Kubota L3301HST/LA525 modifications

[newbury]

Glad to see you back.
Boy the price on those magnets sure jumped!
Last year I ordered 10 of the 112 LB Holding Power Neodymium Cup Magnet w/ Thread Stud for $3.57@, now they are $4.97@. Should have bought 50.

 

[Stomper]

Great thread. I am a new owner of a L2501 and am a huge MOD guy.so I really like what you're doing here. Great job.

 

[lennyzx11]

Next thing. This was a quick one. For a ballast weight, I purchased a drawbar and a couple of grade 8 3/4" allthreads.
These scrap disks weigh 62 lbs a piece. So total is around 640 lbs so far. I have a line on getting a few more so not cutting the allthreads just yet.

 

[Fallon]

Next thing. This was a quick one. For a ballast weight, I purchased a drawbar and a couple of grade 8 3/4" allthreads.
These scrap disks weigh 62 lbs a piece. So total is around 640 lbs so far. I have a line on getting a few more so not cutting the allthreads just yet.
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Looks like there isn't a lot of ground clearance there unless you are flipping that after cutting the allthread. As soon as that ballast touches the ground the weight will transfer to the ground rather than unloading the front axle & giving you traction.

 

[lennyzx11]

Looks like there isn't a lot of ground clearance there unless you are flipping that after cutting the allthread. As soon as that ballast touches the ground the weight will transfer to the ground rather than unloading the front axle & giving you traction.

Fallon, it's just sitting there on the ground when I took the picture. It is approx 12" tall. The three point will pick it up past the PTO output shaft.

I used it all day today behind the front bucket and grapple and worked really well!

 

[lennyzx11]

PARKING BRAKE WARNING MOD
After catching myself trying to drive off with the parking brake engaged a few times, I decided to add a better warning light. There is an idiot light in the dash but I've failed to notice it more than once. Here's what I did.

I picked up this 1"x4" strobe LED light from Amazon.

GPPOWER Universal super thin 6-LED Amber/White 19-Flashing Mode Car Truck Warning Caution Emergency Construction Strobe Light Bar (1pc) Amazon.com: GPPOWER Universal super thin 6-LED Amber/White 19-Flashing Mode Car Truck Warning Caution Emergency Construction Strobe Light Bar (1pc): Automotive

Though I did order a couple of magnetic reed switches, I found it was simpler to just splice into the existing parking brake switch. Easiest place for me was at the switch it self.


Red wire to the OUT side of the switch. Black wire to a ground.(I used the switch mounting itself) Two wires going to switch. One is Hot to the switch when key is On, other gets energized when brake lever is engaged. I used a pin to probe for which one was which. 50/50 chance of being right the first guess so do you feel lucky?

This light has a couple of neat features. It's waterproof supposedly.
It appears to actually be made of a heavier "glass" than cheap thin plastics.
The yellow wire gets touched to ground when the light is powered and it changes the flashing strobing pattern. It is Bright!

For you snow moving types, a couple of these on the ROPS would make good warning lights while plowing I believe.

I mounted where I did because of the convenience of that location.
Though below line of sight, the flashing draws attention readily even in direct sunlight. There is places for a couple of mounting screws but I used double stick tape for now. If that doesn't work out long term, I'll drill the holes in the metal bracket easily.

Soldered the wires, taped up the connection, and called her good.
Start to finish, maybe 1/2 hour.

 

[lennyzx11]

Let's see. I guess I forgot to post here that I got the Titan 3point to SSQA adaptor in order to use my bucket on the rear for a carry all. Yeah yeah I know the carryall woulda probably been cheaper when all said and done! Oh well.
Fit and finish was nice. Heavy and quality throughout. One thing burnt my *** was that would NOT work with my HF quick hitch.

So off came the QH. Mounted it straight to the arms and loaded up the bucket. Due to the built in rake/angle, the top link was extended all the way out to level the bucket bottom.
I have to say it worked exactly as I wanted as a carryall while I cut up a few of the trees I had dropped last spring and didn't have time to finish.
Kinda iffy if I'd do it again all said and done but now I'm perusing back through Fallon's linear actuated power SSQA MOD thinking hmmm....

 

[lennyzx11]

After installing the Titan adaptor for three point to SSQA, I lost my QH.
At first, I was thinking of cutting the adaptor and widening it the 5/8" to make it work.(Still pisses me off,Titan)
I had read about Pats quick change system and though a little more expensive it comes with rave reviews. And American made.
The kicker that made me decide to try it was the fact of one reviewer saying it was a lot easier than a QH to get into for hooking up a PTO shaft. So I ordered one. It came quality double boxed with brown paper packing instead of the dreaded styrofoam. +1.
Got it unpacked and read through the instructions and it was pretty straight forward. 2 beer job.

One thing about it. Once you install it, you're kinda married to it as there are 2 ubolts double nutted and 8 bolts used as adjustment set screws. More of a PITA to remove and install than a HF QH by quite a bit. I'm hoping I don't have to ever take it off. We will see.
Only other thing is the "stabilizer bar" that locks the width of the arms in place. Don't get me wrong. It works perfect as intended and is high quality as is the whole kit. No cheap **** included. My thought is that bar has to be removed in order to connect up a PTO shaft and sure as ****, I'll lay the **** thing down never to be found again!
I'll post back on using this after playing with some of the implements that I have to hook up including the beat up bent pin back blade from **** I own.

 

[BCrouse]

If you use any ground engaging pto powered implements (for me it was a tiller) it caused the Pat’s quick change’s to become loose. The bolts vibrated loose. Sure I could have prob locktited them or tack welded it...the Quick Hitch is just a more sturdy way to attach. Mine are sitting in a box in the garage some where.

Also for the stabilizer bar, i found it easier and more effective to just use a bungee cord.

 

[Stomper]

I have been wanting a set of pats quick hitch for some time now but can't find them anywhere in canada. I agree that a bungee works great. That's what I use right now on the arms of the 3ph