k0ua
Epic Contributor
I bought the Carter EZ hitch. they work pretty well, I did not like the roll pin and the length of the pipe they used for the 7/8 ball pins. the roll pin end would hang up when I disconnected on my rotary cutter vertical arms sometimes. so I made my own pins out of 1/2 pipe (which is 7/8 O.D) and welded a washer on the end of the pipe so it would not hang up when you pull foward after disconnecting. This solved the problem. I did not buy or make yet a spreader bar, I decided to use a bungee cord to pull the arms together and adjust the turnbuckles to set the spacing. Sometimes have to get off to adjust the spacing a little. But overall these save hours of grunting cussing, and kicking to get your implement on. I have actually hurt my foot kicking those **** lift arms to get the balls over the pins.. now you just back up and line up (hydro makes this great!):thumbsup: and most times you can just raise lift and your on. sometimes you might need to get off and adjust one turnbuckle in or out a little. not all of my implements are the same. If one hitch hits the pin first, no problem as if you continue to back up a little it will skew the implement till the other one is lined up. So all in all I am pleased with them, they have saved me much frustration and possible injury.
James K0UA
James K0UA
