The biggest reason the fast hitch failed was Internationals arrogance. They just about where the big gorilla in the farm equipment world in the late fifties. They tried to do too many different things and ended up doing some really bad. Some of the fast hitch attachments where very good, the sickle bar mower was great. Many of them where not very good, four bottom mounted plow with the trip hitch where you lost the whole plow when it hit something. Then rather than work with other manufactures to also make fast hitch implements they refused to license it to anyone, even short line manufactures that just made attachments.
Add those problems to the fact that JD and others came out with competitive tractors and IH hold slipped on the market.
I do know if you have a IH tractor with fast hitch, then it will be discounted when you go to sell it. Ih 706s will cost $1000 less with fast hitch.
I have many different brands of implements that are three point. I use them on several different brands of tractors. If I had fast hitch, eagle hitch, or snap coupler hitch then I would have problems switching my implement around.
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