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Jim

09-23-2003 20:19:17

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Hi folks,

I have a need to switch between several different rear implements quickly and easily...often when it's cold and snowy out. I've been considering some of the quick hitch devices out there. I'm thinking pretty hard about the "Jiffy Hitch" system, and a similar one from "Bubco". Also considering a one sided system from "Speeco", although I'd have to do a bunch of welding to get my various implements to have standard spacings on the pins, etc.

Anybody out there have any first hand knowledge or experience with these things? Good or Bad? Works ok in the cold? Tolerant of a little mis-alignment when backing in?

Thanks for your thoughts!

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John A

09-24-2003 19:29:33

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Re: Quick Hitches in reply to Jim, 09-23-2003 20:19:17

Jim, I must agree with Indy and newgen. The JD quick-hitch is a better set up. I run a deere quick-hitch on my 966. SHHHHH HH... don't tell any one about my little indesgresion!!!
John A.

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ted

09-24-2003 18:32:01

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Re: Quick Hitches in reply to Jim, 09-23-2003 20:19:17

They work good. Excellant for cultivators and other equip. You might have problems with pto driven equip due to shaft legnth, and on mowers from the top link. Yes, they do increase the load due to it being further back. They can also help you lift an impliment higher or lower(some hitches have a choice of 2 hitching pts. for the 3 pt lower arms) Depending on your impliments, you usually don't have to do much to retofit. The only real problem is if your imp. is a smaller catagory than your hitch. The most common is a cat 2 hitch. Cat 1 is for smaller tractors, and cat 0 on garden tractors.

If your impliment has studs that you slide the arm on and put in the clip (like most mowers), you can get a special bushing that slides over and a roll pin is driven into the pin hole to hold it. If your impliment uses pins you can get bushings to make it fit, some impliments come with 2 sets of pins, one for quick hitch and one for regular.

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Indydirtfarmer

09-24-2003 03:43:07

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Re: Quick Hitches in reply to Jim, 09-23-2003 20:19:17

The biggest "problem" with quick hitch's is that they move the impliment 4"-6" back away from the tractor. That's not so bad on a BIG tractor, but on something smaller, you end up needing more wieght on the front end, plus the 3pt. lift won't always raise the impliment as easy as it did without the quick-hitch. I use one on my 4440, and 4955. They work great with big stuff. I tried one on a 2440. It didn't work out so well. My bush hog wouldn't hook up right. (The top pin wouldn't hook) My rotovator's pto shaft ended up being a little short, and several other pieces wouldn't hook up the way I would have liked. I have noticed that SOME of the quick-hitch's on the market, look a little "light" to me. The ones on my bigger tractors are John Deere OEM. The one I bought for the 2440 was an "aftermarket" item from TSC. (There might have been my problem!) Good luck, John

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newgen

09-24-2003 13:50:21

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Re: Re: Quick Hitches in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 09-24-2003 03:43:07

I had the same problem as you did Indy, and it was with a quick hitch from Farm&Fleet, the John Deere OEM type on mt 4320 and 4020 work just fine. I guess you get what you pay for.

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