I put hooks on the back wall of where I park the tractor. Just back up to the hooks and unhook the quick hitch drive away.

My new Speeco worked great out of the box.

Good morning Lucas. I have a Harbor Freight Quick Hitch and I've had no issues with it. I paid $84 for it with a coupon. I did have to modify my landscape rake and box blade a little to make them Quick Hitch compatible but it wasn't a big deal. I'm also getting a little old so it was a really big help. God bless and have a great day.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Wow! What a great deal! Thanks for sharing! I was hoping folks would comment their brand and experience so others can learn more about what is available. 👊👍

You're going to want to verify that your rotary cutter PTO still has enough overlap now that you're pushing it back about 4" from where it was before if that makes sense to you. By using the quick hitch, your rotary cutter is about 4" further away from the tractor, so you need to make sure that you've still got about 6" of overlap on the PTO shaft.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, I will do that! 👍

@kleetus92

3 ай бұрын

I was actually looking at one of these specifically to add more length. I have a Kubota rototiller... It's an hour fight every time I connect it to my B2920, By the time you get the 1/8 inch of clearance to get the pins past the arms, the damn PTO won't compress enough to get the coupler over the shaft... unless you pick it up minus the top link to get some distance in the system, then it goes ok, then roll it back and put the top link in.... I was hoping this would add just enough that I could connect to the tiller, then get the drive shaft in without bitching for an hour...

Appreciate the honest view and observations

Quick attach takes less than 5 minutes to remove. I have an old finish mower that is not quick hitch compatible and I remove the quick-hitch before I use the mower...it's not a big deal and saves so much time with all the other attachment connections I make that I love it. I did purchase a Land Pride hitch when I purchased my LX 2610. All in all I'm a very happy Kubota owner who just hit 400 hrs on my first tractor...it has helped us develop our property in VT...done things at 64 with serious back issues I'd never be able to get done. Two other implements I'd strongly suggest you add to your collection when you can are a real set of pallet forks and a grapple. The grapple has allowed so much work to be done...moving brush, logs, large rocks (though it's not a recommended activity with a root grapple, I have had to have repairs made to teeth that were bent from the excess weight and pressure applied to them...but it's made the difference between successfully and safely completing projects that would have been otherwise out of reach for me. I enjoy your videos...been watching for years now...I respect your integrity. All the best to you and your family always.

Thanks for keeping it honest and real!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

It is what it is. I actually messaged Vevor and warned them that the product has issues and I was going to share and they apologized and said they would forward the issues to their product manager. Hopefully it leads to better products down the road…

Nice job on the modifications Lucas !!! 👍👍

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Bud!

It’s about time! Don’t forget the email I sent you of how I use a 4 wheel dolly for the 3 pt and leave it together. The top hook on the q hitch also comes in handy for lifting logs to drag out of the woods like a skider. 😁

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I do remember that. Thank you!

@tiredofit9112

8 ай бұрын

With a little practice, figuring out the right combination it only takes a minute to a minute and a half to take it off and reinstall

Ready to use right out of the box. Lol. Now that you have all the kinks worked out it looks like it will be super handy! You kinda have me wanting one now. Great review. take care Lucas!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

So the quick hitch is going to be handy for sure. It was an adventure getting it worked out!

Great video and valuable information.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thanks for showing the fail points and relatively quick fixes to overcome them. Personally, I choose the Pat's Quick Hitch as it is in-between no quick hitch and a true quick hitch. Having just the lift arm connections makes the lower pins a snap but you still have to dismount and connect the top link. That is always quick and simple though. Only having to line two parts up instead of three allows for a lot more versatility with more ease and next to no modifications IMHO. Additionally, having a larger tractor, my arms couldn't reach the throw levers from the seat anyway so I am stuck dismounting anyway. Just food for thought and maybe a future exploration.

Thank you for your honest opinion & talking us thru what you had to do to make it work. Might be all the excuse I need to buy a Vevor plasma cutter (I’ve heard they do the job just fine for way less $$).

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I am very pleased with the Vevor plasma cutter and welder. They have some products that are a great value.

I leave my lower 3 point arms on my 23s when I install my backhoe . just remove stabilizer adjustment arms and pull lower arm up and zip tie them to the back of the tractor

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I’ve seen that before. I’ll try that next time. I keep forgetting to try it.

