QH10 with box scraper issue

[chelms24]

Hello,

I recently purchased an LX2610 with a Land Pride QH10 quick hitch, 60" rotary cutter, and 60" box scraper.

The QH10 works perfectly with the cutter, but when I try to hook up to the box scraper, I can only get 1 of the side pins to fully seat and lock into place. I have tried everything I can think of up to and including jumping up and down on the scraper to try and get it to seat fully but I think something must be out of whack.

I dont really see any adjustments that I can make on the land pride box scraper that might help.

Hoping someone hear may have an idea. This is my first tracker so im pretty much a newb when it comes to this stuff.

I will try to post some pictures later today.

Thanks in advance.

 

[chelms24]

Hello,

I recently purchased an LX2610 with a Land Pride QH10 quick hitch, 60" rotary cutter, and 60" box scraper.

The QH10 works perfectly with the cutter, but when I try to hook up to the box scraper, I can only get 1 of the side pins to fully seat and lock into place. I have tried everything I can think of up to and including jumping up and down on the scraper to try and get it to seat fully but I think something must be out of whack.

I dont really see any adjustments that I can make on the land pride box scraper that might help.

Hoping someone hear may have an idea. This is my first tracker so im pretty much a newb when it comes to this stuff.

I will try to post some pictures later today.

Thanks in advance.

Here are some pics. I tried messing with it again this afternoon. I'm out of ideas at this point.

 

[jimh406]

Could be the way it is sitting. If you lift it, what happens? If that doesn't make it seat, then my guess is the adjustable bottom link is a bit off. Try adjusting it higher/lower. I'm assuming the adjustable side is the one that isn't making contact.

Fwiw, I used to have a frustrating time with my rear blade. I found it was the way it sits greatly impacts the angle of the hookups. My grader/scraper and rotary cutter seem to be more flexible on hookup.

 

[ayak]

Believe it or not and as improbable as it seems, the top link adjust and to some extent, the side link adjust too, can have a profound impact on that. I learned that the very hard way, and then when I added top and tilt cylinders, it was very much easy to replicate (and fiddle with to solve).

 

[Edke6bnl]

I have the harbor freight one and my new box blade like yours had the same problem, I took my angle grinder to the quick hitch and it just slides on.

 

[chelms24]

Could be the way it is sitting. If you lift it, what happens? If that doesn't make it seat, then my guess is the adjustable bottom link is a bit off. Try adjusting it higher/lower. I'm assuming the adjustable side is the one that isn't making contact.

Fwiw, I used to have a frustrating time with my rear blade. I found it was the way it sits greatly impacts the angle of the hookups. My grader/scraper and rotary cutter seem to be more flexible on hookup.

Yeah today I went and adjusted the top and side link so that everything was sitting nice and level, still no joy.... I may try and play with the adjustments some more.

 

[chelms24]

I have the harbor freight one and my new box blade like yours had the same problem, I took my angle grinder to the quick hitch and it just slides on.

As much as I hate the idea of having to take a grinder to it, that may be my last resort. The weird thing is, I can get either side to latch, just not both at the same time.

 

[jimh406]

Maybe the bracket warped when welded or assemble wrong/cut wrong. Measure from top mount to each side. It should be the same. If not, call the dealer.

 

[Edke6bnl]

As much as I hate the idea of having to take a grinder to it, that may be my last resort. The weird thing is, I can get either side to latch, just not both at the same time.

I would rather grind some to fit then not have the bottom links in double shear

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Either the QH was made to narrow or the Box Blade brackets are made too wide.
get a measurement on both.

Wouldn't be the first time I've seen a QH10 made too narrow.

 

[ejb11235]

It seems to me that you need to determine if the problem stems from the pin not fitting into the slot, or if there's some sort of alignment issue.

I would pull the tractor away from the box, remove the pins from the box, and see if you can manually fit them into the slots. Try both pins in both slots, to maximize the amount of information your tests provide.

 

[jkrubi12]

Have you tried picking up the 3 pt after backing in? It looks like the 'bad' pin is not fully seated in the QH 'pocket'. Perhaps picking up the BB will seat the pin, allowing the retainer 'wedge' to pop into place. In any case, it appears that the adjustable side link is too low.

 

[BAP]

See if you can trade it back in for a QH15.

 

[ve9aa]

Forget about the tractor for 1 second. Remove the QH10.

Can you pick up the QH10 and place it into your implement by hand?

If so, then it's likely the adjustment of the tractor's lower link.

 

[chelms24]

Thanks all. I believe I figured out the issue.
I did as suggested and took the quick hitch off the tractor and tried seating it on the box blade by hand. It still would not seat all the way so that told me it was either an issue with the BB or quick hitch.
So I went back inside and started reading through the manual for the BB. Looking at the assembly instructions, I'll be damned if they didn't assemble the BB incorrectly! They have the hitch braces installed on the outside of the hitch straps instead of inside as shown in the manual.
I didn't have any wrenches large enough to disassemble, so I went and picked some up tonight and will try and get it fixed tomorrow.
I'm 99% confident that this is the issue. Will report back once complete.
Thanks again everyone!

 

[jkrubi12]

Nice find on the hitch strap placement! I just looked in my own BB manual and those straps should be inside at the top.

Good luck!

 

[mcmxi]

Thanks all. I believe I figured out the issue.
I did as suggested and took the quick hitch off the tractor and tried seating it on the box blade by hand. It still would not seat all the way so that told me it was either an issue with the BB or quick hitch.
So I went back inside and started reading through the manual for the BB. Looking at the assembly instructions, I'll be damned if they didn't assemble the BB incorrectly! They have the hitch braces installed on the outside of the hitch straps instead of inside as shown in the manual.
I didn't have any wrenches large enough to disassemble, so I went and picked some up tonight and will try and get it fixed tomorrow.
I'm 99% confident that this is the issue. Will report back once complete.
Thanks again everyone!

Looking at your photos I don't see how it would make a difference to your situation.

 

[RBA50]

Can't tell from the pics, but is the top pin bottomed in the hook or is there still room for it to drop down? I've had this happen when the adjustable top hook is one hole too high. Another reason I never buy non- adjustable anything for applications like this.

 

[RCW]

Just for giggles, I would first try taking the bushing off the top link pin/bolt. It looks like it needs to seat down into the top hook another 1/4" or so.

The top hook is not adjustable?

 

[jkrubi12]

chelms24: FWIW I noticed that my BB1254 is also assembled just like yours is, with the hitch straps on the outside of the connection point. After reading your post on discovering the assembly issue, I looked in my manual & it showed assembly to be inside the top connector.

No problems with mine (no QH either) but I may have a QH in my future, so I'd like to see resolution in your case. On mine, it looks like the 'inside' attachment would require bushing adjustment/removal, we'll see.....