Engcon is switching to its safe, proprietary quick hitch, and will no longer manufacture the conventional S-type quick hitches in the sizes S45-S80. According to the company, the company’s modern ...

Skanska UK has announced plans to ban all semi-automatic and automatic quick hitches from its UK sites by 1 November. Semi-automatic quick hitches have been linked to several fatal accidents in the UK ...

The UK's Strategic Forum for Construction has produced a Best Practice Guide covering the safe use of quick hitches on hydraulic excavators, published by the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), ...

Strategic Forum sets up dedicated safety group on quick hitches after recent death on Skanska/GrantRail project A subgroup dedicated to quick hitch safety has been set up by the Strategic Forum, ...

Health and Safety Executive issues safety alert on excavators after four fatalities in last year The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety alert on the use of quick hitches on excavators, ...

Stan Roberts of Glan Conwy in North Wales has early prototypes of his ‘Stan Hitch’ or standardised hitch system in operation on his and local test farms for much of the past decade having begun plans ...

An Austrian farmer believes he has solved the problem of how to make a three-point linkage quick-hitch that not only allows operators to attach the implement to the tractor without leaving the seat, ...