I got the Land Pride QH05 quick hitch when I bought my BX. I can t recommend it highly enough and I had no issues with fitment on any of my implements. I love it!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

For the price difference, if the funds are available, I’m sure it is worth just buying the Land Pride. The price isn’t that much more and modifying this was a lot of work.

@midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272

8 ай бұрын

Mark I have the same one. It was a little more money, but despite its lighter weight it has held up to several years of abuse. I do wish the upper hook was adjustable as i had to modify a food plot disc for it.

Good video ! I learned my lesson with a HF quick hitch. So I bought a Land Pride horseshoe. If a spring breaks it's serviceable. I don't blame you it was free.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I’ve thought that about the springs and design of this one….

Make sure to check the pto drive shaft length when installing the quick hitch. Very possible the pto shaft will now be to short. Possibly 4-5 inches to short now. Great video on new products.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Yes! I meant to cover that in the video and I forgot! Thanks for the heads up!

@risusrules

8 ай бұрын

@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead - Yeah, mine ended up being about 2" too short after the quick hitch attachment so full up and full down bound up. :/

I have the Harbor Freight Quick Hitch and love it. Yes i have had to modify some of my attachments but I feel it was worth it.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Good info!

Good morning ☕️, I think you are going to really love the quick hitch. I use a 2 wheel dolly and leave the 3 point arms attached to the quick hitch when I remove it from the tractor. I find it easy to remove and install. I got lucky when we bought our quick hitch, no modifications were required. Have a great weekend, Ben 🚜👍

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Do you have turnbuckles or telescoping stabilizer links? I could not get my arms off with the QH still attached. I want to. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Thanks for commenting!

@whenworkisplay

8 ай бұрын

@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead I have a B2601, it came with telescoping sway bars.

I bought the kubota QH. It really seems a bit light duty, but haven’t had any issues with it. The upper hook makes decent log cradle if you don’t get too carried away on size. Nice honest video man. Enjoyed it!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate it!

Nice most of my older implements didnt fit but it is great 😮

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

That’s true. I have an old tiller that I’m sure it won’t work on…

Thanks for the info!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Quick hitch is on my short list. Thanks for the video Lucas!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@projectswithjw

8 ай бұрын

I wish I had the speeco or Landpride QH16 that doesn't need bushings.

@LandFather

8 ай бұрын

@@projectswithjw I was going to go with speeco after watching some of those videos from good works tractors

I'm going to start off by saying you should have gone with Pat's quick change not worrying if your attachment is or isn't quick hitch compatible. 2nd thing here is the fact that you went with Vevor!! Yes, Vevor is cheaper and yes you get what you pay for I have bought a couple things from Vevor and had issues with fitting my tractor. 1 being a 3pt hitch adaptor for my FEL it wasn't wide enough to fit onto my SQA plates but Vevor stood behind it and actually paid a local fab shop to fix it so it would fit and the thing worked great and a cheap harbor freight quick hitch fits it nicely and pat's wouldn't the 2nd thing was a 3pt trailer mover and when that got here my 2inc trailer hitches wouldn't slide into the 2inc receiver on the attachment cause the receiver was 1/8 inc to narrow. They wouldn't do anything about that so it went back and I got one from tractor supply and it works great.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Maybe you missed that I “went with Vevor” because I got it in exchange for making this review video. I’m willing to be a guinea pig and share with everyone for the sake of content. Most of the time I have been very pleased with the Vevor products.

@NYTROeast

8 ай бұрын

I didn't miss that I was saying and giving my opinion on Vevor products and who knows Pat's may do the same for you @@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

Lucas: good and honest appraisal. Nice to see the fault with the ball mount. Quality control will be all over the hitch now to fix them all. Take care and stay safe. PS: any idea when you are going to get more ducks? Love watching them watch you when you are near them with the BX.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think I’m going to get some duck chicks when it gets closer to spring. I don’t want young ducks to face the winter.

I bought a harbor freight quick hitch and did not have any of these issues. I did get rid of the bolts and use quick pins instead. I do like the placement of 2” receiver built in the vevor one.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Good to know! Thanks for commenting!

