[AT] 3 point quick hitch

[charlie hill]

Mike I've heard others talk about having a problem but I do have one first 
hand experience.  A freind of mine asked me to help him find one for his 165 
MF which is a big cat 1/small cat 2 tractor.  In fact the lift arm balls are 
cross drilled with holes for both 1 & 2 cat pins.  Tom has some cat 1 
equipment, some cat 2 and some that can be used either way.  I tried to tell 
him he would have a problem but he was hard headed and really wanted a quick 
hitch.  He oredered a CAT 1, we sent it right back as it wouldn't fit 
anything he had.  He ordered a Cat 2.  It would fit one implement by 
shifting the cat pins around a bit but none of the rest.  We finally decided 
to try the quick hitch adapters that fit on the end of the lift arms with an 
adjustable cross stabilizer bar.  That works for him but he still has to get 
down and hook up the top link.  He's 73, diabetic has had open heart surgery 
and has leg problems so it's not a perfect solution for him but he seems 
satified....finally.

I think if you went out and bought a relatively new small tractor and bought 
all of the OEM cat 1 equipment for it the quick hitch adapters would work 
just fine.  Same with a Cat 2 tractor but if you've got older stuff with a 
hodge podge of equipment like most of us have then you've got problems. 
Now, if you wanted to go to the trouble you could probably fix all of your 
equipment so that it would work.  It would take a little cutting and welding 
or perhaps just moveing some bolts around but it should be do-able.  As you 
said, it's just not a simple issue.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] 3 point quick hitch


> This is not a simple issue. In theory, all three point hitches and
> attachments are supposed to be built to the ASAE specification. But we
> all know that didn't always happen. The width of the Harbor Freight
> device seems to match the Cat I standard, and any implement I have tried
> (Woods finish mower, Ford 7' blade, generic boom crane, generic three
> point scoop, etc.) have all fit. That is as far as my experience goes.
>
> Mike
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> Before you buy a quick hitch measure the distance between the "cat. pins" 
>> on
>> all of your 3 pt equipment and check the space between the latches on the
>> adapter.
>> 3 pt equipment was not built with the use of quick hitches in mind and 
>> the
>> spacing varies, sometimes widely" from one piece of equipment to another.
>>
>> charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:48 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] 3 point quick hitch
>>
>>
>>> Lou is correct. I bought one last year and have used it on both my
>>> International 240U and Ford 860. See
>>> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/international_240u/240withwoodsmower3.html>
>>> for an image of the "quick hitch" being used on the three point lift on
>>> my 240U.
>>>
>>> Mike
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