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Harbor Freight Quick Hitch Tips and Modification
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
- I purchased a 3-point quick hitch for my Kubota B2301 tractor to speed up the changing of 3-point implements. I decided on Harbor Freight quick hitch knowing that it would require a slight modification (different hook). It turns out I had to mod the mod, plus I learned a few other helpful things along the way.
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Alternate Top Hook Shown in Video
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Links to top hook and bushings shown in this video are in the description.
Excellent Video and thanks for taking the time to make it! Just got a quick attach after 20 years of struggling with pins. Helped me get all my implements hooked up correctly. Again THANKS MUCH!
Glad it helped!
I bought the HF quick hitch and the alternate top hook in your description. I used a 1 1/2 Milwaukee metal dozer bit and drilled a hole about 1/2in lower and it worked like a champ no other modifications needed. 💪
I found it easier to modify each of my implements to fit the hitch rather than to modify hitch. I've been using each of those implements for 15 years now with the same hitch setting.
this is by far the best video and instructions on the quick hitch
no welding, just replacing the top hook, with one that sticks out farther,
the small amount of machine work, in my opinion is the hardest thing to get done in the video
also, the bushings make MOST of the slop, go away. i have the same implements, as he does in the video, and just like everyone else, ran into the problems with the top hook.
i saw another video, where the cut approx 1/8-1/4 off front edge of hook, so it catches before it hits, a way to solve problem without buying modified hook. thing is with these 3 point quick hitches, they all have the hook issue, especially the"aftermarket" ones, such as titan, h&h, etc.
i just about guarantee they all are made by same company in china, so do yourself a favor, and
buy the cheaper one from HF, do the mods, and enjoy!!! thats what i did, and with everything, i got around 130-150$ in everything, thats cheaper than the titan, which retails @ 150-160$, BEFORE mods. im telling you, folks, its the same 3 point quick hitch as the HF and H&H.
i got the HF @ 95$ tax included!!!
go luck everyone, GOD bless, go TRUMP!!!!
today i learned something new you don't have to move the levers they are spring loaded that help alot thanks very much for takeing the time to she this my HF 3 point not so quick hitch top hock sucks i still have to fix that but it still is better than the 3 point for my box grader.
I've been using one for a few years, and didn't realize you could leave the bottoms latched and rely on the spring. Cool, thanks.
I wanted a 'thicker' top bushing on my implements. I bought a 5/8" id x 1" od x 1.5" long bushing from from A&A Manufacturing. These are very well made, thick walled, and finished pieces and work great. I bought 4 of them for less than $20 shipped. Many other sizes available. No drilling or looking thru hardware stores.
Thanks for this informative video. Just got a HF quick hitch today and ordered the alternate Top Hook also
Who did yoi order the alternative hook from?? If you got it at HF. Please give me the part number
Helpfull And Easy,
Thanks 😊
I purchased the same Harbor Freight quick hitch, I did purchase a different top hook, but I did not use the bolts, instead I used removable pins so I could easily adjust the top hook, so far I only have a back blade and a wood chipper but the top pins are at different heights, it works fine.
Both my QH-compatible implements have the same top-to-bottom pin spacing, so no need to move the hook. However, implements I get in the future may have a different spacing where the top hook would require a different mounting location. If so I'll definitively switch to quick release pins.
I bought my QH from Agri-Supply due to videos like this that documented the HF's version and it's interference with the top hook and the implements. I had to modify 4 of my 5 implements to fit my QH. After that, I was golden. Easily one of the best mods you can do to your tractor. Good video: thanks for posting it!
Sure thing!
great video! picking up a HF quick hitch this week and just purchased the hook in your link for mine. thank you!
Thanks! There is a $21 top hook on Amazon.
I had the same issue with HF QH. I too purchased a different top-hook for $17 and that satisfied usage with several implements (without having to adjust bolts). My rotary cutter is not quick hitch compatible but I'll modify it right before brush cutting season (smile). Today, I just finished making a cement ballast box for rear weight that would fit my HF quick hitch. I'll post that soon. Enjoyed your video. Yep, I went through the same issues but until ALL tractor companies make a "Universal Standard" for all quick-hitch compatible implements to fit quick hitches, tractor owners will go through the same head-scratching issues. I'm not sure about this but I think if you had purchased the Kubota QH, it might have fit all your Land Pride QH compatible implements (not sure though) however, you would have paid more than $83. John Deere is the same with their I-Match QH. Enjoyed a full-video watch. NEW SUBSCRIBER here!! I'm going to check out your bucket level video next. Have a fine week.
I was thinking the same thing about a Land Pride QH -- attachments would fit out of the box but I wasn't about to pay $400 for one. I think the quick hitch standard has a set width for bottom pins but not necessarily a fixed height between top and bottom , thus the up/down adjustment for top hook you see on all QHs. The silly thing is that all HF had to do was to ship with a slightly different top hook and one more hole lower under the current lowest hole for top hook adjustment and it wouldn't require any mods at all.
