How Hard to Convert?

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yooperdave

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I have a 15 year old LG 36 hp 4WD loader tractor with < 100 hours on it.

How hard would it be to convert the loader to a SSQA?

Is this kind of conversion common and cost efficient?

TIA

Yooper Dave
 
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What are your welding/fabrication resources?
Many threads on here of conversions, seems very doable. Only cost "efficient" if you swap FEL attachments.
 
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With tractor use at <7 engine hours per year, why bother?

It will take more than seven hours to assemble material and make the change ~~~~~then you need to convert the FEL attachments you have.
 
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I purchased an adapter at a junk yard, and adapted it to my tractor,,,

ssqa3_zpsuwqyj5zq.jpg


I did do the adapter conversion in CAD before I cut any steel,, that helped,,,
 
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With tractor use at <7 engine hours per year, why bother?

It will take more than seven hours to assemble material and make the change ~~~~~then you need to convert the FEL attachments you have.

I moved to a different house and now have use for a tractor.
 
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I purchased an adapter at a junk yard, and adapted it to my tractor,,,

ssqa3_zpsuwqyj5zq.jpg


I did do the adapter conversion in CAD before I cut any steel,, that helped,,,

Your conversion exceeded my expectations. Thanks for sharing. What CAD software did you use?

Auto CAD is my software of choice.
 
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Your conversion exceeded my expectations. Thanks for sharing. What CAD software did you use?

Auto CAD is my software of choice.

I learned 3D solid modeling on CADkey, and still use it for stuff like this.
 
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I am not familiar with the LG tractors, so many after market companies make adapters to SSQA for many manufacturers, they are not horribly expensive I would try to find one for yours OR try to modify one since it will likely be close to your machine in some regard.
 

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