Unexpected uses for a 3 point quick hitch | LandPride QH05

While a 3pt quick hitch can have its limitations, you can find all kinds of unexpected uses for it.
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[@BiffsEquipment]

Great video neal! Always great when you can find other uses out-side of the box with/for your tractor!

[@robertberry7194]

Love the bent top link!!!

[@harmab2]

Thanks Neil, another great video

[@Mark-uq9km]

Several months ago you got a nice shout out from '10th Gen Dairyman'. He bought his side x side from your place. Go, PA farmers. You're the best.

[@4WDriver]

Gave a like just for the whole, "...and make me look like a FOOL!". LoL 😂 is there anyone who hasn't been there with their own equipment??

[@martinhausfeld6689]

Nice looking Toplink

[@billphillips3866]

Another perfect video!

[@stephengmeiner3264]

I totally agree! I have a backhoe for my L3301 so I don’t have a top link holder. The QH holds all three points together. And I do use the top hook for a chain holder. Also, I don’t have concrete or any flat level surface to work from while hooking up attachments so trying to attach to each individual arm separately is very difficult. I love my quick hitch!

[@wildbill23c]

Even with the quick hitch, you still have to be somewhat level and straight with the attachment/implement, or you'll end up with what I had a few days ago. A box blade hooked to the quick hitch just fine on one side, the other side wasn't engaged in the hook...talk about a PITA to get the box blade off to get it to line up properly...even that quick hitch really isn't all that quick in some cases if you don't get things lined up exactly right. The other thing is if you are hooking up to a PTO implement, you'll need to be sure your PTO shaft is long enough, the one for my roto-tiller isn't, so the quick hitch is 100% useless to me since I have to remove it to use the roto-tiller...and a replacement PTO shaft costs more than the quick hitch....so the quick hitch is going back to the dealer.

[@vacountryboylifestyle5097]

Love the top link there. That's that reach around the corner top link

[@alanocarlossur9440]

The system on my Father's old AC D14 always seemed so much easier. You had a single point hitch under the tractor that would lock on to the tongue of the implement. Just back up and it would lock in place. The lift arms had jaws that would open and allow you to connect the chain lifts from the implement and lock them shut. As long as you could back up on the tongue, alignment wasn't an issue. Also, no top link to bend.

[@timkd5vmv583]

Hey Neil!! Glad to see you miss the pins when you tried to hook up. I have been blaming my tri-focal glasses. Good to know even the experts miss occasionally. The Other Tim with Tractors

[@Neighbour_Al]

The spacing for QH is an industry standard and well defined. It’s the mfrs that are sloppy. My QH is great, and I carry a tape measure when shopping. Caveat emptor!

[@hphillips7425]

This changes the subject but I used my new b2650 a few days ago and was reminded again how much better the loader controls are compared to other manufacturers.

[@ArizVern]

Retired 75, One thing I like AG tires. AG tires do not pick up as much mud. You might say they clean better, but that's not it. R4 tires just pick up a lot of mud. It looks like cow pies everywhere. Another thing I like tip/tilt three point with a quick hitch. Making adjustments while your working, lets say a box scraper, is invaluable. Compared to stopping tractor getting off, making a guess at what may work when tool was in motion. EDIT: Having 851 lb. HR2572 delivered after buying rental Kubota 119 hrs on L4701 with Land Pride HQ15 on Tuesday Jan 21, 2020. Great video as usual.

[@wildbill23c]

A hydraulic top link would be nice for a box blade for sure. Not worth the ridiculous cost though. I can get off the tractor and turn the top link a lot cheaper.

[@petehall2982]

your top link is bent. Love the channel!!!!!!

[@robbiefrentz9427]

My box blade and brushhog are different i found just use clevis pins with cotter pin to lock it works great

[@N98858]

...Got that same QH05 on my B2560 and after I got the Land Pride 60 inch Brush Hog Correctly adjusted to accept it all is well ';-) Thanks

[@bradhaggett]

Have you had any issues with the QH being too light duty since it was designed for the SCUT? Thanks

[@jagx234]

I have a 3pt->2"receiver steel thing I have found lots of uses for that aren't pulling trailers :) I keep my chain in the toolbox tho. 10' easily fits!

[@wildbill23c]

I have one of those 3 point receiver hitches as well. Beats going and getting the pickup and then playing the how close am I to the trailer tongue game LOL.

