3PT Quick Connect

I don't have a loader so I do a lot back there. There's a pallet carrier, the mower, the spreader, the dirt scoop. Really I need a post hole digger. I'm thinking of buiding a 3pt box to haul my fence mending suppies.

Hooking up the bush hog mower is a real pain and takes quite few minutes.

Will that quick connect be slam, bam, thank you ma'am?

They work nice and I wouldn't try to farm without them. I wouldn't say they are fool proof though. As mentioned earlier some implements won't work with them.

If the implement has a bolt etc holding the hitch together below the top link the QH will give problems. Those links need room to get under their hooks.

You will need adapters for the lower links. Just a bushing usually with a shoulder. The QH's are made for bottom links with Cat 3 size pins and these bushing take care of that.

Unhooking can be a bit of a trick. Just need to adjust the top link until the hitch drops loose. And keep your feet clear!!

Trailing PTO stuff can create problems also. What happens is when turning corners the hitch will hit the driveline shield and beat it up.

All in all if you are working with Cat 2 implements I would suggest getting one, Cat 1 stuff is a little more of a toss up.

HTH
JT

You can bush the pins to fit on cat 1 implments but all 4 hitch sizes (0 thru 3) have different width spacings. This doesn't make much difference when hooking arms up but the widths have to be right for QH use.

JM2CW

JT

Don't have remotes, yet. But I need those to run the NRCS seed drill.

I never thought about the PTO shaft fouling up.

Measure the width between pins on all your implements, must be the same. Measure the height between the lower pins & the top link pin - must be the same on all implements. Check that there is room around each lower pin for the bigger J-hook of the quick hitch - some implements are too close on an angle iron or the like. Top pins frequently give trouble on this - they have some obstruction that doesn't allow the bigger hook to engage from the quick hitch.

A few pto items might have too short of a shaft now, with the 2-3" added to the connection.

A heavy load, like your bale spear, will probably make the front end too light, or the 3pt won't lift the load any more because it's moved back 3".

I doubt the post hole digger will work with a quick hitch.

Now, _if_ you get all that worked out & set up & all matching, then a quick hitch is a great help! :)

So, do the homework.

I don't bother with the cat 1 stuff as that is pretty easy to hook up, but as someone else said, for my bigger tractor I just got one this year, switching between the plow, 15 row planter, row cultivator, and field cultivator was killing me, now back up, lift, & ready to go. :)

--->Paul

Wham and Bham. Except for the darned PTO and any hydraulics you are using.

Allan