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Hook up PTO-driven implements from your seat
Hooking up rear-mounted, PTO-driven attachments like rotary cutters and tillers can often be an intimidating and frustrating task. Let's face it, you bought a tractor and implements to lighten your workload - not add to it. The new iMatch AutoHitch™ combination turns this pesky process into a quick and easy step. No tools needed.
Leave superhero strength behind
In the past, changing implements often involved trying to lift or nudge 600-pound attachments just to get them on your tractor. The iMatch Quick-Hitch, compatible with many rear implements, changed this whole process. Simply back your tractor up, hydraulically lift the implement, and secure the latches. You don't even need to leave your seat.
The only thing left to do is get the implement running. If it's PTO-driven, like a rotary cutter or tiller, you need to get off of the seat, line up, and hook together the shafts. This is the part that tends to be a little intimidating for some people. Aggravating for others.
The intimidation of shaft hook up has ended with the all-new iMatch AutoHitch. Once the implement is locked into place with the iMatch hitch, you rotate the handle, then turn and push the AutoHitch lever to open up and lock together the drive shaft. You don't even need to get off of the seat.
Put away your tools
After initial installation of the iMatch AutoHitch components to the tractor and implement, no tools are needed. Simply back up, lift, throw a few levers, and you're ready to go.
This unique coupling device features spring-loaded ball bearings that lock into indentions on the driveshaft from all directions. The design securely attaches the two shafts while eliminating any potential slippage. Plus, when using non-PTO driven implements, like a box blade, the AutoHitch can be locked up out of the way and does not need to be removed.
Make your next change easier
Ask your John Deere dealer about retrofitting your compact utility tractor and implements with an iMatch AutoHitch, today.
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