[Hitchme34]

Just got a cat 1 speeco e hitch.. trying to hook up to my deere imatch ballast box and the pins are too narrow to fit properly.. I measured inside to inside on the quick hitch and measured just a hair over 27 inches..
The ballast box pins are welded.. I know if I were to use a regular quick hitch I could add bushings..
Anyone run into this or think of a solution?

 

[theduke]

I need a Visual ........you know we like pics.

Theres a real fine line around the 27" mark.......usually a grinder can negotiate this varience.

 

[Hitchme34]

I need a Visual ........you know we like pics.

Theres a real fine line around the 27" mark.......usually a grinder can negotiate this varience.

This is best case.. notice the top hook is all the way to the right.. it shifts to the left the left bottom pin falls out of the quick hitch
Do folks put spacers in the top pin?

 

[Gizmo2]

It seems the ballast box was actually design to match a CAT 0 spacing.
Ballast box on my CAT 3 quick hitch using the bushings...

 

[etcallhome]

It seems the ballast box was actually design to match a CAT 0 spacing.
Ballast box on my CAT 3 quick hitch using the bushings...
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YEP.. I agree. TSC sells them, guessing Rural King, I think Northern tool was the cheapest place to buy them.

 

[Gizmo2]

YEP.. I agree. TSC sells them, guessing Rural King, I think Northern tool was the cheapest place to buy them.

Yeah but Hitchme34 is sort of screwed, he has a CAT 1 hitch.

 

[etcallhome]

Yeah but Hitchme34 is sort of screwed, he has a CAT 1 hitch.

So is mine .. and guessing yours. am I right.

 

[Gizmo2]

So is mine .. and guessing yours. am I right.

Nope. If you are using bushings it's not a CAT 1, IMO.

 

[etcallhome]

I'm using bushings.

 

[Gizmo2]

I'm using bushings.

I assume Hitchme34 can't.

 

[Jimmy Walker]

Cut the pins off and run a bar all the way through the box 🤷‍♂️

 

[etcallhome]

Cut the pins off and run a bar all the way through the box 🤷‍♂️

He needs to buy the bushings Keith and I posted. My ballast box pins looked like his, if they don't work and they should , he can return them .

 

[Gizmo2]

I'd call SpeeCo.

 

[etcallhome]

NorTrac Quick-Hitch Bushing Set | Northern Tool

Designed for use with 3-pt. quick-hitches. 4in.L x 7/8in. inside dia.

www.northerntool.com

 

[Jimmy Walker]

He needs to buy the bushings Keith and I posted. My ballast box pins looked like his, if they don't work and they should , he can return them .

The latches on the E-hitch wont close around bushings

 

[etcallhome]

I had a HF quick hitch years ago think I paid less than $75. I agree the latches wouldn't fit . when I bought the hitch and bushings.
After maybe 20 mins , using a metal grinding bit on my electric drill. they worked. Admit should not have to do this on a new hitch.
I don't see where he is saying they won't latch. just the pins are to short. that is the reason for the bushings.

 

[KTManiac]

He needs to buy the bushings Keith and I posted. My ballast box pins looked like his, if they don't work and they should , he can return them .

He can't use bushings with that SpeeCo Quick Hitch, the bottom hooks are made for Cat. 1 sized pins, so that you don't need bushings. Only Cat.1 (7/8" dia.) pins fit in the two bottom hooks,

 

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• Medium carbon steel construction
• Measurements: I.D. 7/8in.; O.D. 1 7/16in.; Length 4in.; Cap height 2in.
• Category 0 (Must purchase NorTrac Quick Hitch Bushing Set # 508700 to fit Category 1 implements)

 

[etcallhome]

He can't use bushings with that SpeeCo Quick Hitch, the bottom hooks are made for Cat. 1 sized pins, so that you don't need bushings. Only Cat.1 (7/8" dia.) pins fit in the two bottom hooks,

• Measurements: I.D. 7/8in.; O.D. 1 7/16in.; Length 4in.; Cap height 2in.
• Category 0 (Must purchase NorTrac Quick Hitch Bushing Set # 508700 to fit Category 1 implements)

 

[Jimmy Walker]

Side view. A bushing cannot fit this space.