Quick hitch / PHD

[AlanB]

I have a PHD that needs a new horseshoe piece. I have been looking at the quick hitches, as well as the pats easy hitch because my wife runs the tractor, and I struggle to hook up the implements, I am wondering how that will work out.

Anyway, as I was staring at the quick hitch, and realized I was about to make the Yoke portion for the damaged PHD, I realized they are very similar.

Has anyone made their PHD mount to the top of their quick hitch?

Sorry that this is so disjointed, just trying to merge two problems into one solution.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Alan, not sure that you can do what you want in a practical way.

The PHD requires the tractor's top link to be removed so that the yoke of the PHD is attaced directly to the tractor in the place where your top link would normally be.

The Quick Hitch requires the top link to be installed so that it is perpendicular to the ground and matches up to your other implements "A" frame. This is why PHD and Quick Hitches are not compatible.

If you use a PHD quite a bit, then Pat's system might be better for you. If you don't, then a QH might be better. Both are a compramise.

 

[AlanB]

I did not say it well.

another salient point is that my tractor NH 1925 has two points to mount the top link.

Hook the quick hitch top link, to the lower attatchment point on the back of my tractor.

Remove the "yoke" or "horseshoe" from the PHD (which is broke anyway.

Mount the "top" end of the PHD into the upper mount of my tractor, just above the top link.

Make two ears that come up on the quick hitch, so that the quick hitch itself replaces the "horseshoe or Yoke" of the PHD, and drop the PHD beam onto this and pin in place.

Does that make more sense?

Said another way, the quick hitch, would become the yoke portion of the PHD with the other attatchment point hooking to the open top hole of my tractor.

 

[JRP]

I want to do a similar thing. I love my Speeco so much I want to fix my PHD to work with it.

The way a PHD attaches is important. Most 3pt have a limited lift distance. A PHD frame is designed to give higher lift with a lower weight rating. That is the reason the pole attaches to the top link connection at the tractor instead of the top link. Be carefult to verify you get a good 3.5 - 4' of lift at the PHD auger.

My current thoughts are to use my boom pole frame, which is adapted for the Speeco. The PTO shaft, however, will probably hit the lower boom pole frame.

My M6800 has hydraulic top link which will give a higher effective boom pole lift heigth.

Consider the following:

1. Use your quick hitch.
2. Add a hydraulic top link. This is the best mod I have done to my hitch. The ability to tilt the hitch lets you lift higher.
3. Make a boom pole with the frame similar to the hitch frame so there is no interference with a pto shaft.
4. Adapt the PHD head to the boom pole.
5. Make sure the PHD pto shaft is long enough.

Good luck and please share your results.

JRP