The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?

[bdhsfz6]

4 post lift for tractor & vehicle maintenance:

When not in use for maintenance, I use it for storage to free up floor space:

I added two more instead of putting up another storage barn. They saved quite a bit of $$ in the long run.

 

[ArlyA]

I bought a Stihl 135 since I asked the question. This pole trimmer is incredible. I can add it to the list of things I should have bought years ago.

Good for you . I had to look up the 135 model.

 

[Alan46]

Surprised no one has said condoms or birth control.

Husband: There are two broken condoms sitting on the couch.
Wife: I wish you would stop referring to our kids that way.

I knew a guy who used to call his son “ two stroke “ you guys figure it out ,I don’t want to get to graphic on this site!

 

[Yander]

Nice lift. Is that portable or bolted to floor? Is it fairly stable? What brand/model?

Thanks. It is portable. make sure the floor is swept. It feels very stable. I have to admit though, even with the mechanical lock, I put 4x4s under each scissor just because I feel better that way. Old habits.

 

[Oaktree]

I tell the young guys that it's a lot happier to be single and unhappy than it is to be married and unhappy.

I get what you're saying, but I've been both, and neither are great options. In general dating sucks, and I've never been very good at meeting women.
Met my current (2nd) wife thru one of those on-line dating services about 20 years ago and couldn't be happier.

 

[Oaktree]

Wouldn't necessarily say I wish I'd gotten any of these sooner, but I use all of these a lot more than I thought I would...
QA Pallet forks for my tractor. Don't think I've used 'em to move any pallets yet, but handy for lots of other things.

Impact wrench. Not getting any younger, and it's a lot quicker to use this on lugnuts. Just got a cheapie 110V one at HF but it does the job.

Battery pole and chainsaw. Again, just got HF ones, but sure beat gas ones for those small jobs.

And finally, this:

All I really needed was a couple new batteries, but HD has a deal around Father's day where you buy a select tool, and get a 2-pack of batteries for free (or vice versa). I got there last day of the sale and everything was pretty much picked over but grabbed this. Man, is it ever BRIGHT! And, unlike so many other worklights, can generally be positioned to put light on the work, not the ceiling, in your eyes or just someplace random. Battery life is good too.

 

[Williy]

I looked at pat's quick hitch and then purchased one like this:

willy

 

[scootr]

Pats quick hitch. Should have got it sooner
I have a variety of attachments from my lifetime
Seems there is no standard pin width here.lol

 

[WinterDeere]

Pats quick hitch. Should have got it sooner
I have a variety of attachments from my lifetime
Seems there is no standard pin width here.lol

I spent awhile modding a few of my implements when I got my quick hitch. The worst was the top link position on the Herd M12 spreader, which required refiguring the linkage to open/close the chute, and also buying a longer driveshaft. The aerator lower link spacing was also non-comparable, although I think everything else (including even very old Woods equipment) was as simple as installing the cat.2 lower link bushings that most of the quick hitches seem to have standardized on. In both the case of the seed spreader and aerator, I took the chance to make other improvements to their design, while I had the welder and the paint already in-hand.

 

[Oaktree]

Nice lift. Is that portable or bolted to floor? Is it fairly stable? What brand/model?

Was wondering the same thing. Looks like it might be easy to tip over.

 

[rScotty]

Was wondering the same thing. Looks like it might be easy to tip over.

It looks OK to me. I might want to spread the load out on the feet. Just eye-balling it, doubling the size of the feet should do it. Depends on the quality, rebar, and thickness of that concrete pad under it of course.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I spent awhile modding a few of my implements when I got my quick hitch. The worst was the top link position...

I gave up on that top hook and use the included link instead.

Yes, that means still having to use one pin, but that's far quicker than having to do the lift arm pins no matter what

 

[jjeff]

One thing I've noticed on cheaper quick hitches is if your running heavy implements you might have to do some simple reinforcement on top hook bracket fixed it in my case and never ripped the back of any tractor off.

 

[jjeff]

I gave up on that top hook and use the included link instead.

Yes, that means still having to use one pin, but that's far quicker than having to do the lift arm pins no matter what

A hydraulic top link makes using the top hook on a quick hitch a breeze in my experience (provided your back window doesn't have a film of dust on it) lol

 

[Too many Kubotas]

A hydraulic top link makes using the top hook on a quick hitch a breeze in my experience (provided your back window doesn't have a film of dust on it) lol

I do have the hydraulic top link, but there was one implement (don't remember which) where the hook just wouldn't work.

 

[WinterDeere]

I gave up on that top hook and use the included link instead.

Yes, that means still having to use one pin, but that's far quicker than having to do the lift arm pins no matter what

I added a hydraulic top link, mostly to make my 3-point forks more useful. But it also makes backing up to an implement and picking it up or setting it down without ever leaving the seat a breeze. To throw the locking levers on the iMatch quick hitch, I just raise it to full height. I can even tilt it toward me, if I don't feel like reaching as far from the seat.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I wouldn't want to be without hydraulic top links, as they're great when using box blades or regular blades, and mowers, plus for many other things of course.

But I generally need to get on the ground no matter what, to manually adjust angles, or hook/unhook hydraulic lines.

It was the lack of extendable lift arms on the little tractor that made me try a quick hitch. With a bad back and knees, it wasn't always easy to move the implement to get the holes lined up. And it was time consuming.

It's a love/hate thing to me, but I like it enough to have left it on since I got it. Even though it makes it a bit of a pain to hook up PTO shafts by being in the way.

Guess I should revisit the individual lower hooks I bought at first but never installed. Then make something simple that keeps the lift arms at a constant distance from each other.

 

[WinterDeere]

Guess I should revisit the individual lower hooks I bought at first but never installed. Then make something simple that keeps the lift arms at a constant distance from each other.

They already have something like that. It's called a quick hitch.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

They already have something like that. It's called a quick hitch.

Yes, but with the individual lower hooks there wouldn't be a frame in the way when dealing with PTO shafts.

That upper structure of the quick hitch really serves no purpose in my case.

 

[scootr]

I wouldn't want to be without hydraulic top links, as they're great when using box blades or regular blades, and mowers, plus for many other things of course.

But I generally need to get on the ground no matter what, to manually adjust angles, or hook/unhook hydraulic lines.

It was the lack of extendable lift arms on the little tractor that made me try a quick hitch. With a bad back and knees, it wasn't always easy to move the implement to get the holes lined up. And it was time consuming.

It's a love/hate thing to me, but I like it enough to have left it on since I got it. Even though it makes it a bit of a pain to hook up PTO shafts by being in the way.

Guess I should revisit the individual lower hooks I bought at first but never installed. Then make something simple that keeps the lift arms at a constant distance from each other.

Pats quick hitch has a slide bar that holds the drag links at a set distance apart. I marked mine for each piece of equipment. They are all different. Once it's connected I hang the spacer bar on the fence where I store all my attachments