[@stevieg.4816]

You think like me, "out of the box". This is what I do, how many intelligent ways can I put it to use for what I need to do? Great video.

[@xdude2x]

Is your top link bent? Thanks for the video

[@jeremyo3072]

A quick hitch and a hydraulic top link are two of the best investments I’ve made.

[@wildbill23c]

To use a hydraulic top link I would need rear remotes on the tractor correct? Sorry new to tractors/implements. I saw a video of someone using a hydraulic top link to do all sorts of from the seat adjustments with his box scraper to get different cutting depths, dragging applications, etc. all without having to get off the tractor and manually adjusting anything.

[@erikscott5709]

I may end up getting a quick hitch setup, maybe in a year or two. On the other hand I'd take out a loan tomorrow, if I had to, to buy some sort of quick hitch for the PTO shaft. I can change implements in at most five minutes - adjustable link arms are a Godsend - but the PTO shafts are another 20-30 minutes of pain and blue language. :-)

[@crpth1]

It won't solve the issue per se. But it will facilitate the entire procedure a LOT! Make sure to maintain ALL the PTO elements CLEAN and lubed. Preferably with silicone grease/spray! This has the advantage that the mud/dust don't stick to it! Precisely the opposite of the traditional greases, that seem to act like magnets for, pretty much, everything! Not having to deal with "blobs" of dirt and debris, I assure you is Godsend in tractor activities! LOL 😂 Anyway when kept clean and lubed everything works smoothly! Cheers Side note: I know that pain! When I got my used tractor I couldn't release the PTO. Because in all honesty I couldn't see/find the pin!! It was buried under "tons" of dirt and debris all cooked with pre-historical grease... Not fun at all!

[@wildbill23c]

As I found out with my quick hitch, it made the PTO shaft too short for my roto-tiller once the quick hitch was installed....so the quick hitch is useless to me. A replacement PTO shaft costs more than the quick hitch so I'm taking the quick hitch back to the dealership this afternoon....complete waste of money and really doesn't help you much either if you aren't exactly lined up to the implement, if one of those hooks misses and you have the latches closed so it just snaps over the pins when you raise the 3 point, you are in trouble if one of those pins doesn't engage the quick hitch latch mechanism, it tweaks the implement to the side making it quite fun trying to get it back off the quick hitch on the side that actually latched...be prepared for some very heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, and tugging to get the implement back off the quick hitch once that happens...just had it happen with my box blade a couple days ago, thought I was never going to get it off the quick hitch. I have a box blade and a roto-tiller, its just as easy to pull the pins on the 3 point than it is to mess with that quick hitch, and since the PTO shaft on the tiller is too short to use the quick hitch its totally pointless for me.

[@deanbarr5740]

Love my Quick Hitch.

[@arkyump]

Being 72 and can’t manhandle crap any longer, quick hitch is a godsend. I use it on everything except for the plow.

[@babranson1]

Don’t feel bad Neil, at two attempts to attach your implement. I have top and tilt on my L5740 and top on my B3350. It takes a couple of times to get my box blade and my grader blade to cooperate. Both Land Pride.

[@MessicksEquip]

I like we left it in. Its too easy to edit those things out.

[@119topdawg]

Nice vid

[@danandfaith]

Perhaps time for an updated QuickHitch video, given the QH16 replacing the 15, and a move to QuickHitch products that do not need bushings on implements?

[@Al-tl2ov]

I have the Land Pride QH05 on my BX 2370, will a Land Pride RB050 work with the QH050? Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesonsonoma748]

I use the lower hooks to carry the weed eater , lay it in lock it down. Won’t come off works great

[@KubotaMonsterBX23S]

Great video as always. Top 3 point hitch arm looks bent BTW.

[@BiffsEquipment]

That neal is a savage lol

[@MagicGiblet]

I bent mine as well on the same kubota model. it's a bit of a tractor design flaw that makes it easy to do. If the roll bar is lowered to it's lowest position at the hinge, it sits low enough to obstruct the path of the top hitch arm. If you raise the implement to it's highest position while the roll bar is in the down position, it will bend the hitch arm just like his is bent. It was a mistake I made in my first week with my tractor and immediately had to replace it.

[@Renault_75-34MX]

I know of a quick hitch system here in Europe that has two parts, one for the tractor and a fitting part for the implement. The system attaches the hydraulics and pto as well, but the pto is module which can be ordered separately or with that system, and you can either use hand leavers or double acting hydraulics. And I'm sure that the pto needs to be shortened for it's module

[@Windsor1492]

You're probably thinking for A-frame quick hitch. Often used on front end loaders too. But it's obviously a more expensive alternative since you need the implement to have that hitch too.