Also, good to know there are still some ppl out there that watch an entire video still. Are you going to make a video of your rotary cutter mod to make it QH compatible? I'd be interested in seeing that. I have an ancient back blade that needs the same treatment.
Hi Houndsman, where did you find it for $17?
@@MKA1919 Hey there MKA. :Let me find my folder that contains all my tractor receipts to see where I bought it. Most places I looked wanted $32 or something like that.
@@houndsmanone4563 sounds good, thanks
@@MKA1919 Looks like Agri Supply has them for $16.99. Not sure how much extra shipping would be, though. Here's a link:
www.agrisupply.com/top-hook-for-cat-1-quick-hitch/p/86528/?sid=asf10&eid=Easf10&zmam=77232640&zmas=1&zmac=1&zmap=86528&eid=gl020116&sid=google&gclid=CjwKCAiA1rPyBRAREiwA1UIy8ECHmNCEJOrwb-Ay4_afUY8BpJcut02Zunj5lwS1W4b8n_XoUpjfIRoCBq8QAvD_BwE
Is the lower opening where lift arms slide into same size opening as top link,,my tractor arms wont slide into bottom opening because its not wide as top link opening???Any ideas,,def want to figure a way to make this work,,too aggravating attaching box blade when by myself
The only "issue" it has is with people who dont have Quick Hitch compatible implements! No mods required when using it for what it's designed for. I have a RK Carryall frame, a Titan Implements bush hog, a grader blade that took no mods at all on implement or Quick Hitch. Love my HF Quick Hitch
I plan on getting a HF hitch , glad I have a lathe and welder
Great video, thanks for the info.
I will definitely buy a hook , thanks great info
That should do the trick for the interference issue. If your implements have a larger top-to-bottom spacing than the Land Pride QH compatible implements grinding out the bottom of the hook may not even be necessary.
The problem i encountered after purchasing the quick hitch, new top hook, and bushing's is it's only Category 0 compliant. I found the 5/8 lifting pins to be undersized and extremely lose fitting on my 3 point lift arms. The 5/8 lifting pins are only rated for Category O and tractor's up to 20 horsepower. I found the undersized pins to be the deal breaker. I don't know why they designed the hitch with such small pins - very disappointed.
Excellent observations, I'm working on mine and I ending widening the hitch 1.75" since some of my attachments are wider than the hitch hooks for the top I have to use a different way for each atachment.
Sounds like a major project. I have one attachment (back blade) that won't work with my quick hitch because there's a support bracket directly under the top attachment point where the top hook would need to reside before raising to engage the implement. Fortunately, the width of the lower pins is the same as the hitch. A little fabrication for the top pin and I'm all set. Good luck with your conversion.
If I understand your problem correctly, you can just switch one of the attachment points or both from the outside of the implement to the inside.
Would be helpful to know where you picked up the larger top hook?
Do you think you could also use the sleeve bushings instead of the roll pin bushings on all implements? Once those roll pins are in, they wouldn't be simple to get off if you were using the implement on a QH tractor sometimes and on a tractor without a QH sometimes.
For anyone that sees this you can get a better replacement hook from Ken' bolt on hooks. No modifications required. The one in this video clearly tried to copy his product.
Do you have a link for this alternate hook? Thanks Dan
@@danrichardson4378 They have two variations. www.boltonhooks.com/qh-accessories/
Great info and good tips, new subscriber here.
Great video. Where did you get the new top hook? I believe someone makes one specifically for the harbor frieght hitch
i got hf qhitch for free but i had to replace the hook as well for other one! otherwise it a pain ass qick hitch if you dont know now to modifies
Good informative video sir. Where did you get the other (correct) top hook you show in the video? Thank you.
Link to top hook from Quality Farm Supply: qualityfarmsupply.com/products/top-hook-for-cat-1-quick-hitch?_pos=1&_sid=0c8c87692&_ss=r
Why not use tapered Allen head bolts?
Did all of your shafts work as previously cut for use with out Quick hitch? Or were they too short?
I only have the one PTO-driven implement, which is the rotary cutter, and the stock shaft was perfect. It is labeled as QH compatible so I guess that should be expected.
I have a Titan back blade so will a harbor freight QH attach without modifying it? Thank you.
I looked up the Titan back blades and as long as it's one that is quick hitch compatible I think it could work without modifying the top hook. The reason I say that is because with my situation I had to have the top hook all the way at the bottom of the bracket, but it still needed to go a bit lower (thus the reason to grind it out). With the Titan back blade, there are two sets of holes for the top pin. If you were to put the pin in the top set of holes most likely you could simply move the hook on the quick hitch up to a higher position to properly engage the pin on the implement.
Always some kind of extra stuff that has to be done to make anything fit
I'm wondering why you went to the trouble of Machining your top hook rather than just dropping it one notch using the bolt system??
