GazCro
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You can't expect too much from a manual spring hitch tbh unless there's a spring in there so strong you'd need a bar 8ft long. The thing with hydraulic hitches and harford manual wedgelock they don't just hold the rear pin, they also push the bucket back and keep the front pin tight against the back of the jaw.
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Brendan
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To be fair the spring on my whites is strong, it does take a fair bit of force to open and you can't flick the bucket up to lock it in, you have to lever it open
GazCro
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My old Miller spring hitch used to need the bar rather than flick bucket to click it in. Little dab of grease underneath jaw used to sort that though.
Could be designed in to need the bar to fit the bucket to encourage putting the pin in while you're there mind.
Grahams
Don't complain - suggest what's better
I have a couple of manual S type hitches on adapters and dipper extensions. They are basically the same design as the hydraulic ones, but you manually do the work the ram usually does. They don’t seem to have any wear, but admittedly not a lot of time working. I don’t see they should wear any different than the hydraulic ones that don’t seem to wear at all.
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Jimoz
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Ditto on my mans. Around 2 years old
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DaveDCB
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I had a whites hitch on a brand new kx015... what a pile of poops!!! It was near impossible to pick a bucket it up with it, it was all wrong in every thought possible!
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Brendan
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The smallest bucket can be a pain to get on, if the leading edges of the hitch were just rounded off a bit, I reckon would make life a little easier to get them on.
GazCro
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Nearly every hitch manufacturer could do with doing that tbh. Its ok if you are working on a perfectly flat level bit of ground but that's rare most places.
Gunners
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I have a 20k solution to that problem Gaz - a tiltrotator. Picks buckets up from any angle!
GazCro
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Might eventually myself but there's better money generating purchases in the queue first.
Gunners
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But you've already said its very hilly where you are and you cant pick your buckets up. Think how much time it will save you
CPS
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Our S Type hitches have a constant force on them, both manual and hydraulic! I reckon we could build one on the same principle with a pin grab type manual semi quick hitch.
So who wants to try the proto type out?
So who wants to try the proto type out?
Shovelhands
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Are you talking about, basically, an S type hitch but with pin dimensions of a standard pick-up?Our S Type hitches have a constant force on them, both manual and hydraulic! I reckon we could build one on the same principle with a pin grab type manual semi quick hitch.
So who wants to try the proto type out?
CPS
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No that wouldn't work, but I have a design in mind that should
CPS
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Basically an S type hitch sits down into the bracket, it wouldn't be possible to do this on a standard bucket.
Plus your S type hitch generally has a flat bottom, alot of standard buckets have a "hump" on top were the bracket sits.
Plus your S type hitch generally has a flat bottom, alot of standard buckets have a "hump" on top were the bracket sits.
CPS
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Sure, if they had a dedicated bracket it wouldn't be a problem. But its a problem when it comes to miss match stuff etc.
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