My Harbor Freight Quick Hitch

[California]

I purchased these adapter for my implements and have to say they are very good quality, plus they go straight from cat 1-3 with no additional bushings.

QUICK HITCH ADAPTER KIT CAT 1-3

Darn it I just wasted a half hour exploring all the stuff on that website. (agsupplyonline). :laughing:

I never knew there is so much stuff I need!

 

[fredhargis]

Fred, Yes your correct Cat 3 pins will work. I purchased these adapter for my implements and have to say they are very good quality, plus they go straight from cat 1-3 with no additional bushings.

QUICK HITCH ADAPTER KIT CAT 1-3

Seems like that's the same thing I saw at TS, and passed them up because of the $30 price tag!

 

[204saskman]

Seems like that's the same thing I saw at TS, and passed them up because of the $30 price tag!

Ya i cant really see how they think those things are worth 20-30 bucks each, its only a chunk of round stock with a couple holes.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Haven't got to try out my hitch yet, still have my back hoe on, I am going to go a head and build the top hook adapter. hope to try it this weekend.

 

[myyaz33]

On these quick hitches in regards to the posts with links to the $11 Cat1 -> Cat3 quick hitch adapter.

Does anyone know if there is a Cat0 -> Cat3 quick hitch adapter kit ?

 

[Thumper & Buttercup]

We'll you guys better check your hitches again, I ordered two of them on the 31st and they came today.

Both of them measured 27 1/4". I needed the extra width with our flail mower, the 1/4" might do it, I'll know tomorrow, if it fits our mower I'll keep them both.

I double checked the number and it even says on the box that they are 27 1/2"

 

[California]

That's why Final Assembly of the early ones required a farm jack, to make them meet spec.

 

[Bedlam]

Yep had to open them up a tad with a jack of some sort...

 

[mljenkins]

I ordered one of these harbor freight quick hitches and it came a couple weeks ago. I finally got the kit for my Woods HC60 brushhog to convert it to QH (all I really needed was a bushing).

To my dismay the QH isn't working with the brushhog. The top hook grabs the top of the brushhog but the bottom two hooks won't grab. I think the top hook needs to be moved towards the implement a tad. Unfortunately the only way I see doing this is to grind off the top and reweld it.

I took the bushing out of the top of the brushhog which allows the top link to come back about 1/4" to 1/2" more towards the tractor. This allowed it to sit in all the hooks, but it won't come out of the hooks without a fight.

Not sure what I need to do to modify the QH to actually work correctly. Surely the brushhog can't be off. I just got it last year. Grrr...

 

[California]

I modified my HF QH, replacing the bolts holding the upper hooks with slide-in pins that have hairpin clips so they don't slide back out. It's easier to set the top hook higher or lower, or in one case upside down, to attach the implements.

When I went to mow real uneven ground, climbing the terraces between my orchard rows, I looped a chain around the top of the QH and top of the mower's hitch so the gap where the top hook should be, can open up to three inches. Then I shortened the tractor's toplink 3 inches. This lets the mower follow the ground contour better.

Here's a photo I posted previously. It shows that 3 inch gap closed temporarily due to the extreme angle between the tractor and the mower.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ing-big-twin-ym240-vs-p1350118rym186dmow5.jpg

An upside-down top hook or the chain loop might work for you instead of modifying anything.

 

[usmc5595]

I modified my HF QH, replacing the bolts holding the upper hooks with slide-in pins that have hairpin clips so they don't slide back out. It's easier to set the top hook higher or lower, or in one case upside down, to attach the implements.

When I went to mow real uneven ground, climbing the terraces between my orchard rows, I looped a chain around the top of the QH and top of the mower's hitch so the gap where the top hook should be, can open up to three inches. Then I shortened the tractor's toplink 3 inches. This lets the mower follow the ground contour better.

Here's a photo I posted previously. It shows that 3 inch gap closed temporarily due to the extreme angle between the tractor and the mower.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ing-big-twin-ym240-vs-p1350118rym186dmow5.jpg

An upside-down top hook or the chain loop might work for you instead of modifying anything.