It was already in the lowest position, at least the lowest it could go and still use both bolts.
Good morning
how do you guys get the pins into the cat 3 pins, the rolled pins? im wondering if they game me the wrong size
I seem to remember having to enlarge the holes in the cat pins on my cutter to get the roll pins through. I determined the size by finding a drill bit that fit the adapter bushing roll pin hole perfectly then used it to drill the cat 1 pins.
Any suggestions on how to modify HF hitch to work on 20 year + box
Probably would be better to modify the box and not the quick hitch. As far as how to do that, I don't know. I have a 20+ year old back blade that isn't compatible with my QH. I'm going to try to modify the back blade to make it work and will be making a video of that process. Should be interesting as my welding skills are questionable at best.
Great information. Thanks for the video sir.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Hmm, I just received my top hook from Quality Farm Supply and the holes did not match up at all, They were off about 1/8" of an inch. Took quite a bit of reaming to get it to work.
This is with the Harbor Freight quick hitch?
Yes
where did you find a cat 1 to cat 3 bottom hook adapter?
I believe I purchased those from Amazon. A search for "cat 1 to cat 3 bushing" should yield plenty of results. You can get those at Tractor Supply Company store as well.
Ou trouver cet outil quand on reside en france?
Désolé, je ne sais pas. Je chercherais sur Internet les magasins locaux qui vendent ce produit ou quelque chose de similaire.
Upon seeing this I googled for hook replacements and came across several, including kens. I just got some of his bolt in hooks and didn’t know he offered this. It’s $40 but if it fits right and I don’t have to modify the modification, it would be worth it to me. Is that where you got this or was this a different cheaper hook? What are measurements needed so I can confirm if kens will be the solution I want?
I looked up that hook to which you referring. Although the web page includes dimensions of the hook it doesn't include the most critical dimension for this situation which is the depth of the cutout (distance between bolt holes and bottom of the radius) so I couldn't say if it would require machining or not. The one I got is from AgriSupply.com for $25. The distance between the top and bottom pins on my Land Pride QH compatible implements was a bit too short (for this QH), which is why the mod was necessary. It is possible that the top-to-bottom pin distance on other manufacturers of implements is different. If they are even 1/8" greater or more, that mod won't be necessary.
What is your experience with your quick hitch? Let me know in the comments.
I'll be buying the manufacturer's supplied quick hitch after watching this video. I had thought about the HF one but with all the stuff you have to do to get that hitch to work, its far from worth it for the cost difference.
Speeco does not need the $40 per implement bushing.
Can you post a link to the replacement top hook that you used?
Here is the link:
qualityfarmsupply.com/product/HITCH-ampersand-LINKAGE/QUICK-HITCHES/Quick-Hitch-Repair-Parts/873-dash-HF141137
I just checked the site and they are in stock. $25 + $9 shipping.
I wish you guys would mention you are using very small tractors maybe that is why things don't fit great.
Where did you get that second hook
The one I used in the video is from Quality Farm Supply for $25.
qualityfarmsupply.com/product/HITCH-ampersand-LINKAGE/QUICK-HITCHES/Quick-Hitch-Repair-Parts/873-dash-HF141137
It appears that Agri Supply has one for $16.99 but difficult to say from the photos if it has the same amount of backset as the one from Quality Farm Supply:
www.agrisupply.com/top-hook-for-cat-1-quick-hitch/p/86528/
were did you get the extra top hook at?
Quality Farm Supply. Link is here:
qualityfarmsupply.com/product/HITCH-ampersand-LINKAGE/QUICK-HITCHES/Quick-Hitch-Repair-Parts/873-dash-HF141137
That was your problem. That quick hitch is made for a cat 1
Nice mods but still a worthless piece of iron. Why do I say that? Because I have half a dozen tractor implements and no two will fit the quick hitch without moving the top hook up or down and several don't have the room for the top hook to fit. You have to put the hook on the implement and then slip the bolts in place. I finally left the quick hitch in the field because it wasn't worth the trouble to use. Now if you have a tractor with one implement you might be able to set it up and use it to simply take the implement off the tractor and put it back on later with no adjustments. I now have a pair of the easy change adapters that fit on the outriggers. Back up and lift the implement and then simply attach the top link to the implement. Yes you have to get off the tractor but it's still quick and a lot easier than the quick hitch and it fit's all my implements without any adjustments.
The "worthless piece of iron" as you call it works perfectly with QH compatible implements that it is designed for. Just because it doesn't fit your non-compatible implements doesn't reflect on a the QH. No offense intended it's just the truth. My QH from HF works perfectly with all my QH compatible implements with no mods to anything.
You ain't living unless you are modifying.
I don't leave much alone. You should see my daughter's Power Wheels Barbie Jeep.
POS When you buy this quick hitch and start scratching all the paint off your attachment They should just change the price and give you a hook that actually works ❗️❕❗️❕
I paid $139 🤮