3 point quick hitch:

Dick

Well-known Member
What are the pro's and con's about the 3 point quick hitch? I'm thinking about getting one but before I do, I want to know if they work ok or not.
Trying to hook up some three point attachments when you're alone can be a real pain at times. Was thinking with the quick hitch it might be a little easier.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dick
 
Some implements are poorly designed, and you can't get the big hook of the top of the quick hitch into them.

Some implements have different spacing between the lower and upper pin holes. Again this is just bad design.

Look over your implements so that all work. THRN it is great deal.

Some implements like a post hole digger or a backhoe cannot use a quick hitch because of their design. If you are switching to one of these type of implements often the quick hitch might be in the way more than it helps, as you always take it off and on....

If you use a lot of pto stuff, the quick hitch adds a couple inches to the length, some implements this makes the pto too short, or it changes its angle.

Some implements are very heavy, like a round bale mover with a bale, if you lift very heavy loads near the Lin
MIT of your tractor, the quick hitch moves the weight back a few inches, and will make the front end even lighter, or the tractor might not now lift the load.

If you use the hitch on the tractor a lot, the quick hitch is kinda hanging there in the way, bit of a bother.

Yea a long list of negatives, but generally those aren't big problems, the quick hitch generally works out well. Just pointing out the stuff to look out for.

Paul
 
Thinking of getting these then you can use it with almost any implement
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ALWAYS IN MY WAY!!! It just seems like everything I do; especially connecting the PTO on my Rotary Cutter. I have one, & its been in the barn for the last 3 years where it belongs. BUT... I currently only have 2 implements that are 3pt. If You have a lot of implement changes; that's different! Also all of Your 3pt equipment must be the same category!
 
main complaint I have against the quick hitches, is that they all move the attachment back 4-6" makes them clumsier to operate and changes the center of gravity. allis chalmers had the best system, 60 years ago, click, click, click, and go connect the pto shaft, and that was it, 5 minutes, tops!
 
Love mine!
I change from landscape rake to blade often.
Added a top link hydraulic also.
Helps position the top hook & lets you change the profile of the blade edge.
 
Quick hitches whether they be on the 3 Pt, combines, or loaders are the best things that ever happened to farmers since pockets on a shirt. Wouldn't be without them. Also nice to have a quick hitch for changing backhoe attatchments. Armand
 
i dont like them either i had one years ago and wound up giving it away it actually makes some things harder to hook up, your best friend for hooking up 3 point impliments [ assuming cat 1 size here] is a nice 4 foot long digging bar , and just pry the thing to where you need it, if like me your usualy about 1 inch off when hooking something up
 
The subject comes up on here now and then. I have read the different coments made. I have never sat down and figured out how many 3 pt. pcs of eguipment I have. Different sizes and different spacing on allot of them. I have concluded it would not make sense for me to go that route.
I sure do love the quick hook on the front of my loader tractor though. That was well worth the money spent. But I just go from the forks to the bucket, only two pcs.
 
bought a 3 point quick hitch several years ago, it's one of those thimgs I should of checked out better before I bought the thing, biggest problem is not all of my 3 point implements have the same spacing so it doesn't work on very much of my equipment. I think it's still sitting out behind the barn where I left it 9 or 10 years ago.
The best quick hitch I had was a prybar and teenage sons, but they grew up and moved away.
Like the looks of what 4020deereboy posted, looks like it would be easier to use.
 
You need to measure your implements first. The smaller CAT I and II implements do not always have the exact ASAE dimensions on the hitch. This is needed some times to make the implement work correctly. An example of this is a three point moldbaord plow. The "crank" front hitch would not work in a quick hitch very well.

I have found that the larger CAT III stuff usually has the hitches built to the ASAE standard.

So my bigger tractors have quick hitches on them the smaller ones do not.

There are two other things about quick hitches I do not like.
1) The move the implement back further from the tractor. That can cause issues with control and PTO length.
2) The "HOOK" on the back of a quick hitch does not fit the three points pins as tight as your lift arm balls will. So you have additional sloop in the hitch. On implements like a blade that is a PIA.

If you are using smaller implement and are changing allot then there is a tri-angle type quick hitch that does work well. I have sold them to land scape guys and a few golf courses. In these applications they maybe changing attachments many times in just one day. The tri-angle hitches have a "female" attachment/adapter that you put on the implement, you leave it on the implement. The attaching points on this "adapter" are adjustable. So you can make it fit a lot of different hitch patterns. Then you have the hitch that fits the tractor three point. These work very well. You do not even have to be perfectly straight and they will hitch. The disadvantage of them is cost. You need the tractor hitch and then several implements adapters. I think this hitch is more common in Europe that in North America.
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I dont have one-never will.All of the affore metioned points are valid.No two of my implemants have the seme hitch 'spacings'.Some toplinks mounts are not made to accomodate a QH hook.All of my bigger tractors have telescopic lower arms.Back up to within a few inches pof your implements,get off the tractor,slide out the arm,hook up the lower links,back up till it snaps,got off hook up top link and go.Save your money,dont buy one...
 
Your 4020 has telescopic arms,you dont need those things.Just fix the stuck slides(90% of those arms are stuck from nonuse)and you will be happy.
 
I put hydraulic top links on and it sure makes a difference in not only hooking up but also in using the equipment. If the lower pins are "stuck", just pull the implement back or ahead with the top link to take the pressure off. Any piece of equipment can be leveled on the go. Works especially good on my three point plow. We did have to build a new bracket on the 4020 to allow for the greater depth of the hydraulic top link swivel. The bracket for the original top link doesn"t have enough clearance.
 
Too bad the Fast Hitch didn't win the Hitch Wars...

But that's taking the conversation in a different direction!
 
Bought one for my JD4320.Best thing invented since a shirt pocket. Shure it took a little effort to get all my implements set up but now it takes a whole minute to switch implements without dismounting my tractor. Turning 62 in November need all the help I can get..No more straining or jerking or getting on and off the tractor .
 
(quoted from post at 04:45:17 08/22/13) main complaint I have against the quick hitches, is that they all move the attachment back 4-6" !


Never seen a QH with anywhere near 6" of setback. 3" - 4" normally.
 

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