I've thought about it a bit & almost think linear actuators would be cheaper & easier. Not a lot of force required, no shock load, etc. A spool of wire & 2 switches is going to be a LOT cheaper than a pile of hoses & valving. I'm lazy & like a project for coolness sake, but can't quite justify that project yet.
Pallet forks suppose to be loose or SSQA bracket improperly made?
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I'll admit my Brother's Bobcat has hydraulic pins and it's pretty slick. But like Tom said, other than a bucket or forks, most other attachments have hoses to connect/disconnect.
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Well if you want, there are ways to connect them from the cab also.
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This might be a good time for me to admit a dangerous mistake. The other day I dropped my Grapple bucket and picked up my regular bucket. Picked it up and moved over to the front of the machine shed. Same time, my Brother came along and we visited for a few minutes. Then I moved on to push some snow. Where I was working there was a tree limb broken and hanging down. I raised my bucket almost all the way up to knock the limb out of the tree. I didn't change the bucket curl as I raised it so when it was 9 or 10 feet in the air it was tilted way back. I bumped the tree limb and suddenly realized I hadn't latched the bucket onto the frame. One side slid far enough off the hitch that it wasn't hooked at all. I slammed the joystick forward to drop the loader boom before the bucket could slide further rearward. The bucket fell off and landed on the ground in front of me. With my loader frame raised that high if I hadn't noticed that it wasn't latched and continued to push on that tree limb the bucket would have tumbled down the backside of the loader frame and landed on top of me. I sat there for quite a few seconds recounting what I had almost done. I picked up the bucket, latched it, took the tractor back to the machine shed and went home for the day. 
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This might be a good time for me to admit a dangerous mistake. The other day I dropped my Grapple bucket and picked up my regular bucket. Picked it up and moved over to the front of the machine shed. Same time, my Brother came along and we visited for a few minutes. Then I moved on to push some snow. Where I was working there was a tree limb broken and hanging down. I raised my bucket almost all the way up to knock the limb out of the tree. I didn't change the bucket curl as I raised it so when it was 9 or 10 feet in the air it was tilted way back. I bumped the tree limb and suddenly realized I hadn't latched the bucket onto the frame. One side slid far enough off the hitch that it wasn't hooked at all. I slammed the joystick forward to drop the loader boom before the bucket could slide further rearward. The bucket fell off and landed on the ground in front of me. With my loader frame raised that high if I hadn't noticed that it wasn't latched and continued to push on that tree limb the bucket would have tumbled down the backside of the loader frame and landed on top of me. I sat there for quite a few seconds recounting what I had almost done. I picked up the bucket, latched it, took the tractor back to the machine shed and went home for the day.
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OMG.. that could have been really bad.. Guys have been killed that way. I am sure glad you are allright Richard.
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This might be a good time for me to admit a dangerous mistake. The other day I dropped my Grapple bucket and picked up my regular bucket. Picked it up and moved over to the front of the machine shed. Same time, my Brother came along and we visited for a few minutes. Then I moved on to push some snow. Where I was working there was a tree limb broken and hanging down. I raised my bucket almost all the way up to knock the limb out of the tree. I didn't change the bucket curl as I raised it so when it was 9 or 10 feet in the air it was tilted way back. I bumped the tree limb and suddenly realized I hadn't latched the bucket onto the frame. One side slid far enough off the hitch that it wasn't hooked at all. I slammed the joystick forward to drop the loader boom before the bucket could slide further rearward. The bucket fell off and landed on the ground in front of me. With my loader frame raised that high if I hadn't noticed that it wasn't latched and continued to push on that tree limb the bucket would have tumbled down the backside of the loader frame and landed on top of me. I sat there for quite a few seconds recounting what I had almost done. I picked up the bucket, latched it, took the tractor back to the machine shed and went home for the day.
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And changed your shorts I bet. Wow. Excellent warning for all of us. I have moved a few feet without locking them by mistake but never raised it that high.
Is it actual hydraulic pins? The few implementations I've seen they just use the normal manually operated handle & stick a cylinder on it at about 45 degrees.
I've had an instance or 2 where I forgot to latch the SSQA down, nowhere near as hazardous or skidmark inducing as that though. Thought about trying to hide the handles with a shield of some kind, then paining them something bright & ugly so they are impossible to ignore if you can see them (meaning they aren't latched). I think it would make it harder to hitch up than it's worth though.
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I'm normally very cautious when on my tractor. I'm constantly in steep timber conditions, carrying loads that I shouldn't, very commonly having a tire off the ground. That episode was a life changing moment. That's why I went home. I don't think I'll every make that mistake again.
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Yeah you got your free one..