Has anyone drilled out the lower holes where the rockshaft arms hook to the QH? I am thinking of drilling them out to match my cat 2 pin hole on my tractor. Not drilling out the hooks just the shaft hole that hook to the tractor.

 

[usmc5595]

Has anyone drilled out the lower holes where the rockshaft arms hook to the QH? I am thinking of drilling them out to match my cat 2 pin hole on my tractor. Not drilling out the hooks just the shaft hole that hook to the tractor.

does any one else make the adapter kit for the QH, Harbor freight is out until sept-oct. Tractor supply has one but I called customer service and they could not help me cause it comes as a whole kit

 

[California]

Has anyone drilled out the lower holes where the rockshaft arms hook to the QH? I am thinking of drilling them out to match my cat 2 pin hole on my tractor. Not drilling out the hooks just the shaft hole that hook to the tractor.

Instead of irretreivably modifying the QH, I wonder if you could put Cat 1/2 adapter sleeves inside the tractor ball holes to do this adapting.

Also, the entire end of the tractor's arms might be too long or wide to fit in the cavity on the QH. I would measure this before modifying anything.

does any one else make the adapter kit for the QH, Harbor freight is out until sept-oct. Tractor supply has one but I called customer service and they could not help me cause it comes as a whole kit

You might get by until then using a chain for an upper link, as described above.

 

[usmc5595]

Instead of irretreivably modifying the QH, I wonder if you could put Cat 1/2 adapter sleeves inside the tractor ball holes to do this adapting.

Also, the entire end of the tractor's arms might be too long or wide to fit in the cavity on the QH. I would measure this before modifying anything.

You might get by until then using a chain for an upper link, as described above.

the problem is that these pins are "cat0" and cat 1 wont fit on them without a lot of play. So i think I will at some point just drill them out to 2 two to keep them from bouncing around inside and wearing out.

Also, the entire end of the tractor's arms might be too long or wide to fit in the cavity on the QH. I would measure this before modifying anything.

I am not following where you are going with this the rockshaft arms are already in the hitch? I am mainly ref to the lower arms. The upper hook just needs the adapter

 

[California]

Has anyone drilled out the lower holes where the rockshaft arms hook to the QH? I am thinking of drilling them out to match my cat 2 pin hole on my tractor. Not drilling out the hooks just the shaft hole that hook to the tractor
....
the problem is that these pins are "cat0" and cat 1 wont fit on them without a lot of play.

Eh? I thought you were asking about drilling and replacing the QH's cat1 lower pin holes, so you could use your present cat2 pins to install the QH onto your cat2 arms. If that is what your trying to do, then using the QH's pins slipped into cat1/2 sleeves might do the job more simply.

 

[1937d2]

I just got my QH also and I drilled the lower holes out to fit cat 1 pins. This was for two reasons. First to take out the play because of the under sized pins and where I could install longer pins so I could use my stabilizer bars.
I'm also in need of the top adapter.

 

[WayneT]

You guys must have gotten a different hitch from Harbor Freight than I did. I only used mine for a couple of months and the hitch bent out on both sides because of the soft and thin steel where the hitch actually couples to the implement on the bottom. It bent so far that one side of the mower dropped out. I was running a Hause 6' rotary in light brush on a 4120 JD and every time I turned, it bent some more. I finally took it back. I passed up a JD QH that was used for about $25 bucks more and I'll wait till I can find another one like that.

 

[CowwFace]

Hey Guys,

This is not a quick attach, but I thought I would give it a plug. It's a Drawbar with 2" receiver for the 3PH. for $88.00 and free shipping, I would highly recommend it.

https://skidsteerexpress.securesites.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=ACCE1HITCH

Now back to our previously scheduled program...

Phill

 

[Mustangous]

So what do you guys do if some implements are 26.5" or 27"? Modify????

 

[California]

The post above is the first I've read of someone tearing one up. Has anyone else with a 40 hp or smaller tractor done this too?