I have long ago gotten tired of wrestling with implements while trying to hook them up to a conventional three point hitch. I've sweated and cussed, pinched my fingers, skinned my knuckles, and hurt my pride. I went in search of a better solution, and thought I had found it in the Field Tuff Universal Fast Hitch system.
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I was wrong. Oh, they worked, after a fashion. They made hooking and unhooking a breeze and I was totally satisfied until I wasn't ! They don't last. The first set broke a roll pin, and a spring, and I was on the back 40 mowing. Limped it back to the house, bought another set (because parts come on a slow boat from China) and installed them. Less than a year later, I've sheared another pin, broke a spring and I was down again. I was in the middle of preparing a plot 100 miles from home. Put a sheet metal screw in place of the roll pin, wired the hook shut and continued on.
When I got back home I searched the web for something better. I watched several video reviews of different hitches, was about to buy the frame style, (until I realized you lose the top link adjustment) when I found this set of hitches. Carter&Sons EZ-HITCH. This ain't Chinese cast junk ! This is real steel and has a lifetime warranty. Now, I haven't used them yet, just pinned them on my tractor this evening, but I can't see any downside. The others, including the Pat's Quick Change set your implement back 5"/6" farther than normal. This makes the front end come off the ground in places that you don't want it to ! It also plays hell with the drive line on my seeder. The Carter's EZ-HITCH restores the original spacing between your tractor and the implement, just sets it up a little higher, which I like. I have no dog in this race, except I like to get the word out on a good product so others can benefit if they choose to.
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Originally posted by Radar View PostYou still use your normal top link?
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Originally posted by Radar View PostI forgot to ask where you got them from. I also have problems with my broadcaster shaft hitting my draw bar, I like to keep my broadcaster as low as possible when spreading small lighter seed.
I have run into that problem on a couple of implements and had to move it out of the way.
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Originally posted by Drycreek3189 View PostSo......if anyone wants the two sets of Field Tuff hitches, plus spare parts it took over three months to get. You can have them for the shipping. Otherwise, they're going to the junk pile !
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Originally posted by bukkskin View PostHey Radar, my tractor has a pin system on the drawbar. You can pull a pin and move it left or right so the shafts won't hit. Maybe yours isn't built like that?
I have run into that problem on a couple of implements and had to move it out of the way.
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