2650 cab and Harbor Freight quick hitch

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Orange1forme

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Bought the QH and a modified top link hook and gave it a try this evening.

Even on the lowest holes, the 3pt does not drop down far enough to allow the top or bottom to get under the pins.

Am I doing something wrong?
 
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Have you lowered your lift-arm screwjacks to their lowest position?
 
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For immediate (temporary) fix, set your implements on pallets.

Bruce
 
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Change the hole the lift rods are attached to in the lower link arms. Typically there are three holes along the lower link.

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Arms not dropping enough is one thing that can be the problem. The other is some implements I have like the landscape rake that I need to elevate to connect. When the implement is disconnected and at rest, the pins are almost on the ground. I have used blocks to hold the pins up to enable me to make the connection.

I have other implements like the rear finish mower that keep the pins maybe 10" off the ground. That makes it a cinch to connect to the tractor.

One of those projects I have on the back burner is to make retractable "kickstands" for implements like the rake so they can be parked with the pins off the ground.
 
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chim said:
... One of those projects I have on the back burner is to make retractable "kickstands" for implements like the rake so they can be parked with the pins off the ground.
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I purchased a new Land Pride rake recently and was pleased to see they have added a kickstand (my old LP did not have one).
 
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Well I got it working to my satisfaction.

I tried moving the arm to the lowest point and that was too low!!

I did notice that one of the stabilizer arms got bent up about 6" from the implement end. I flattened that out.

I put the pins back in the middle hole, as they were, and am now successfully using the 3 point hitch!!!! :D:D:D:D:D

I'm not convinced that the bent stabilizer was the issue as I still had an issue getting it to go low enough to attach the first couple times, even on the lowest setting. I used the implements without the quick hitch and then tried again, with success.

I did buy an improved top link connection piece because my implements hit the bolt heads. I may still change these to pins, but for now it's bolted and both my implements use the same position.
 
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Good deal. On the bigger units like I have, both left and right stabilizer links are fully adjustable. The left is threaded and the right has a crank handle to extend and retract it and my lift arm ends are retractable too.
 
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SidecarFlip said:
Good deal. On the bigger units like I have, both left and right stabilizer links are fully adjustable. The left is threaded and the right has a crank handle to extend and retract it and my lift arm ends are retractable too.
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Did you really intend to refer to stabilizer links? Or perhaps you mean “lifting rods” (per Kubota)
 
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GeoHorn said:
Did you really intend to refer to stabilizer links? Or perhaps you mean “lifting rods” (per Kubota)
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Had a brain fart. What is the right hand side crank thing called? Bevel Box or something like that, cannot remember. Lifting rods. Stabilizer links telescope on mine and secure with a pin in a keeper.
 
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SidecarFlip said:
Had a brain fart. What is the right hand side crank thing called? Bevel Box or something like that, cannot remember. Lifting rods. Stabilizer links telescope on mine and secure with a pin in a keeper.
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Kubota calls them “Lifting rods”. The one on the left is threaded/adjustable and the one on the right has a crank (and works via the “bevel box” which is a Ford term I believe. They lift the “lower links” (Kubota term) and the stabilizer bars can be either turnbuckle types or telescopic w/pins such as we both have (and which I prefer.)
 
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