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Quick-Release Hitch Pin
Left pic of red tractor hitch and trailer tongue held together with quick-release hitch pin. Rt pic of silver quick-release hitch pin showing its 4 pieces on cement floor. Handle. Hitch-pin. Cotter key. Quick-release pin with short cable attached.

The Quick-Release Hitch Pin (called Quick-Pin) is designed to solve the problem of trying to unhook a hitch pin when it's pinched by the pressure on it. Invented and marketed by Mayetta, KS, farmer Blake Chase, the Quick Pin consists of two main parts-a top handle held by a locking clip and a straight hitch pin with holes through it near the top and bottom. The handle comes off the hitch pin when the clip is removed; so when the operator gets back on the tractor to release the pressure on the pin, it falls through the hitch. Three different diameter sizes are available-3/4-, 7/8-, and 1 1/8-inch.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back


SourceAdapted from Farm Show Magazine (vol. 44, no. 5)
Blake Chance
15190 158th Road
Mayetta, KS, 66509
Websitewww.quickpinhitchpin.com
Emailquickpinhitchpin@gmail.com
Phone785-966-2249
Est. Cost$29-$32, depending on pin diameter
Last updated: May 07, 2021


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