Bear in mind a quick hitch requires all implements to be nearly the same width. I went with Pat's Quick Hitch to eliminate that problem. I felt it was easier than modifying my implements to fit a quick hitch.
Yes, that is THE disease that makes essentially all the Speeco style (10 brands of them...) useless in my book. Nearly every time I tried to use the thing it was incompatible with the width of implement. Then there is Cat 1 , Cat 2 , etc etc. All out on the limbs of a tree I did not want to climb in the first place. Europe is a good source of ideas on this. Most or all of their quick hitches are inverted V (triangular) shape. Because of that they do not give a crap about width
AND they are self-centering which is worth the entire effort for us old folks. In Europe they mount the male component on the FEL and then each implement is fitted with what amounts to an inverted V female of two pieces of C-channel. You have to see these things to understand how incredibly BETTER they are than the old cussword fixed width types. Pat's Quick Hitch (and others like it) do nothing to help with the centering problem. People like me trying to center the tractor and the 1460 lb implement after 5 tries are not impressed by those. They solve only half the problem.
Videos and YouTubes of the various ones below are super instructive.
Suggest look at
Home , Jiffy Hitch Systems(Google them) or go to
Jiffy Hitch Systems, Inc. , Sparex (owned by Agco) and others. Don't confuse "EuroHitch" for 3pt with the unrelated stuff for the FEL quick attach alternative to skid-steer compatibility.
The DeltaHook design and Jiffy Hitch are very similar and there is a small community that refers to all these as "Delta Hooks." Note that 'delta' is the Greek symbol for the triangle and familiar to engineers. Sparex is mostly European made but available through MF dealers. They tend to require you to weld the female inverted V to the implement. Many allow you to choose weld-on type versus pin-on type. I like the pin-on style because I can take it on and off and do not burn any bridges by welding something on there that forces you to use that type hitch in the future.
Jiffy Hitch is the best in my opinion. It is fairly expensive but so well figured out. They even have a version that ALSO connects the PTO shafts !!! Talk to Fred at Jiffy Hitch and learn from him. They offer options for pin-on and weld-on types.
Believe it or not there is even a sort of informal "hacker" club that spreads around diagrams and plans for do-it-yourself delta style quick hitches. A welder project guy's dream. See
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