Great Vid, you would of thought they would of gotten the measurements correct on the pin heights. Then not to drill the right diameter for the hitch pin , then to add insult to injury and not drill the other side for the reciever and not beable to get a drill motor in to fix their mistake is a big hell no for this quick hitch. Your vid sealed the deal for me, I keep my backhoe on when the stump grinder and chipper are not being used so the time it takes to remove the backhoe and set up the three point is negligible. Then realizing the need to elongate the driveshafts for all your attachments is a deal breaker for me. As always you do us all a great service with your fact finding videos, especially liked your vid on the walkaround of your local Kubota dealership. With all the land you have and your needs, I see a B2601 or L2502 in your future. Cheers

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I hope so, but it will be a little while yet before I can step up…

It's funny that you had to make another hole in for the trailer ball pin because I'll be needing to do something similar. I have a Ford Explorer with a 1inch hitch on it. I had to buy a 1inch to 2inch receiver adapter since all my other vehicles have 2inch hitches. My 3in1 ball hitch won't work in the adapter unless I want to use the 2inch ball which is rare for me. I'll be needing to make 1 more hole in it to utilize it. I enjoyed the video!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Always something!

@iowafox2206

8 ай бұрын

@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead Always a opportunity to make you more handy! I ran into ALOT of the fabrication and make it work stuff while building my Case 222 Garden tractor. I've built it from a few scrap parts and machines into a reliable working machine. It's my mini tractor right now.

Glad you said what you said at the end. If you had paid money for that, you'd be frustrated. (To say the least) I think Vevor has some good products like their fuel transfer tanks. Maybe they need to stay out of the metal fab business 🤔 Thanks for the honest review 😁👍

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

It is what it is. I’m always going to do my best to keep it real. Thanks for watching!

Have the same issue,,

The box where the tow hitch goes is in the way of the pto shaft on my flail mower...I'll have to remove it unless I think of a work around...atthough i doubt there is another solution

I bought a Harbor freight 3 point hitch and had to make a number of changes also. The problem is the standard on 3 points qh compatibility is not set well. I doubt that a landpride hitch would be any better for me. The two land-ride devices have different settings for the three point top hitch. That in my opinion means they are not the same. I have also found that the travel for up and down along with top pin corrections is not as aggressive as when I use the Pats system. There's issues with that also so overall I am happy with the QH.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

That’s great information! I have heard others say they had good luck with their Harbor Freight version. You’re probably right about the standards. I am still learning as I go. 👊

Hey Lucas, just wondering if you would have needed the first “modification” with the crow bar if you still had the original 3-pt hitch with turnbuckles vs the stabilizer (Messick’s or Velor??)

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

So the stabilizers still utilize the same arms so that is something that I would have had to do either way…

Veevor is below harbor freight on my scale. Timber claw was bent and pallet forks were not capable of 2500 lbs and bent easily. They didn't care and were not willing to do much about it. I'd rather buy local and return or exchange easily..

Hey Lucas, I bought the Pats quick attach for my BX 23S. The difference is you still need to hook up the top link. It works well for me. Great video!👍🏻

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I’ve wanted to check those out. It seems like everyone who has it loves it.

Quick hitches.....you either love 'em or you hate 'em!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I think you’re the only one I’ve talked to that hates them. 😂

@PineyGroveHomestead

8 ай бұрын

@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead You need to get out more!🤣🤣

What sucks for me is as an Australian this vevor hitch is still 300 to 350 Australian dollars (200 to 230ish usd)and for any of the brand names ur looking closer to the $1000(666usd) unfortunately small tractors aren't anywhere near as popular here so prices on implements can be ridiculous even budget brands can be stupid expensive for what they provide

Quick question! (Pun intended).. how do you know if an implement is Quick Hitch Compatible…? Obviously if it says it is…. But if I buy some generic box blade for example, are there things to look for in order to know? Great video as usual by the way!

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

That’s a great question and I don’t know for certain. I may see if I can gather some information and cover that at some point. I do know that my Ironcraft box blade worked perfectly and it doesn’t say anything about compatibility on it. Thanks for the comment!

@32LGTR

8 ай бұрын

@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead thanks for the reply! :). If I find out I’ll let you know - still learning!

@projectswithjw

8 ай бұрын

You would want the shoulder of the implement pins to be about 26 3/4" to fit between the lower hooks of a quick hitch. You want the top pin to be about 14" -16" above the lower pins since a lot of quick hitches have adjustable top hooks. Sometimes there are attachments that are physically impossible to be adapted like post hole digger for example.

have a BX machine do you think you got a cat 1 and not a Cat 0 quick hitch?

