SSQA multi use base

[Stomper]

I just finished building the below ssqa frame for a small stump bucket I am building. It's pretty beefy because I just used what I had laying around so it hasn't cost me anything. The square tube is 4"x4"x1/4" and everything else is also 1/4" material, so it should hold up to any abuse my little kubota L2501 can give it. There are a few other attachments that I would like to have which I will eventually build. Such things as a boom pole/jib and what ever else I can dream up to build when a job dictates a specific attachment/tool. I have been eyeballing the SSQA back hoe also. With not wanting to build a quick attach plate every time I make a new attachment, I have come up with an Idea I am going to try. The four small white circles on the cross tubes in the one picture, will be holes with crush tubes welded in place. The crush tubes will be big enough to accept 3/4" bolts. The idea of the whole thing is to only have one quick attach frame and to be able to bolt on several different attachments. Being that my tractor is small and can't dish out too much abuse, I see no reason that this shouldn't work. With this frame and 3/4" bolts i don't think there should be much of an issue. Time will tell. Feel free to give me your opinions and/or any ideas that might save me some grief in the future.

 

[tomplum]

Interesting. Keep us in the loop.:drink:

 

[Stomper]

I will. It will be an ongoing project that I work on in my free time so progress may be slow but I will post when something new gets done

 

[bindian]

Why go to the trouble building a quick attach if you will be bolting and unbolting? You can buy the plates cheap at Richie Brothers Auctions. Then beef them up for your intended purpose.
hugs, Brandi

 

[tomplum]

Why go to the trouble building a quick attach if you will be bolting and unbolting? You can buy the plates cheap at Richie Brothers Auctions. Then beef them up for your intended purpose.
hugs, Brandi

There could be several reasons. One being it changes the equipment forever and may limit its use to a SSQA. I grabbed a 1/4 mount plate off the Titan rack for 89$ to build a mounting for 2 projects. But the big tube could definitely lend itself to freehand hook and lift an attachment , solidly support a short boom or ?? I guess we'll have to wait and see!

 

[Stomper]

A SSQA around here goes for the around the $200 mark give or take a bit and the closest ritchie brothers auction is six hours away. Being in the middle of the Canadian north has it's benifits and it also has it draw backs. If I could pick up mounting plates for $90 I probably wouldn't have made this, or maybe I would have, I have always been a DIYer type. I get a certain satisfaction with making my own stuff. I like the option to design stuff the way I want it to be, not the way someone else wants it to be. This may work, may not. Through time it will probably have things added to it (chain hooks, etc...) that will make more of a multi use piece of equipment, I'm hoping!

 

[tomplum]

Duplicate

 

[LouNY]

Good looking heavy duty frame. Instead of round pipes with bolts how about welding heavy eyes on it then just throwing hitch pins in to attach and detach add on's.
Also a neighbor just got a new kioti tractor and I noticed that the bucket SSQA had wings on the outside flanges to guide the loader frame into alignment, I need to
add the quide wings onto my SSQA attachments to make them easier to connect to as I can't see the edge flanges from inside my cab.

 

[bdhsfz6]

A good solid build but it looks heavy. The extra weight may work against you depending on what you bolt to it.

 

[Stomper]

Yeah it looks heavy and built solid. I have no idea what the weight is but it's not that heavy, I have been lifting it off and on the FEL by hand easily without issues. I would be surprised if it was much over 100 lbs. Even if I double or even tripple the weight of it with a bolted on attachment it's still going to be lighter than my bucket or my pallet forks. There's not many skid steer/ loader attachments out the under the 300# mark. The main reason I started this project was for a stump bucket to remove several smallish stumps around my property. The bolting on other attachment idea came about, just in case I needed some other hair brain attachment in the future. I may never make another attachment or remove the root bucket, but with the bolt on idea, at least I have an option if I need to. Could it be lighter, sure but I built it with what I had on hand so I guess beggers can't be choosers. lol Thanks for the comments, keep them coming

 

[Stomper]

Good looking heavy duty frame. Instead of round pipes with bolts how about welding heavy eyes on it then just throwing hitch pins in to attach and detach add on's.
Also a neighbor just got a new kioti tractor and I noticed that the bucket SSQA had wings on the outside flanges to guide the loader frame into alignment, I need to
add the quide wings onto my SSQA attachments to make them easier to connect to as I can't see the edge flanges from inside my cab.

I've thought about the hitch pin idea also but my thoughts are that the bolts would hold it in place a bit more solid. I can't stand stuff slopping around even if it is just a little bit. It's kind of a pet peave of mine.
My bucket that came with the FEL has the aligning wings on it but I have a clear view of the QA plate on my loader and can line up good each time so I never had a reason to use them.

 

[Stomper]

I may have changed plans for this project. Instead of the "bolt on" plan I may just take the advice given above and just make this a dedicated root bucket. Reason being is because I think I want to add a small grapple to the bucket to pick up the roots and rocks I dig up. I could then also use it for moving logs around for fire wood. figuring out how to make make this removeable with a grapple and still be strong enough has been an issue. The below picture are what I have so far. The bucket is just tacked on for now so it's not to late to change but I think this is probably the way I am going to go. I'm actually surprised at the weight because I can still lift it off my welding bench, but thats it. Wouldn't want to try to set it on the floor. But having said that, theres not many attachments I would even be able to lift off the bench. So I don't think the weight is too bad.

 

[goeduck]

Looks good.

 

[Stomper]

I have finished welding out my bucket and installing the grapple arm mounts. I致e decided to just go with one shaft pin to attach the grapple because of the narrow width of the grapple. Adding two more mounts would really crowd the area. I have mocked up the grapple arms in plywood just for a visual reference to see what it looks like. It seems not to bad like this. The depth of the grapple arms in the pictures is 4 deep, 1/2 material. Will this be strong enough. I have been thinking of maybe adding another inch to the bottom and cutting some teeth into it. To date this project has only cost me $20 for the bucket teeth.

 

[tomplum]

Looks solidly built. If you are concerned about the arm twisting, cut out two arms and weld in a 1/2x1" flat bar around the edge between them. Or even thinner to make it easier to work with.

 

[Stomper]

There will be two arms with plate between them. I just mocked up one arm in plywood for a visual reference

 

[Stomper]

This is what I have so far

 

[goeduck]

This is what I have so far

Looking pretty dang good

 

[JLwoodworks]

Looks great. I think you'll be happier with individual attachments. Especially if you are doing a project and want to switch back and forth between two different ones. I just build my own mounts the same as you did. Here's the boom pole I made. It's 7 feet long with a moveable hook.

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Jay

 

[Stomper]

Yeah I think I’ll be happier also. I gotta quit adding steel to this thing though or it will be to heavy. I have a real bad tendency to over build stuff and this is no exception.
Your boom pole looks great. I like it