Is it me or the 7TL design

[madhouse]

My Bobtach assembly completely folded in half. I went to drop my snow bucket and pick up my bale spear and I found it bent.

Last November I had the loader arm pin break for the Bobtach and bend everything

Last winter I had the loader are end insert come off!

Has anyone else had this kind of trouble with their 7TL or is it just that I overuse my equipment?

 

[ddbackhoe]

From the pictures you show, wow. That quick attach is pretty shabby though. Any idea who made it?
ATI makes one that may or may not be better (about a grand) Tach-All Quick Attach, Loader Attachments, ATI Corporation
With some more gusseting and tie-in, (I think) a beefed up version could be done to yours for a few hundred. Hopefully you’ve found all the weak points.

 

[ovrszd]

You might want to add these additional pics to the "other thread" that you started since there's more activity over there.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Well. A good friend that builds, sells, and repairs loader components all day long, tells me much of the damage he sees is from people being too "rammy".

 

[Peter 315]

Well. A good friend that builds, sells, and repairs loader components all day long, tells me much of the damage he sees is from people being too "rammy".

no operator finesse ,just crash and bash ...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Hardly any excuse if you have a hydrostat.

 

[madhouse]

Well. A good friend that builds, sells, and repairs loader components all day long, tells me much of the damage he sees is from people being too "rammy".

I have certainly represented "rammy" in the past. However, this latest failure shouldn't be affected by rammy in the least. It was simply lifting that caused the SSQA to fold... ramming would push it flat.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I'm thinking a pin failed, no? Hard to tell how that was put together from the picture. Maybe something stupid like a 29 cent retaining clip.

 

[madhouse]

I'm thinking a pin failed, no? Hard to tell how that was put together from the picture. Maybe something stupid like a 29 cent retaining clip.

A year ago the loader arm pivot fell off.
This past November a pin failed at the grease port "T" in the pin.
Yesterday (actually Sunday when moving snow) the SSQA plate collapsed.

My local welder does a great job - I'm just tired of seeing how good he is!

 

[Industrial Toys]

I am still a little confused. I would have put up each picture with a description of what we we supposed to be looking at. I am still not sure what you refer to as a collapsed plate. Maybe I'm just slow.