Whites quick hitches and buckets

[Thomas7740]

Why dont you chaps across the water use these hitches? Our first one done 12.5k hours and was changed out of preference, it was tighter than alot of spring hitches with less than 2k hours on it. No need for a safety pin. No moving parts so minimal wear. Most spring hitches I've use have involved getting out a second time to click bucket in again, grease helps but doesn't last long. Cheap to buy, this was £250plus vat, that included 2 rear pins and 4 standard bucket pins, sold our old one for £150, so a new hitch and pins for £100, bargain and not a massive build height either

 

[JD450A]

Why dont you chaps across the water use these hitches? Our first one done 12.5k hours and was changed out of preference, it was tighter than alot of spring hitches with less than 2k hours on it. No need for a safety pin. No moving parts so minimal wear. Most spring hitches I've use have involved getting out a second time to click bucket in again, grease helps but doesn't last long. Cheap to buy, this was £250plus vat, that included 2 rear pins and 4 standard bucket pins, sold our old one for £150, so a new hitch and pins for £100, bargain and not a massive build height either
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I like em.

 

[Giles]

This is the best solution I've seen for the hitch bar on a micro. Pic curtesy of Ollie Kitchen from his trip to Sweden in 2019. Something I must do myself in the future. They really are ahead of us with this stuff.

I’m up for a Sweden trip when we can again ,I’ll be your cameraman

 

[Giles]

Why dont you chaps across the water use these hitches? Our first one done 12.5k hours and was changed out of preference, it was tighter than alot of spring hitches with less than 2k hours on it. No need for a safety pin. No moving parts so minimal wear. Most spring hitches I've use have involved getting out a second time to click bucket in again, grease helps but doesn't last long. Cheap to buy, this was £250plus vat, that included 2 rear pins and 4 standard bucket pins, sold our old one for £150, so a new hitch and pins for £100, bargain and not a massive build height either
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Used to have one on my 3 ton, only issue is if you fix front pin makes it hard to faceshovel have to switch the hitch round. But good solid hitches

 

[Thomas7740]

Used to have one on my 3 ton, only issue is if you fix front pin makes it hard to faceshovel have to switch the hitch round. But good solid hitches

Never thought of that as an issue as all our just have a bolt in the bucket pin, easu swapped then. Our 3 footer gets turned around most and it just has a lynch pin or bit of wire in it

 

[hiluxman]

Sod the quick hitches, direct mount is just as fast if its your own machine .

On one of mine you give the end of the pin a tap and its half way out then a you do is pull and before you know it the buckets off and next one is on.

 

[V8Druid]

Sod the quick hitches, direct mount is just as fast if its your own machine .

On one of mine you give the end of the pin a tap and its half way out then a you do is pull and before you know it the buckets off and next one is on.

beauty of the half hitch is you already have it hung in position ready for the second pin .. before you get out to put pin two in - one less trip from the seat

 

[GazCro]

beauty of the half hitch is you already have it hung in position ready for the second pin .. before you get out to put pin two in - one less trip from the seat

Beauty of a hydraulic hitch you never leave the seat at all

 

[V8Druid]

Beauty of a hydraulic hitch you never leave the seat at all

agreed .. hitch on a switch .... but if you're gonna have a manual .... and if it's a spring you got to get out to latch, might as well go half hitch and not suffer the wear issues

 

[doobin]

agreed .. hitch on a switch .... but if you're gonna have a manual .... and if it's a spring you got to get out to latch, might as well go half hitch and not suffer the wear issues

Half hitches still get play which is annoying. There can’t be too much of a tight fit else the pin is a pain to fit too.

Use a ratchet on a wedge lock and have it like new every bucket. No brainer in my book.