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Thanks again Joel. I do have a control for the remote hydraulics. So, a hydraulic center link should be no problem. I just finished putting on Pat's Quick Hitch and with that and the convenience of a hydraulic center hitch I'll be all set.

Hydraulic Top Link - Installation Questions
Operating and Attachments
Replies 5 Post by dnsmithnc

I just installed a catgory II Pat's Quick Hitch today and experimented with attaching and detaching various pieces of equipment including a bushhog, spring loaded tiller, box blade and rototiller. As a result, I have a couple of observations that my research here and elsewhere did not reveal and should be of interest to anyone considering buying one of these or other similar quick hitches. <br>
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Like many of you I have equipment such as a bushhog, boxscrape and so on, that can be used on both a category I or II hitch. My tractor is a Mahindra 4500 and though it has a category II hitch, it has only 42 or 45 hp depending on who you listen to. With the hp, category I equipment is fine. However, herein lies the problem. This is because the only category I implement that I could get the hitch to attach to the two side links without getting off my tractor was the bush hog. Those familiar with these kinds of hitches know that this is a big selling feature. <br>
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The reason was because of bracing or some other aspect of the design of my category I equipment would not allow the hitch to go under and then up on the equipments' mounting pins. With the exception my bushhog, I had to unhitch my sidelinks and bring the quick hitch in from the side of the implements mounting pins. On my spring loaded tiller, I could not get the Pat's Easy Hitch on at all. However, I think with some minor grinding around the hitch pins on this piece of equipment, I will be able to mount it. <br>
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With all this said, if you have a category II hitch and all you have is equipment made especially for that hitch then, you might be able to attach the two side links without getting off of your tractor. I know this is case at least for my category II scrape blade. Also, I can't say for sure, the smaller category I version of Pat's Quick Hitch may be more likely to attach the side links to more pieces of category I equipment without getting off the tractor though, I am sure not all. <br>
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My second observation is that you must remember that the hitch adds about 3 to 4 inches of length to your side links. This could be a problem with shortened PTO shafts. Since I bought my Kingcutter II rototiller used, the PTO shaft had been already shortened some to fit the previous user's tractor. Though it still fit my tractor fine it was shorter than it could have been with my larger tractor. With the added length incurred with the installation of Pat's Quick Hitch , the pto shaft still reaches but, it is getting a little close to not having enough overlap between the two pto shaft sections to provide the needed strength for hard soil conditions. <br>
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That is not to say I don't like Pat's Quick Hitch. Though I still had to go in from the side with the side links on my tractor on most of my implements, they were MUCH easier to get on than on the old three point hitch arrangement. Also, the Pat's Easy Hitch was MUCH easier to get off. No more taking the heal of your shoe to try and knock off the side links. Overall, Pat�s Quick Hitch was a good investment in time savings and safety and I would highly recommend getting it or similarly made hitch. <br>
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Dave in NC<br>

Just installed a Pat s Quick Hitch - Some comments
Parts and Repair
Replies 10 Post by dnsmithnc

Thanks KT for the advice. Problem is now, I have 150 or more gallons of diesel with nothing to do with it.

Mahindra - Starting problems
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 26 Post by dnsmithnc

Thanks to the both of you for the info. Actually, I have seen this arrangement for the slip clutch but didn't recognize it from the picture of the tiller or the description. Anyway, it clarifies this issue. What is actually missing is the part of the PTO shaft that hooks on to the tractor. This would mean that the slip clutch is there. Thanks for telling me about agri supply. Might call them if this deal with the tiller doesn't work out.

King Cutter Two - Slip Clutch
Operating and Attachments
Replies 4 Post by dnsmithnc

Thanks everyone and especially you Joel. In my over half century on earth, I was never made completly aware of the mechanics nor the seriousness of the phenomenon that you described. I was told that it was better to keep your fuel tanks full or nearly so but, now that I see what can happen if you don't, it makes that advice much more meaningful. But, it certainly makes sense and is, in a way, reassuring in that the water, most of it anyway, appeared after I bought the fuel. Also, I am going to look into buying one of those water filtering funnels.

Water in Fuel
Parts and Repair
Replies 11 Post by dnsmithnc

I thought I replied but apparently there was a foul up somewhere.

Anyway, as far as what I am going to be using the forks for, nothing specific and thus why I didn't indicate. Examples might be, general moving of materials, nothing heavy. Putting an enclosed platform on the forks and using it to assist in painting and repair farm buildings, cutting limbs, transporting paint, shingles or whatever to the top of a building.

Though I won't be doing transporting anything heavy most of the time, I would still like something in the 3000lb category just in case.

earthwrks, what did you think of the first forks that I found listed on Ebay?

Thanks for your responses.

Tractor Loader Bucket Forks
Parts and Repair
Replies 9 Post by dnsmithnc

Looking to buy a used Kioti. What are the strange things that you are speaking of? Thanks

Kioti DK35 Steering Problem
Kioti Tractors
Replies 19 Post by dnsmithnc

Looking at a 1160 Massy Ferguson with about 1800hrs. It makes a noise while in 4 wheel drive. Any ideas as to the problem and cost to fix? Thanks

Noise while in 4 wheel drive
Massey Ferguson Tractors
Replies 3 Post by dnsmithnc