[@MessicksEquip]

that kind of thing is offered here, they are extremely expensive so you almost never see them.

[@jedetraktor_cz]

what happened to your top link ?

[@MagicGiblet]

I see his top hitch arm is bent just as mine quickly was when I first bought the same model tractor. It's a bit of a tractor design flaw that makes it easy to do. If the roll bar is lowered to it's lowest position at the hinge, it sits low enough to obstruct the path of the top hitch arm. If you raise the implement to it's highest position while the roll bar is in the down position, it will bend the hitch arm just like his is bent. It was a mistake I made in my first week with my tractor, could no longer adjust the length, and immediately had to replace it. Now I never lower my roll bar below the horizontal position to avoid this problem.

[@casycasy5199]

is your top link bent?

[@johnwesley8327]

Neil, maybe if you ask real nice, Messick's could get you a new top link. LOL

[@rowanknoedler6364]

Great video! Can you still use the QH even when the implement has PTO?

[@MessicksEquip]

Yes, but if you have already cut your PTO shafts they maybe too short.

[@wildbill23c]

@@MessicksEquip They typically will be too short after adding the quick hitch as I found out with mine...so the quick hitch is going back to the dealer because its 100% useless to me because the roto-tiller's PTO shaft is too short with the quick hitch installed, makes absolutely no sense having a quick hitch for a box blade and roto-tiller when one implement can't be used with it. A replacement PTO shaft costs more than the stupid quick hitch, so the quick hitch is being returned to the dealership this afternoon.

[@rossgee1091]

@@wildbill23c If I recall, there are pto shaft extensions to fix that problem...

[@wildbill23c]

@@rossgee1091 There are, but you gotta be careful, learned the hard way today those things need to be bolted through whatever shaft you connect them to, no if's and's or but's. The input shaft stub on my roto-tiller doesn't have a hole through it for a bolt, its getting one drilled through it tomorrow. Set screws or anything of that nature will NOT keep the extension secure. Had the PTO shaft come off today twice while tilling....not good at all. Luckily all the damage was to the plastic PTO U-Joint cover and can easily be replaced. I think they make them in 2-6" extension lengths. I have the 2" extension which extends the PTO shaft enough for my needs, but like mentioned above they need to be bolted on, not just set screws like I did. Those things vibrate loose during operation. A through-bolt is a must.

[@rickyhorsburgh6581]

Got a quote from local Kubota dealer in Australia yesterday $1000 + get(10%) AUD which makes it around 807 USD currently I'll be building my own lol even the cheap eBay ones around 400 at best + 300 shipping or so AUD

[@pctatc66]

I installed Pats quick hitch arms/gloves on my tractor just to remove the frustration of trying to hook up implements on a non deluxe 3 pt hitch

[@gus473]

They are pretty good! Works well on about 90% of my attachments....

[@g.work.specials6859]

I still dont get why you guys dont use walterscheid hooks. We have been using them since the 80's

[@pctatc66]

@@g.work.specials6859 Pats quick hitch is the same thing but vastly improved over the Walterscheld hooks. google pats quick hitch and see for yourself

[@mesh1248]

Another use for a quick hitch is wrap a chain around the centre hook and use it to pull fenceposts out the loader couldn’t

[@goslin23]

You know you can set those side levers in the "locked" position before you pick up an implement and they will automatically lock into place.

[@troyr57]

Thanks, I was going to say the same thing about it, but looking through the comments, see you took care of it. Looks like He would notice that. Still He is definitely a great Kubota representative.

[@stevejarve2547]

Does your tractor really idle that high?

[@imout671]

Could you recommend a 3 point trencher for a kubota 3130L shuttle shift? I need to dig 2000ft water/electric lines. Thanks

[@wildbill23c]

Go rent one. Far cheaper than buying something you'll probably only use once.

[@ibleedihred2844]

Definitely invest in a hydraulic top link - makes using a quick hitch even better

[@markproulx1472]

I love my quick hitch.

[@tomkeating65]

2 questions. Where's your top n tilt? What's the black tube for? Bottle rocket or torpedo launcher? 🤔🤔🤔

[@wildbill23c]

I believe that's where the owner's manual is stored.

