RidgeHiker
Gold Member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2011
- Messages
- 390
- Location
- Upper California Mountains
- Tractor
- Kioti DK5010 with KL5510 Loader & 72" Bucket. Kawasaki Mule Pro MX SE with 66" snow plow.
Telescoping lower links or Pat's Easy Change. Not sure which is the best option. Have never used the telescoping links.
Pat's:
Pro
Just lift and hooks onto implement.
Lower price (unless I buy telescoping stabilizers).
Con
Still have to get the right angle between the tractor and the implement. My snowblower weighs nearly 800 lbs. and is on bare ground or gravel.
Tractor is already long. Pat's adds another 4". Especially when snow blowing there are a lot of things I have to maneuver around that I prefer not to destroy.
May need longer top link (have not measured it yet).
Extra 4" lowers the weight lifting capacity some but that does not seem to be much of an issue here.
Telescoping:
Pro
Don't need to fiddle around getting angles just right or trying to move 800 lbs with a pry bar on the ground.
Does not add extra length.
Con
Price, though Kioti kit includes telescoping stabilizer arms so that seems like a significant advantage. If I added those with Pat's price would be at least as much.
Still have to slip link ends over implement pins.
Already have a regular quick attach but the structure is making it more difficult to get the pto shaft angles I want.
Are telescoping stabilizer bars a big advantage with Pat's?
Thanks for your assistance!
Pat's:
Pro
Just lift and hooks onto implement.
Lower price (unless I buy telescoping stabilizers).
Con
Still have to get the right angle between the tractor and the implement. My snowblower weighs nearly 800 lbs. and is on bare ground or gravel.
Tractor is already long. Pat's adds another 4". Especially when snow blowing there are a lot of things I have to maneuver around that I prefer not to destroy.
May need longer top link (have not measured it yet).
Extra 4" lowers the weight lifting capacity some but that does not seem to be much of an issue here.
Telescoping:
Pro
Don't need to fiddle around getting angles just right or trying to move 800 lbs with a pry bar on the ground.
Does not add extra length.
Con
Price, though Kioti kit includes telescoping stabilizer arms so that seems like a significant advantage. If I added those with Pat's price would be at least as much.
Still have to slip link ends over implement pins.
Already have a regular quick attach but the structure is making it more difficult to get the pto shaft angles I want.
Are telescoping stabilizer bars a big advantage with Pat's?
Thanks for your assistance!