Front CarryAll for F-Series??

[Rip]

Shortly after I got my F-2880 I started thinking about a front carryall to use with deck removed, but never got to it. I kick myself for missing a perfect window of opportunity a few years back to get a bare JohnnyBucket SR and toss it into a shipping container at no extra $$ to OZ...oh well...

I am figuring mainly on a nominal 48" x 26" platform (mounted to lift arms after deck removed) with minimal side edges and perhaps pivoted to manually tip / dump....lots of commercial and custom stuff out there for rear 3 ph.

With a retaining wall project upon me with rocks, dirt, and timbers to move, I do need to fabricate something soon and wanted to rattle the collective cages of other F-series owners so I do not reinvent the wheel if I can copy somebody else's solution.....SO....do not everyone speak up at once!?!

Cheers, Rip

 

[628pm]

To start with wouldn't you need the connection hook up like for a snowblower minus the driveshaft part? Or a front blade connection to the F? After you have that it would just be some fabricating and welding to make a platform. Just don't know how much weight you can support.

Keep us informed, good luck.

 

[628pm]

One other thing you will need is to add another hydraulic valve, was looking at kubota website to look at the front blade for the f series, it stated you need another hydraulic valve, so I am assuming you will need it for your carryall.

 

[Rip]

Thanks for your comments, 628....I have considered the mounting scheme Kubota uses for the snowblower & brush and may incorporate that into what ever I do....or get main support from the pin holes as a regular 3 ph but go to the back of the arms for the rest. Would be nice to have hyd tilt/dump like the hyd versions of a JohnnyBucket, but the Kubota valve kit is $1500 down here....so I will just do a manual latch and extended handle to tilt....this is for one month-long project and some occasional use thereafter.

I have given this some thought, just figure is someone else had already done the prototype, I would be that much further ahead. The JohnnyBucket would have been the slick solution either with hyd dump....faster but more $$....or electric actuator....slower but less $$....but I will make do with something more basic and much less $$$ at this point.

Trust your new 2690 will work out for you...

 

[aczlan]

We have a 3 point dump box, I will see if I can get a picture of it one of these days.

Aaron Z

 

[Rip]

Thanks, Aczlan....I had a regular rear 3 ph carryall on a previous tractor and have seen many fancier ones including dump type, but while the front mower mount on the Kubota F series is pretty much a 3 ph without the top-link, I was looking to see what someone else may have successfully done to avoid the tinkering stage many custom things involve.

I know I can come up with something workable....just may not be as slick as otherwise....and without the resources of my old shop, welder, plasma cutter, etc, best if I go to some local shop with all the details worked out on paper the first time. I'll get it done.
Cheers, Rip

 

[arto98607]

How much are the F-2880 hydraulics etc. rated to lift?

 

[Rip]

Not sure the actual rating, but the 60" mower deck I have is right at 500 lbs, and the optional 72" deck has got to be around 600, so I am sure I will not bust anything....most light duty commercial rear carryalls are rated 500 and heavier ones are 1000.

 

[arto98607]

According to Kubota manual for models F2260, 2560, 3060 & 3560 the "lift link end maximum loading weight" is 507 lbs.

 

[Rip]

Thanks Arto....I had never seen the actual lift rating for my machine, but 500 lbs should still do me fine for what I have in mind.