Best Hitch Pins for your Yard Tractor Hitch

Our yard tractor is a workhorse performing many tasks around here, including pulling carts, aerators, and sprayers. Until now, connecting them to the tractor was a pain. Not anymore with these great solutions from GVPower.com!
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We recently found these great speed hitch pins for our yard tractor. The tractor does a lot of work around here and is used to pull a variety of devices that make our lives in the yardscape much easier and more productive. But, when it came to hitching up an aerator, yard cart, sprayer, or yard sweeper, it was a pain.
Standard hitch pins work, but they are finicky. Do you put the pin in from the top or bottom? Depending on what you do, it is easier or more difficult to put the securement clip through the hole in the hitch pin. The pin can be hard to place or remove as well and is easily misplaced.
The solutions from GVPower.com take care of all that.
The GV155 Auto Lock™ model uses a super-strong magnet at the top of the pin and under the handle to hold the unit in place. It holds very well, and the pin won’t back out. It is placed in from the top (easy!), holds tight, but can be removed with a simple tug.
The GV150 King Pin™ quick connect pin has a pair of retractable ears at the bottom of the shaft that is actuated by squeezing a trigger inside the top handle. The ears retract when the trigger is squeezed, and remain open when the trigger is released. Again, the pin is placed in from the top and the trigger is squeezed as the pin is inserted. Once in place, the trigger is released, and the pin stays firmly in place.
BRILLIANT!
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Check out the magnetic Auto Lock™ at:
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You can take a look at the King-Pin™ quick connect hitch pin at:
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[@Pro1er]

Those have a nice long pin. A few years ago I bought a John Deere magnetic hitch pin and the pin is too short for my sweeper. One trick I learned when I would use a hitch pin with a hairpin clip is to insert the hitch pin upside down so that I could easily insert the hairpin clip without having to look underneath the machine.

[@gregj2647]

The one concern I have with the KingPin is that it rides very close to the ground and could easily get dirt in it and clog the mechanism. For me, I'd go with the magnet.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Good insight. Some hitch plates ride higher, so it wouldn't be as much of an issue. The magnet works really well.

[@gregj2647]

@@DirtFarmerJay in your video the KingPin was real close to your grass.

[@garypillischafske1425]

thanks FarmerJay!! Good job!

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Our pleasure!

[@rrhunter4281]

Have used both for some time. The king pin gets dirty and rusty over time and quits working. Like the magnet much better. With tension on it - never has come out when not wanted.

[@lonniecurtis3540]

hi I use a magnetic pin but takes a cotter pin to,I use a yard cart a roller and fertilize spreaders on mine jd s130.good video..thanks

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks for the info! Thanks for writing. Best, DFJ

[@robertheinkel6225]

We never used locking pins, even with full sized farm tractors.

[@shawnhorne9296]

You can get them at Lowes too 😊

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Indeed, thanks for getting the word out.

[@frankwincenty8832]

Gutes Video! Werde mir diesen Bolzen auch anschaffen.
Schöne Grüße aus einer kleinen Stadt nahe Berlin/germany

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Danke fürs Zuschauen und Schreiben! Ich freue mich, dass dir die Folge gefallen hat und dass sie dir geholfen hat! Es ist toll, von Ihnen aus Deutschland zu hören! Beste Grüße, DFJ

[@jwill9359]

Gentleman, i just use a 3 inch spacer, and piece of pipe even plastic will work to keep the pin with the ears away from the ground.

[@fraydnot]

Are they made in US? I've been looking for something like this. Thanks for the upload

[@earlburkhart8132]

King pin is garbage doesn't last. May try magnetic version. Another You Tuber, can't remember who, showed putting a bolt &nut facing up ,2 lg. fender washers, hole drilled at end of bolt threads with a hair pin through it.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks for weighing in and the tip on the other method. Best, DFJ

[@CharlesWatson-uo9gb]

Where did you get the hitch adaptor so you have ball plus pin hole?

[@DirtFarmerJay]

You can get them at GVPower.com. Best, DFJ

[@stevemergen7966]

The KingPin does not work. Dirt and debris will get in the ears which makes the pin very difficult to remove. I will try the magnetic pin, but I worry that with it hanging close to the ground, a good bump could remove the magnet's hold.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks for weighing in, Steve!

[@gutterball09]

A simple pin with a thread is cheaper and more useful

[@mikeadler434]

👍👍

[@johnnyplair8532]

❤❤❤

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks for watching!

[@bobhaddock957]

kingpin rusts really quickly....i quit using them.....i really like the magnetic...

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Thanks for the insight!

[@peterbarlow8912]

The problem is you still have that clunky clevis on the tongue. I’m going to put a real 2” trailer coupler on my JD yard cart.

[@DirtFarmerJay]

Love it!