Pat's Easy Change

gotrocks · Sep 22, 2003

Re: Pat\'s Easy Change

nor would I have to extend any PTO shafts 

Brent,
I had to cut 2 inches off my shaft on 5' Howse cutter so I could connect after hooking up ball ends.
I still have a lot of overlap on the PTO shaft. I would think that a foot or so would be enough overlap on the shaft.

If you shaft has extra length I would guess that would not be a problem for you.

From you info sounds like you know a whole lot more about these things than I do but I just wanted to spend my .02

Comments??

RedDog · Sep 22, 2003

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My neighbor has a set on a JD 5105 and likes them but the only problem he has with them is keeping the draft arms spread the right distance to line up with the pins while backing up to a tool. He has to back up within an inch or so, get off the tractor and spread the arms, and try to back up gently so as not to disturb the position. The additional weight on the end of the draft arm makes the arm want to swing to the center. out of a 1-by to keep the arms spread while he hooks up his cutter.

I agree.

My Kioti had a set very similar to these and I did not like them. As mentioned above, they would move around a lot. Once I did get them hooked up, they rubbed the bracket on my Landpride finish mower /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif. The back part was to thick and would rub the bracket. I swapped arms on my tractor to the more "traditional style" and like it much better.

To me, they look like they would start to wear a groove in them.

RedDog Kioti DK65

Bob_Skurka · Sep 23, 2003

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I have been considering a quick hitch but my Befco finish mower will not work with one. This seems to be a good compramise, but I sent an email to ask a question and they still have not answered. They have a form on their website to do it, but apparently they don't check it very often?

Personally I think a quick hitch is a better solution for a lot of reasons, but in my case my most used attachement won't work with a quick hitch so that leave me out of using one.

I do wonder if an adjustable spreader bar could be welded to the Pat's Easy Change brackets to set them to the correct spread. It seems like it would be easy enough to do to modify them with a couple of rods and an adjustable connector.

Henro · Sep 23, 2003

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 ...I sent an email to ask a question and they still have not answered. They have a form on their website to do it, but apparently they don't check it very often?


Sent one myself a couple days ago and same lack of response here... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Inspector507 · Sep 23, 2003

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Then call..........it's free
1-888-243-4204

Henro · Sep 23, 2003

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I thought about calling...but since a picture is worth a 1,000 words and I had a question related to application of his product...[would it work HERE? ] and so on... It just seems like it would be better to send an email with a picture attached...rather than call and try to explain with words...

Think I will just wait for them to get around to their email...winter is almost here anyway... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif or is that /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I guess it's /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif now that I have the tractor /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

DK_Farms · Sep 23, 2003

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I have a Befco mower as well, and I went through the same song and dance. 9 e-mails before I got any reply. Their answer to me was "Nope, it ain't compatible with any Quick Hitch and we don't have any plans to make it that way." That was from the Product Engineering guy. Later on I got another e-mail from the Sales department saying they are considering an adapter of some sort but no delivery date has been set. Like I said in my earlier post, I'm not waiting on them. I have some flat bar, some pins, and a welding machine, and I'm gonna make a set of floating links that line up with my hitch. Winter time project.

GaryM · Sep 23, 2003

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They responded to my initial e-mail within one day. Maybe I caught them at a slow time. I suspect it's a small operation.

Pat is a regestered member of TBN, so may see your comments here.

I need to get a few more of the modified spacer washers that they supply.

Bob_Skurka · Sep 23, 2003

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DK_Farms . . . apparently I am a couple days behind you because I also contacted Befco and their engineering guy gave me the NOPE answer, only to be followed up a bit later by one of their sales guys saying WELL MAYBE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN . . .

I would really like a quick hitch and I also have access to a machine shop and may end up modifying the Befco unit so it fits. Everything else I have would work with the quick hitch but the Befco is the heaviest implement I own and biggest pain in the back(?) to mount on the 3pt.

Soundguy · Sep 25, 2003

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Since I don't own a befco mower.. what is the problem with it and a quick hitch? Is it not sized for full cat 1 specs? Or is it a geometry/interference problem with the toplink.

Soundguy