Abstract: A quick hitch assembly mountable to a hydraulic arm of heavy duty machinery for hitching an implement having at least one pair of outwardly extending parallel connector brackets. The assembly includes two or more parallel load transmitting plates on a common shaft which are dimensioned to be located parallel to at least one of the bracket pairs. The assembly also includes one or more hook elements for hooking onto the implement, and at least one hydraulically activated ram with a link pin displaceable between a bracket and a plate to form a positive lock between the implement and the assembly.