mmranch
Gold Member
I have Quick Attach on my tractor. On any of the implements... the Quick Attach plate basically consists of the overhang on top and some holes on the bottom and the mateplate at the back. The FEL plates tuck under the overhang and the Quick Attach pins go down in the holes which pushes the FEL plates against the mateplate.
The overhang steel seems substantial (steel all across the top keeping the FEL plate edge from popping out). But the pin tips going down in the holes only go down a little bit... (I haven't measured but it looks like 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch).
(Seems to me that a for a better connection, the pins should go deeper into the holes? (Why don't they go deeper?))
Here's my theoretical question:
What if I took a blank quick attach plate (made of 1/2" steel) and welded a 15' long - 4"x4" square steel pipe (parallel) to the flat face of the quick attach.
When considering the quick attach plate connected to the tractor FEL... when the quick attach plate is vertical, the pipe stands up like a flagpole. But when the quick attach plate is horizontal, the pipe is horizontal to the ground. When the pipe is vertical, the forces on the quick attach connection seem workable. But when the pipe is horizontal, it seems the forces would threaten the connection making the pin tips or something fail. If there was weight out on the end of the pipe, it would seem the failure threat would be much greater.
Any idea how much weight would be required to make the connection fail? For example, if I put 300lb basket on the end of the pole, when the pole is vertical - no problem. But when the pole is horizontal, would 300lbs added to the end make the connection fail?
Thanks for any ideas!
The overhang steel seems substantial (steel all across the top keeping the FEL plate edge from popping out). But the pin tips going down in the holes only go down a little bit... (I haven't measured but it looks like 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch).
(Seems to me that a for a better connection, the pins should go deeper into the holes? (Why don't they go deeper?))
Here's my theoretical question:
What if I took a blank quick attach plate (made of 1/2" steel) and welded a 15' long - 4"x4" square steel pipe (parallel) to the flat face of the quick attach.
When considering the quick attach plate connected to the tractor FEL... when the quick attach plate is vertical, the pipe stands up like a flagpole. But when the quick attach plate is horizontal, the pipe is horizontal to the ground. When the pipe is vertical, the forces on the quick attach connection seem workable. But when the pipe is horizontal, it seems the forces would threaten the connection making the pin tips or something fail. If there was weight out on the end of the pipe, it would seem the failure threat would be much greater.
Any idea how much weight would be required to make the connection fail? For example, if I put 300lb basket on the end of the pole, when the pole is vertical - no problem. But when the pole is horizontal, would 300lbs added to the end make the connection fail?
Thanks for any ideas!