New to Quick Hitches - What do I need?

[JRobyn]

Kenny, you might just be right!

Still would have been good of the chinese at "Country Way" to have made the minimum a touch less than 15" to keep the top hook from being the main support.

 

[JRobyn]

Carbide Grit blades are available for hack saws and reciprocating saws. Also cutoff disks if you have something to drive them. A drillpress on "high" would work.

Thanks! For some reason I had not considered a cutoff wheel. I don't have a chop saw, but an angle grinder should do if I'm careful to not get too deep and bind it.

 

[Redneck in training]

I didn't read all the posts so somebody might already mention it. What you need is hydraulic top link. It makes the quick hitch quick.

 

[CStone]

The product is fine but do not buy from Pats website because the return policy is a joke, no spacer bar, plus you will pay about $60 more than if you bought from Rural King, even Amazon is a lot less.

 

[JRobyn]

Got all the little mods finished up on the box blade today and tried it all out. Works great! First thing I learned: it's going to be necessary to unhook the box blade on some 4x4s or a pallet. Else it's too low to the ground to get under with the QH hooks. This time, I had to lift up the front of the whole tractor with the FEL bucket and skid back under it!

I have about a 1/4" to 1/2" gap between the bottom of the top pin and the top hook when the lift pins are securely bottomed in the lift hooks. That's about right, right?

 

[KB9UDE]

Drilling 3/4 holes in steel is done easiest with a good quality hole saw in my experience.

 

[Redneck in training]

Got all the little mods finished up on the box blade today and tried it all out. Works great! First thing I learned: it's going to be necessary to unhook the box blade on some 4x4s or a pallet. Else it's too low to the ground to get under with the QH hooks. This time, I had to lift up the front of the whole tractor with the FEL bucket and skid back under it!

I have about a 1/4" to 1/2" gap between the bottom of the top pin and the top hook when the lift pins are securely bottomed in the lift hooks. That's about right, right?

You need to adjust the side turnbuckles to lower the 3 point. You should be able to lover the arms to the ground.

 

[JRobyn]

Kubota L4330 has only a right side lift arm adjustment. Left arm cannot be lowered any more than about 4-6" off the ground, and this has the tip of the QH hook at maybe 10-12" up.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Do you have two or three holes in the lower arms? What holes are the side links in? This changes lift geometry.

 

[JRobyn]

For about the third time now, just in this thread, you guys have educated and/or corrected me. It is true, as said in another thread recently, that you learn something new on TBN every day. And ONE of things I am learning is that my chemo is affecting my brain a lot more than I previously admitted.

Seems I DO have additional adjustments in BOTH my lift arms and links! Don't know how I never really noticed that before! It is adjusted the way it came from the dealer.

So I COULD leave it as-is and just unhook my box blade on some pallets. I have no problem doing this. OR, I could reset to either lower side link holes, OR closer-in lift arm holes, OR both.

If I change to different holes, I wonder which would work best and why?



p.s. I agree that a good hole saw is the way to go when making new LARGE holes in thick steel. Much less metal to actually "cut" and much less tendency to grab.

p.p.s CompactTractorFan, I sincerely apologize for shamelessly taking over your thread. I will now cease and desist.

 

[ovrszd]

Just remember any pin adjustment on your lower 3pt arms that allows them to go lower also limits their max height when lifted....

 

[TheSpoon]

Got all the little mods finished up on the box blade today and tried it all out. Works great! First thing I learned: it's going to be necessary to unhook the box blade on some 4x4s or a pallet. Else it's too low to the ground to get under with the QH hooks. This time, I had to lift up the front of the whole tractor with the FEL bucket and skid back under it!

I have about a 1/4" to 1/2" gap between the bottom of the top pin and the top hook when the lift pins are securely bottomed in the lift hooks. That's about right, right?

If the box blade leans forward when setting it down on the ground which causes it to drop below your arms, try putting the blade down with the scarifiers in the lowest position, thus propping the front up.

 

[bcp]

If the box blade leans forward when setting it down on the ground which causes it to drop below your arms, try putting the blade down with the scarifiers in the lowest position, thus propping the front up.

And you can probably do that using just one scarifier near the center.

Bruce

 

[JRobyn]

And then have to get off after hookup to re-set one or more scarifier? No thanks. It's sitting up now nice and high on two concrete cap blocks. This isn't ideal because I have to get off the carefully position the blocks on the outside corners. But a pair of landscape timbers set parallel about 3ft apart with a few cheap 2x4 spreaders will make a perfect height pallet that's a MUCH easier to hit landing zone.