With the SpeeCo Category 1 3 Point Quick Hitch, you can easily switch between implements that connect to your tractor's 3 Point system. This Quick Hitch is constructed with 3" x 3" structural steel tubing and rated with a 2000 LB lifting capacity. Attach the 3-Point Quick Hitch to your 3-Point lift arms and easily attach or remove implements in minutes. Once connected to your tractor, connect to the 3-Point attachment using the top link hook and secure the attachment's lift pins with the locking levers.

Excavator Quick Hitch

The quick hitch on an excavator is a latching device that enables attachments to be connected to the dipper arm of the plant and interchanged quickly. An excavator operator may change a bucket up to 30 times a day in order to maximize the machine's productivity.

Using a quick hitch to disconnect and reconnect buckets and attachments from the dipper arm can save you time, money, and effort. In addition, it also helps to protect the bucket and tipping link against unnecessary wear and tear.

A quick hitch is a locking device for connecting implements to a tractor that utilizes a hydraulic system to attach and disconnect an implement from the dipper arm of the machine. It can be a 3-point or 4-point hitch, depending on the attachment and its size.

The 3-point quick hitch is the most common type of quick hitch available on tractors. It consists of three points – two lower arms and one top link with mounting pins that lock each point into place.

Some quick hitches have a secondary lock, which is activated by a sliding jaw that disengages from the attachment when the latch member is fully extended. This ensures that if the primary retention system fails, no attachment will swing out of position and a potential accident can be prevented.

Other quick hitches have a check valve that prevents the loss of hydraulic pressure from the cylinders in the event of hydraulic leakage. This reduces the risk of the attachment being unhitched entirely or from a single axle and causing it to swing with potentially lethal consequences.

Another type of quick hitch is the articulated or side-shift quick hitch, which enables the implement to be lifted up and down by a ram within the attachment itself. These types of systems are particularly effective for plows and trenchers, which tend to be heavy and difficult to lift into place manually.

A specialized guidance system is also often built into a quick hitch. This type of system senses the position of an implement from a sensing device in the front of the cab and sends electric signals to actuate hydraulic rams that move the hitch forward or backward, as necessary.

It is therefore important that any attachment that can be attached to a quick hitch has a guide system, such as this, installed. This can be a manual device such as an alignment pin or a hydraulically driven system such as that in the John Deere iMatch Quick-Hitch, which has an adjustable center link to increase versatility and make it easier to attach implements.

For example, the iMatch Quick-Hitch kit comes with two flanged link arm bushings and two roll pins to help ensure that all implements will fit properly. These bushings are made from high-quality materials and are compatible with most implements on the market.

The NSW Government has recently implemented a moratorium on the use of semi-automatic quick hitches and has enforced changes to the supply, installation, and use of these types of hitches. These changes came about after a number of incidents where people have died as a result of an attachment becoming disconnected from a semi-automatic quick hitch and being able to swing out of position.