Male Skid Steer Plates

stuckmotor · Jun 14, 2013

Thanks, Paul. I look forward to seeing your pictures.
Stuck

Xfaxman · Jun 15, 2013

The ones on my Bobcats are about 12 inches wide, like these pictures found on google image search.

Here are mine.

Will have to measure the thickness, I'd guess at least 3/8.

stuckmotor · Jun 15, 2013

Xfaxman,
Thank you! Your seperate receiver plates are the reason I need to know the exact width of the male plates. My pallet fork has a receiver that goes all the way across but, in the future, I might buy an attachment with plates like yours and I don't want my male ends too wide to fit. By the same token, I want them as wide as they need to be for sufficient strength.
Stuck

Ken45101 · Jun 15, 2013

stuckmotor said:
Bill,
That might be what I'll do. At this point, I have a pin on bucket and a set of pallet forks with a SS quick attach bracket. I've got to come up with a common hookup somehow or other.

I've seen some place that makes adapters for pin mounted attachments to a skid steer QA. Sorry I don't remember where, but they are out there if you are interested.

Notforhire · Jun 15, 2013

You could adapt one from an actual Bobcat. Any Bobcat bone yards near you?

Xfaxman · Jun 15, 2013

stuckmotor said:
Xfaxman,
Thank you! Your seperate receiver plates are the reason I need to know the exact width of the male plates. My pallet fork has a receiver that goes all the way across but, in the future, I might buy an attachment with plates like yours and I don't want my male ends too wide to fit. By the same token, I want them as wide as they need to be for sufficient strength.
Stuck

Most SSQA plates are open all the way across, that bucket I posted is the exception to the rule, but it shows what you are concerned about.

If you make the male ends no more than 12" wide, you should be okay. :thumbsup:

I edited that post, for clarification.

More pictures here: https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1074&bih=788&q=SSQA+adapters&oq=SSQA+adapters&gs_l=img.12...5553.21403.0.24623.13.8.0.5.0.1.1130.4730.2j0j1j5-1j2j2.8.0...0.0.0..1ac.1.17.img.yKzz_tpu0QM

stuckmotor · Jun 15, 2013

Notforhire said:
You could adapt one from an actual Bobcat. Any Bobcat bone yards near you?

That's a thought. I'm afraid not, though.

stuckmotor · Jun 15, 2013

Ken45101 said:
I've seen some place that makes adapters for pin mounted attachments to a skid steer QA. Sorry I don't remember where, but they are out there if you are interested.

It's OK, I've found several adaptors. I'm just trying to figure the most practical thing to do in my particular situation.

stuckmotor · Jun 15, 2013

Xfaxman,
Thank you for all the new pix. If most of the female plates go all the way across, I'm probably concerned over nothing important.
Stuck

Paul N · Jun 16, 2013

Xfaxman's pictures explains it very well. Titan sells weld on plates complete with latch pins for I believe $279?? You will have to adapt them to fit your loader.You can find them on ebay. If you would like to do it the hard way (fun way), the pictures show what I did. I used half inch for the plates. The first attachment I made was a bale spear. Now I have to start working on the buckets. Dimensions are on the pics.