[@gordonbeyreis2043]

@@wildbill23c It's where the owner's manual is ignored. Or, hot dog storage for lunch.

[@eosjoe565]

Is it just the camera angle or is your top-link bent?

[@jix177]

Was just about to say the same!

[@chuckcurtin]

It's bent for Lent

[@andysworld2188]

Curved for her pleasure...

[@markcole6475]

Looks like someone needs a new top link adjustment sleeve😊

[@kennethjudd7993]

Time for a hydraulic top link. Its one of the best things I did for my tractor.

[@tripacer8259]

Me too and I couldn't imagine life without the cylinder!

[@wesleymatthews7382]

I like Pat's Easy Change system better than quick hitches.

[@jerryriggins566]

I agree with you. I've used both and I prefer the Pats Easy change. Some of my implements are old and won't accept the Quick Hitch.

[@modernoutdoorliving3856]

Very useful to know. Maybe instead of a side by side, I get a smaller kubota tractor and use it for multiple things... hmmm

[@wildbill23c]

A few years late, but I just bought a Kubota BX2680 this past summer, and I'd rather have it than a side by side, for the money spent, a sub-compact tractor is far more useful than a UTV...now maybe one of those mini trucks would be great too, but a UTV isn't useful to me, I had one several years ago, and wasn't that great for use on the property.

[@roberthiday3342]

is there a particular brand or model quick hitch that you recommend for the BX23s?

[@MessicksEquip]

There's a class of very cheap ones that are all made by the same place. quality is not real good, if you want a good one... land Pride.

[@johnseavey6622]

@@MessicksEquip Or J D Imatch

[@patdaugherty7978]

You may not have bent the top link, but you got her muddy. That's how a tractor is supposed to look!!

[@jokinjoe9447]

You done a video about bending your top link,looks like I see why,looks like it happened to you,

[@kdegraa]

I’m considering buying a second hand Kubota B3030 tractor.

[@Talldad85]

That top link sure looks bent

[@patrickwheatley6156]

Was wondering the same thing

[@jerryriggins566]

Me too.

[@carlrowe5150]

😂😂

[@rscott6512]

Neil most likely did it when the ROPs were lowered and the 3point hitch was raised all the way up. That is how I bent my B2650 top link!

[@Mark-uq9km]

I wouldn't know what to do if my top link weren't bent.

[@leonannegers7874]

What by chance is the model of you kabota

[@MessicksEquip]

B3350

[@TheJuice484]

What’s the black Bracket up by the loader arm?

[@MessicksEquip]

chain saw carrier www.messicks.com/part/sh001cct/sawhaul-universal-chainsaw-carrier-kit-for-tr

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Alright Neil, inquiring minds need to know- how did you bend your top link???? LOL

[@adamvanderwall6670]

I'm willing to bet he had his ROPS down and he lifted the 3 point all the way up. The top link hits the ROPS. That is what the top link looks like on my B.

[@MessicksEquip]

I bought the tractor used. It was already bent.

[@ryanv3751]

Messick's that’s what I would have said too!

[@0re02bruh]

@@SCUBAScott replacement parts Dept that place that gives you a helping hand with your land lol

[@MrKamccarthyinc]

@@MessicksEquip Not even the "Kubota Guy" himself gets a new one! I love used stuff that is well cared for.

[@markhansen4258]

I need a quick hitch. I have a B3350, but I would have avoided the one you have since Land Pride says 28 HP max. You think that's an unnecessarily conservative rating? I hate to break expensive hardware.

[@MessicksEquip]

I had that one laying around, I'd buy a QH15

[@markhansen4258]

Thanks

[@jonerisa5760]

What about triangle hitches

[@gus473]

Would someone mind counting up all the "bent top link" comments....? 🤔

[@shawnmontgomery1088]

That's why I'm in the comments 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@MrThenry1988]

Quick hitches are a pain in the ass unless it's a 150 hp tractor In my opinion.

[@bullrun1]

The view at about 4 min mark - how did ya bend that top link so badly ?

[@MessicksEquip]

It was bent when I bought the tractor

[@horseblinderson4747]

Most of them won't exert down pressure, weld a frame to use as a hydraulic jack, rig it so you can convert it to a log splitter for when you don't use it for maintenance.

[@markhansen4258]

I'd call that a scraper or land plane, not a box blade

[@brianjennings3172]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Figured I couldn't have been the only one! LOL

[@alanshaw4655]

here is the main salesman for messicks...and does not know the difference between a land plane and box blade ?..hmmm..lol. i caught it too.

