Quick hitch with chain stabilizers

dirtnap · Jul 4, 2021

Happy 4th everyone! I've got the chain stabilizers that they sell here on YT. They attach outboard of the arms at the hitch pin on my 3500. Is there a quick hitch that will work with this? Between the stabilizer ends and the arm ends it's over 2" wide. Looking online it's hard to tell if that will all fit inside the back of quick hitches. Has anyone had any luck fitting one on a hitch like this?
Thanks!

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 4, 2021

You're going to have to be more specific. 3500 what? What chain stabilizers?

Quick hitches are standard width of the 3pt hitch category that they're for. You'd typically attach the hitch to the arms then adjust the stabilizers to keep the hitch from moving back and forth, like any other 3pt implement.

If you have some other concern, please try to be clear about it.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 5, 2021

Are you talking about chains that you can adjust to set the height of the 3pt arms when you let them down?

paul · Jul 5, 2021

Yea, there are chains that limit side to side sway, or that limit how far the 3pt can drop, or limit how far the 3pt can raise.

Not quite sure what you are trying to accomplish, I know how it is when the pieces are there in front of you and you know inside your head it seems obvious, but Im a
little lost as the others are......

You mention chains, hitch, and quick hitch, something is 2 inches, and........

Would love to help but Im not getting it.

Paul

dirtnap · Jul 5, 2021

Sorry I wasn't clear. Let me back up.
Ford 3500 is the tractor. I'm trying to
fit a quick hitch on the 3 pt. The
stabilizers I have are the chain type that
attach at the lift arm ends making the
attached point too wide to fit into the
quick hitches that I've seen on the
market. I'll post a picture tomorrow when
I'm where the tractor is.

dirtnap · Jul 7, 2021

This post was edited by dirtnap on 07/07/2021 at 04:41 am.

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 7, 2021

(quoted from post at 10:19:12 07/05/21) Sorry I wasn't clear. Let me back up.
Ford 3500 is the tractor. I'm trying to
fit a quick hitch on the 3 pt. The
stabilizers I have are the chain type that
attach at the lift arm ends making the
attached point too wide to fit into the
quick hitches that I've seen on the
market. I'll post a picture tomorrow when
I'm where the tractor is.

Ok thanks for the clarification.

Ford 3500 is a Category I 3pt hitch, so you'd presumably want a Cat I quick hitch. They don't make them in different widths. The hitches are a standard width so they fit QH compatible equipment.

You will need to extend the stabilizer chains to allow the arms to come together enough to fit the quick hitch.

Quick hitch with chain stabilizers

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