Quick Hitch Modifications

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HowlingWolf

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Ok everybody has a quick hitche on their tractor but who has cutomized theirs. Adding this or that, making it a milti tool. I love the boxes I made and welded to mine as they hold chains pins and tools. I found that idea here at TBN and im sure others have some great or helpfull ideas. So help us out and post a pic of your upgrades.
 

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Wolf,

Excellent idea on the toolboxes.

My only mod so far is making a HF quick hitch front-mountable.
 
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Forgot the picture.
 

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Those are both great ideas!!

Thanks for posting!!!!!
 
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I wish you all would show pictures of how you made implements work with a quick hitch. I may have gotton my John Deere box blade to work with my speeco Quick Hitch if I get a shorter top link. Had to cut/grind metal from around side pins and reconfigure the top link connector. It's a box blade from 1983 so maybe the quick hich wasn't around then. This looked like the easiest attachment to modify I have. I like the idea of the Quick Hitch but am not looking forward to the work involved to make things work.
 
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I wish you all would show pictures of how you made implements work with a quick hitch. I may have gotton my John Deere box blade to work with my speeco Quick Hitch if I get a shorter top link. Had to cut/grind metal from around side pins and reconfigure the top link connector. It's a box blade from 1983 so maybe the quick hich wasn't around then. This looked like the easiest attachment to modify I have. I like the idea of the Quick Hitch but am not looking forward to the work involved to make things work.

It can be a PITA for sure. I have modified about 6 things for the iMatch, each one had it's own unique problems but in the end it was all worth it!

The last thing I did was my chipper, I have a bunch of pictures in this thread showing the adapter I made: New-to-Me Goossen Chipper/Shredder - TractorByNet.com
 
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really like the tool boxes. think that may be next on my agenda.:thumbsup:
 
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Ok everybody has a quick hitche on their tractor but who has cutomized theirs. Adding this or that, making it a milti tool. I love the boxes I made and welded to mine as they hold chains pins and tools. I found that idea here at TBN and im sure others have some great or helpfull ideas. So help us out and post a pic of your upgrades.

Nice idea with the toolboxes. Do they make it more of a hassle to hook up the PTO due to restricted access?

It can be a PITA for sure. I have modified about 6 things for the iMatch, each one had it's own unique problems but in the end it was all worth it!

The last thing I did was my chipper, I have a bunch of pictures in this thread showing the adapter I made: New-to-Me Goossen Chipper/Shredder - TractorByNet.com

I second Kenny's comments about it being worth it.

I don't have a need for a chipper/shredder; but Kenny scored a deal there and did a nice simple job to make it work with his iMatch.
 
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Having the boxes on for the last month and I love the storage. In use almost every time I use the tractor. Mine are from a 10 inch by 4 inch tube 12 inchs deep. Got the idea from AL3 ; found under search for ( chain storage). Hes got 4 boxes check it out.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/john-deere-owning-operating/155514-chain-storage.html
Tring to figure out a way to store a light drawbar on my quick hitch. I dont find the boxs in the way when hooking up pto. I keep a can of lub to spray on pto in box also. Heres another pic.
 

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"I wish you all would show pictures of how you made implements work with a quick hitch."

Capt. Dan,

I just made an adapter that takes care of my two non-iMatch compatible attachments.
 

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