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

4 ай бұрын

I absolutely got a category 1. The Kubota BX is technically a cat 1, but not exactly. The real point of this video is that Vevor specifically states on their web FAQ that this hitch is compatible with the Kubota BX, but it isn’t. I am sponsored by them and I told them which machine I was going to be using it on. In the end it works and I’m still using it, but people need to know the details. Thanks for the question! 👊

Ends ofm y tractor arms are too big to fit into slots at bottom of quick hitch..i have a cat 1 25 hp tractor

I wonder if vevor has improved their quality control. Anyone purchased one recently and had a better experience?

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

2 ай бұрын

I don’t know. Mine literally ripped apart while I was box blading…

@NaughtyGoatFarm

2 ай бұрын

​@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomesteadOK well that's a good reason to not buy one then

Mine just showed up from amazon. The two top bolts were missing the nuts. More frustration than cost. Amazon gave 25% refund for it.

You didn't mention if the lower arms are cat 1 or 3, looks like there are requiring bushings.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

Ай бұрын

Yeah the arms on the BX are cat 1 and this is advertised cat 1 compatible. It does require bushings in addition to the mods I had to make. It also ripped in half after just a few months pulling the box blade. Literally just ripped apart.

@inspectr1949

Ай бұрын

@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead Thank you looks like Pats Easy Change is the way I'll go, just too confusing and risky choosing a quick hitch. Have a stump grinder and wood chipper on the way need to decide how to attach them before I size the PTO shaft.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

Ай бұрын

I think that’s a good call. I’ve heard lots of good things about Pat’s.

Pulls out the spray paint, makes it look untouched 😅

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

It is ugly in person, but it is functional. 😂

Ok, I need to know. How the heck do you keep from swearing!?

I don't have one speedco has tempted me , the vevor wouldn't even hit the radar at that price point.

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Understandable.

@tiredofit9112

8 ай бұрын

Harbor freight sells the same thing but, you have to run the bushings. It’s a class 1 and 2.

Quick hitches are for suckers! 😂😂😂

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

🤔😂

@tiredofit9112

8 ай бұрын

Well, they sure make life easier

@genewilliams7497

8 ай бұрын

Rookies… 😂😂

made in china junk go to rural king and get you a better one you will need one extra part for the rural king unit to work for you but with a email adress i can and will look all this up and toss the links to said unit and part to you your box blade looks like it is for a larger tractor not a compact or sub compact tractor also i may be wrong but that iss what it looks like to me

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I’m going to go out in the limb and say many of the items rural king carries is also “made in China junk”. The box blade is a 5 footer designed exactly for a compact and subcompact and the measurements for the hook up points are identical to the Land Pride bush hog. Thanks for the comment! 👊

@mattphillips4260

8 ай бұрын

will say i had no holes to drill i did have to drop the top hook to lowest point but that is it i did have to buy a link for top link to use on the mowers to make them float from front to back aka for and aft that is it and if i recall ine had a made in usa sticker on it @@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Good deal. 👍@@mattphillips4260

@mattphillips4260

8 ай бұрын

i was all ways told that the most a person should put on a compact tractor is a 4 ft blade or box is what i was going by @@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead

Good morning ☕️, I think you are going to really love the quick hitch. I use a 2 wheel dolly and leave the 3 point arms attached to the quick hitch when I remove it from the tractor. I find it easy to remove and install. I got lucky when we bought our quick hitch, no modifications were required. Have a great weekend, Ben 🚜👍

@tiredofit9112

8 ай бұрын

I use the large plastic dolly from harbor freight and I also leave my quick hitch and 3pt all together to remove and install. Takes me about 1 1/2 minutes to install or remove

@SharonRepici

8 ай бұрын

@@tiredofit9112are you using the original 3-pt with turnbuckles or the stabilizer bars that many have replaced the turnbuckles?

@whenworkisplay

8 ай бұрын

@@tiredofit9112I have a homemade dolly. Sounds like you are very happy with the harbor freight dolly👍

@tiredofit9112

8 ай бұрын

@@SharonRepici I went with the stabilizer bars about 2 years ago. Makes taking it off a lot easier.

@tiredofit9112

8 ай бұрын

@@whenworkisplay I put a plastic platform that I had on top of it to get it to a good height where everything just sits down on it. After a little practice figuring out the right combination it works really well.