Quick Hitches Quick Hitch Fit to Implement?

[Fallon]

The adapter allows you to use the QH on implements that might not have the correct top link height.

As to bushings. A CAT I QH has CAT II sized bottom hooks. A CAT II QH has CAT III sized bottom hooks. Etc., etc. It's my belief that this is done to create a "wear" point. By putting a bushing on your implement CAT I pin and hitching to a CAT I QH you have created a wear point on the bushing rather than the hook of the QH. If you were commercially using a QH on a BB for example, the bushing would wear out rather than the implement pin and/or the QH hook.

All standard QHes use CAT 3 size bushings. I run a few of my impliments without bushings & they work fine. I'm sure the pins wear a bit more. Picking up a lathe soon & will adapt bushings onto the ones I haven't gotten them on yet. I'm not sweating it though.

 

[cphilip]

Question.... do you need these bushings on a Clevis type attachment implement? And will a quick hitch type system even work well on one of those? I have two of those. A box scrape and a tiller.

 

[claitner]

Wagtail...where did you purchase your top hitch adapter? Or did you make it? Also, what is the purpose of the chain showing in the photos? And why is it attached to both ends of the pin inthe first photo? Interesting!

 

[bcp]

Question.... do you need these bushings on a Clevis type attachment implement? And will a quick hitch type system even work well on one of those? I have two of those. A box scrape and a tiller.

The tubular bushings work fine on mine with the clevis-type attachment. Without them, the implement bangs around a lot.

Bruce

 

[mcfarmall]

Question.... do you need these bushings on a Clevis type attachment implement? And will a quick hitch type system even work well on one of those? I have two of those. A box scrape and a tiller.

Yes and yes.

 

[Wagtail]

Wagtail...where did you purchase your top hitch adapter? Or did you make it? Also, what is the purpose of the chain showing in the photos? And why is it attached to both ends of the pin inthe first photo? Interesting!

I had a local metal shop knock it up... but as a template, my slasher came with a similar adaptor as it came at the same time as my 4105 with the iMatch.

I mentioned before that the chain that I attached acts as a 'curb chain'. Once the implement is attached to the QH, I run the chain underneath the top hook to ensure that the non-QH compliant implement doesn't pop-out of the hook... ballast roller & the landscape rake are the only two implements where I employ this adaptation. The chain itself is a shackle and a style of 'gate latch chain' that I picked up at the local hardware store in the fencing section.

I got the idea of using a 'cub chain' from a type of horse bit.

 

[ovrszd]

Wagtail, learned a new one, "knock it up". Means something very different up here.

 

[Fallon]

Wagtail, learned a new one, "knock it up". Means something very different up here.

Years ago a British teacher my father was doing a teacher exchange with got caught by that. He told a student he would come round come round in the morning & knock her up so she wouldn't be tardy. There were a few international calls made by the school sorting that one out.

 

[RidgeHiker]

Just hooked up our new Woodmax 72" snowblower this afternoon. The bushings we ordered with it definitely provided a snugger fit, especially with the lock mechanism on the lower hooks. Without them looked as if the pins would bounce around some. Appeared to be a much better match top and bottom.

Really appreciate the feedback here. So many unknown things that pop up with new kinds of equipment, etc.

 

[Rocky Hoffler]

I have been usin QH for years and have modified equipment to fit used the bushing also lost some as roll pin came out been using cat 1 to cat 2 pins instead with better success

 

[Wagtail]

Years ago a British teacher my father was doing a teacher exchange with got caught by that. He told a student he would come round come round in the morning & knock her up so she wouldn't be tardy. There were a few international calls made by the school sorting that one out.

A "knocker up" was an actual job so the expression is perfectly cromulent: Knocker-up - Wikipedia

As to 'knock it up', regarding manufacturing something, I believe that it goes back to carpentry when they would use nothing but wedging joinery and would have to hammer (knock) the pieces into place.

 

[TractorGuy]

This is an internet photo of the type quick hitch adapter that came with the quick hitch.
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This adapter is for quick hitch use on a mower that needs the top link connection to float. You will remove your top hook when using it.

 

[bcp]

And for an implement with a pin the hook can't reach.

Bruce

 

[cphilip]

Years ago a British teacher my father was doing a teacher exchange with got caught by that. He told a student he would come round come round in the morning & knock her up so she wouldn't be tardy. There were a few international calls made by the school sorting that one out.

Well.. a British professor I know caused quite a stir when while camping at a SC state park when he approached the camp store trying to buy some faggots...

Faggot has an entirely different pyrophoric meaning to the brits.

 

[FTG-05]

The cheap, simple, plain tubular bushings are all you need. And they come off quickly and easily if needed.

The knob on the end of the expensive bushings does nothing.

Bruce

I'm thinking of getting a QH, haven't decided on which one yet.

I can see the "knob" type bushings useful for implements that use pins for the lower arms. For clevis implements, a simple "knob-less" bushing is all that needed.

Where do you get those Cat 3 to Cat 1 bushings? I looked at TSC and Agri-Supply with no luck. ID = 7/8", OK = 1 7/16", length = ~ 3"

 

[bcp]

The "knob" isn't needed to keep the QH hook from sliding off the end of the pin. The other side of the implement keeps the hook on the pin.

Bruce

 

[Fallon]

I ordered a handful of the knob style from Northern Tool. Maybe some of the bushings too, it's been a while. I have a decent stash of both on a shelf these days. Tack welded the CAT 2 bushings to the CAT 3 bushings so they don't slide off when trying to get pins lined up when installing things.

I've seen bushings & knobs locally in Murdoch's, Big R & maybe Tractor Supply. Not a consistent supply in stock though.

 

[Wagtail]

The "knob" isn't needed to keep the QH hook from sliding off the end of the pin. The other side of the implement keeps the hook on the pin.

Bruce

Yep. :thumbsup:

As I mentioned I only have one implement, the Cat0/1 ballast box, that required the (very expensive) "knob" type. Regular bushings for everything else.

 

[Rford]

I have a cheap quick hitch and old equipment that isn't quite standard to any standard. The top hook that came with the piece didn't really work well and I tried the top link attachment but still had issues. I ended up taking a steel chain hook and attaching it to the top of the quick hitch with a bolt and then the hook part just flops over onto the implement and I can tighten the hook up if needed with the top link adjuster. Small tractor (Ford 2000) and light equipment and perhaps not as "quick" as a true quick hitch but it keeps me from fighting to make the mower and the tiller fit right.