[@parkermehlman8785]

What happened to your top link?

[@MessicksEquip]

Everyone seems very concerned about that. It's a used tractor, it was bent when i got it. It works fine. 👍

[@alanshaw4655]

@@MessicksEquip don't you work for messicks...where they give you a helping hand ?..they could at least give you a top link !..lol.

[@neilmessick2043]

@@alanshaw4655 I own Messick's, but even I don't get things for free 😉

[@alanshaw4655]

@@neilmessick2043 well..maybe a discount ?, really though..that top link needs replacing :-).

[@d.a.ballou9740]

***STUPID QUESTIONS ALERT*** How do you decide which company's quick hitch to buy? Do you match it to the tractor manufacturer or to the implement(s) manufacturer? And what if you have multiple implement manufacturers?

[@wildbill23c]

Unless you buy green, you really can use any other quick hitch as they're pretty much cross compatible....The Harbor Freight quick hitch and the JD stuff is hit and miss, mostly miss. Even the regular universal quick hitch stuff is hit and miss sometimes not all manufacturers have tape measures apparently and can't put the 3 point pin locations in the same spot. My dealer claimed the box blade I got was quick hitch compatible...it wasn't....it is now though, but unlike what they claimed it wasn't setup for a quick hitch, and had some nonsense bolt in the way of where the top hook was supposed to go when hooking up to the quick hitch....a couple of quick cuts with my grinder and problem solved.

[@d.a.ballou9740]

@@wildbill23c Thanks for the reply. I finally decided that since I'm not that good at modifying things, I decided to go with Pat's Quick Hitch and I've been pretty happy with it.

[@fhuber7507]

"unexpected uses" One use that he didn't expect... that top hook is good for chains.

[@joeyoliver579]

Try to remember to not start your tractor above idle... will save you big time.

[@No_bread-and-circuses]

2-300 dollars. Just got quoted $1000 for QH-20.

[@MessicksEquip]

For a QH05, but this is an old video and prices have changed dramatically.

[@nicklane4490]

That's a very bent top link

[@jimsobota8469]

Don’t you get discounts at your store(s) for buying top links? Lol.

[@billr4677]

Wow how’d you bend that top link? Did you do a lessons learned video; so we all can avoid this mistake

[@wildbill23c]

That's an expensive chain carrier LOL.

[@joshseigel]

Get a grapple. Worth it then you have no need for a chain

[@danielkonrad9435]

That top link is bent

[@tractorboy31]

I dont like them. My tractor hooks up quite easily with telescopic pull arms and a quick tach toplink. I have cat 1 and 2 equipment and the boom pole is homemade by grandpa so it looks like cat 1 but i doubt it is right on the measurements. Also my heavier cat 1 stuff i have put cat 2 lift pins on so i dont need the bushings

[@integr8er66]

Not a good idea to pull from that hook, you should not pull from an attachment that is higher then the rear axel unless you like to pull the front wheels and possibly flip over backwards.

[@mikef1570]

Who is “top link” and why is everyone telling him to go get bent??

[@frankekasjr8671]

Skidding logs from the top link, not a great idea unless you like to drive with brakes.

[@0re02bruh]

Not a fool just a rookie of the day lol

[@stewmeat9261]

i was quoted $500 from a Kubota dealer

[@mrdfarms9373]

Roof needs shingles, Top Link is bent, change the title of your Movie to “Dude, I need repairs!”

[@bousclangaming5037]

Why doesn’t someone just make an adjustable quick hitch so there is no connection issues

[@eosjoe565]

Land Pride does make the QH15 which has an adjustable top-hook but there can still be connection issues. The most common issue is support elements at the top of the implement blocking the top-hook from grabbing from underneath.

[@F12Mahon]

Please don't pull stuff with the top hook. Too easy to roll over backwards then.

[@dougmaclean9752]

NEVER pull a heavy load or one that could get hooked on something from anything higher than the drawbar - always use the drawbar unless you want to see what your tractor looks like upside down - EVERY tractor mfg. warns you against this in their owners manuals

[@alanshaw4655]

top link is bent..lol.

[@austriagamed9834]

Really deleting comments?

[@MessicksEquip]

Generally not, mostly those not family friendly or straight up ignorant

[@74superglide]

Use it to carry all the money you need to buy overpriced John Deere hydraulic fluid