jcb 135 HD, Service Manual

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03 - Attachments, Couplings and Load Handling
09 - Lift Arm Quickhitch
00 - General
03 - 7 9813/4450-2 03 - 7
00 - General
Introduction ...................................................... 03-7
Health and Safety ........................................... 03-8
Introduction
Quickhitches are used on machines to allow the rapid
change of buckets, shovels and other attachments
on the machine.
Quickhitches do not normally have a specific function
themselves in that they do not carry out handling or
digging operations, but when installed on a machine
they become a part of the overall machine system.
They are usually mounted on the machine by means
of pins that would otherwise be the mountings for the
shovel or attachment.