560 fast hitch to 3pt?

660 guy · May 14, 2010

Can anyone tell me if I were to purchase the fasthitch to 3pt. adapters that are available, if they are difficult to attach to an implement? As the fasthitch arms don"t sway out like a 3pt lift arms do? Thank you! Mark R.

dansuper27 · May 14, 2010

Make or get the style that have the open top like a quick hitch then you just come in underneath and raise the hitch and install the pins.
I've been trying to figure out the best way to solve that problem and what I have come up with is to get 2 fast hitch forks and then weld a a piece of heavy wall 2" by 4" steel tube that 34" wide then weld on the quick hitch style hooks that have the pin at the top. I'll probably make the hooks since I want them as wide as quick hitch style which is 1-3/4 to 2" wide and then I can make the tops with the pin style locks. Also the you can then space the hooks at the standard Cat 2 spacing which is around 32" and have the fast hitch forks at their 27" or whatever they are. Then the top link is on the rock shaft like you do with that style. Semi quick hitch style.

dansuper27 · May 14, 2010

Just an additional note. The fast hitch forks would be welded in through both walls of the heavy wall tube as well as the hooks.

Wardner · May 14, 2010

This would be the third or fourth time you have asked the same question in recent days.

Perhaps you should change the question to "Could someone please convert my tractor to 3pth".

There are 118 offerings on eBay if you search on "Fast Hitch".

If that is an overwhelming selection, just punch the link below for one item which is probably what you want.
Good 3pth conversion arms

Ksfarmmer · May 14, 2010

When I had adapters the frame type had a open hole with a tab that could be opened and reattached(reclosed) to hold the pins in. When I used the prongs I connected them first to the equipment and then backed up the tractor to the equipment as if was a two point attachment. No worse than 3 point, maybe easier. Whatever you end up with make sure the prongs are ones that curve up so you can lift equipment higher. The straight ones like the ones that Warder found on ebay won"t lift some equipment as high off the ground as you want. Overall the conversions are at best adequately serviceable and at worst a royal PIA. The only real easy way to go is too find one of the frame type conversions and figure out a way to build one for each piece of equipment you have. But last one I saw was about $300 so that becomes cost prohibitive; and they don't lift as high as you might want either. As someone else stated earlier, buying a whole new 3 point from Saginaw. etc is the only pain free method. You could do what I did which was to sell my tractor and buy a nice little Kubota. Sorry sports fans, but life is better now.

DeltaRed · May 15, 2010

Easy to hook up!Just like telescopic tuglinks,back up to within about 9" ,slide them out,hook up your pins,back till they 'snap' Easy!There is usually enough slop in the works to hook to about anything.

rustyfarmall · May 15, 2010

(quoted from post at 13:48:27 05/14/10) This would be the third or fourth time you have asked the same question in recent days.

Perhaps you should change the question to "Could someone please convert my tractor to 3pth".

There are 118 offerings on eBay if you search on "Fast Hitch".

If that is an overwhelming selection, just punch the link below for one item which is probably what you want.
Good 3pth conversion arms

That is the style I had on my 856, and it is the only style I would want if I still needed some. I don't know why that style is not still being made.

660 guy · May 15, 2010

Thanks fellas

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