Pat's Easy Change Pat's for the adustable lift arms.

[PATG]

I told you guys I had been working on these for a while. Here are some pictures of them on my 4720 JD. I only have them for the 4000 series right now, but my brother has a 5425 and I am going to borrow his for a pattern. I can probably still have access to the Kubota L series, but I will have to ask.

All you have to do is remove the extendable arms and slide the Pat's in and lock them down. I have been using them around here for a couple months to try them out and so far they are great.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

looks good...

i have a regular set of your's on my tc45 that has the adjustable arms...real pleased

is there a reason, other than making your arms about 4" longer than stock, to using these?

 

[PATG]

You got it. There has been discussion about not wanting to extend the length and have been trying to work with those that want a way around it.

 

[BlacknTan]

Are the slots in the PEC Cat 3 or larger??

What size pins on the implements? The ends being out of parallel with the pins seems severe, and with no ball eyes to compensate, I assume there would be alot of vibration due to the mismatch in sizes.

Has this been experienced?

 

[PATG]

Blackn Tan,

No vibration. The size of the hook is the same as a regular PEC. I have angled the hitches to compensate for the bend in the arms. Therefore, unlike the PEC you do have a right and left unit. I will take some pictures of a set off the tractor so you can see a little better. So far, they hook up great.

 

[PATG]

Here a couple of pictures of a set off the tractor. The trick of course is to copy the slide out on the lift arms.

 

[LetsRoll]

Pat

I think what BlacknTan might be seeing is, your left side Cat I pin looks loose or it seems to be bent. Making the angle to appear to be off. If you zoom in on the pin and the float/lift bracket on your finish mower, I can see a gap between the bracket and the nut/lockwasher. See picture below.

 

[LetsRoll]

Second picture.

 

[PATG]

I think it is the way I took the pictures. I probably need to pull outside. I was taking them in the shop and I guess it is too dark. The hitches are the same angle as the JD sliders. But of course, you have to have some wiggle room inside the hook to make hooking up easy.

Yea, that hyd cylinder is a life saver sometimes. I can move my mower from side to side from the cab. It works great on mowing fence lines and around trees.

 

[hammer1995]

I'm ready to buy a set of Cat II for a Kubota L5740 as soon as they are available.