attach question

[beenthere]

The pins I showed in the pic above were from TSC.
Keep calm, as the iMatch is a tool you won't regret having. Wrestling that ballast box around without the iMatch is just no fun at all. With the iMatch, don't even have to get off the tractor.
You should get the right stepped-up "bushings", rather than just the filler ones.

Here is how they look on the ballast box.

 

[catdozer]

To me the Deere bushings work great for some implements, but the smaller TSC bushings work better with fine finishing tools since they don't give as much slopp side to side. But you will love the imatch hitch after the first time. Incredible of how much time you save

 

[DP Property]

Thanks again to all you guys this forum is priceless for getting help. I went to TSC they had none so I tried princess auto and they had 3 sets the problem was only one set had the roll pins the other two sets were missing the roll pins. I purchased the complete set and brought another set up to the checout. They gave me 30 % off the second set with no pins. I have the ballast box set of correctly now but the problem is I bought a multiset of roll pins but none were big enough for the second set. I will have to check another automotive store maybe and try and find some big enough roll pins for the second set. All in all I am much happier today I just want to be able to switch from the frontier rotary cutter and the ballast box. Once I find the rite roll pins for second set it will be mission accomplished.

 

[JD 4520]

I see a couple of you have an "open" ballast box. What material do you have in them and what does your box by itself weigh "loaded"?

 

[DP Property]

You need the bushings that Beenthere posted a picture of for the ballast box. The bushings you have now are ideal for implements with a clevis hitch. You will need bushings and top pin/bushings for each implement you have. Once you get the implements set up correctly you will be able to hitch up without leaving the seat except for hooking up the pto shaft and raising the parking stands. don't give up yet!:thumbsup: This is a big improvement over the manual hookup.

I made some progress today Jenkinsph thanks for the encouragement

 

[DP Property]

I see a couple of you have an "open" ballast box. What material do you have in them and what does your box by itself weigh "loaded"?

I put 8 maybe close to 9 bags of quick cement in mine and I am guessing it is about 500 lbs or a little more. I was told that if you fill it with cement over sand it adds an extra 100 lbs to your ballast.

 

[beenthere]

I see a couple of you have an "open" ballast box. What material do you have in them and what does your box by itself weigh "loaded"?

gbo
I just have mine filled with 2" washed gravel. Next time I have a concrete job, I will fill it within 3-4 inches from the top with concrete. I do not know how much it weighs, but know I'd like some more.

 

[RoyJackson]

The pins I showed in the pic above were from TSC.
Keep calm, as the iMatch is a tool you won't regret having. Wrestling that ballast box around without the iMatch is just no fun at all. With the iMatch, don't even have to get off the tractor.

Pick up one of these mover's dollys (Mover's Dolly) for the ballast box and it's easy to move around the garage.

 

[sunnyside360]

Pick up one of these mover's dollys (Mover's Dolly) for the ballast box and it's easy to move around the garage.

Ditto..... Roy took the words right out of my mouth, ie, using HF moving dolly as others have also suggested in the past. That's what I use and it works really well. My JD ballast box is around 550 lbs and is a snap to jockey around on the dolly.

 

[beenthere]

I have no need for a dolly (have several of them for other things) as the ballast is always on the tractor unless the rear forks, the rotary cutter, the rototiller, the carry-all, or the logging forks are needed.
My point was for the OP that it is just much more convenient using the iMatch to engage/disengage the heavy ballast box. That was to address his frustration over having made the choice to go with the iMatch.