OK, What am I doing wrong?

[agood]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Sorry, I guess I should be more clear. If you can add another pivots point in the mowers floating connection and find a way to lock the end of it into the quick-hitch you'll be fine.

I don't know what the other pieces are that are included with the quick hitch, pls post up a pic!
Ken )</font>

Ken,
Look up a few posts and you will see that AndyMA has posted a picture of the adapter and you will see that he is going to get us a picture of the adapter being used in a similiar application to mine.

 

[AndyMA]

Just got back from the farm. In the next three pictures I will try and show how the adapter and Quick Hitch go together. Your Quick Hitch is slightly different than mine in that mine "thins down" near the back edge where the bolts mount the upper "U" shaped thingie that graps the upper pin on an implement with a fixed top pin. If your yoke adapter does not clear the bolts you may have to remove it (I don't have too) My Bush Hog top mounting looks almost exactly like yours and I have no problem.
In the third picture I have tried to modify your picture to show how it would work in your case. Let me know if I am clear.
Andy

 

[AndyMA]

Looking down on the adapter

 

[AndyMA]

My Bush Hog top link that I use the Quick Hitch with.

 

[AndyMA]

A modified version of your Quick Hitch with the problem showing how the adapter should fit in. When I relooked at this, I realize that you just need to mount your "U" adapter lower (see my pictures aboue) for the adapter to work.

Hope this solves the problem.

Andy

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Am I wrong here, but isn't a quick hitch supposed to be something that allows you drive up to the implement, stay in the seat, lift the hydraulics and then drive away (and if necessary connect the PTO on some implements)?

If so, then this adapter makes the quick hitch a NON-quick hitch because the top link still has to be connected to use it?

Am I missing something or do I not understand it?

 

[beenthere]

Once you have the right combination for a good connection at the top point of the quick hitch, you may find (as I did) that there is not enough flexibility in the rotary deck to raise without bending the braces that go from the top of the 'triangle' back down to the deck. I replaced these two braces with chain. It works great (attached), and is much improved over the steel straps that would bend easily if I backed up a slight bank to mow.

 

[AndyMA]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Am I wrong here, but isn't a quick hitch supposed to be something that allows you drive up to the implement, stay in the seat, lift the hydraulics and then drive away (and if necessary connect the PTO on some implements)?
If so, then this adapter makes the quick hitch a NON-quick hitch because the top link still has to be connected to use it?
Am I missing something or do I not understand it?
)</font>

No you're not missing anything, but I'll tell you I never have any trouble getting the top link connected. It's the bottom 2 that cause all the heartache. Also with the amount of movement that you get with both the adapter and the linkage on the implement getting the pin in the hole takes a couple of seconds. Hooking up the PTO still takes many many times longer and is much harder. I guess according to your defination there are no Quick Hitches when you have a PTO implement.

Just my thoughts

Andy

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Andy, I just was unclear on the top attachment. My post was probably unclear about the connection of the PTO shaft, obviously any PTO operated implement is going to be attached manually. It meant that using the adapater turned the Q.H. into a manual hitch again because of the top link.

So in actual use, how is a quick hitch with a manual connection of the top link any different than the Pat Easy Change system? Pat's system has lower links that are not connected to each other, but the lower hooks do the same thing the quick hitch lower hooks do, and the top link is still a manual process.

I guess maybe something like the Delta or Freeedom hitches would solve this problem becuase of the "male" and "female" adapters on the tractor and the implements resolve the mis-match?

 

[agood]

Thanks AndyMA for the pictures....I think I can make it work...my only concern is that my swivel link on the top of my mower is longer than the one on your bush hog.....so the adapter is closer to the quick hitch and the holes won't line up. BUT I can screw the top link in closer to the back of the tractor and probably make it work...but this will have the quick hitch at a slant towards the tractor.....will that be a problem you think?