New isn't too pricy. This was the third implements I bought. Basically for moving equipment around the property.
Like others here, I found the unit was great for moving things, but there is no way to actually use it for anything that requires any force to the ground.
The loader itself has some play, add another flexible (somewhat) implement onto the front of the loader (the 3 PT converter), and then add whatever 3 point implement you want on top of that, and you have the "slinky syndrome" on full color!
It's a mush-mosh of connections, all with flexibility that create less than appealing results (at least in the compact tractor series- I use it on my Kubota L3560 with 850 Loader. I have a backhoe that I do mount up and may keep on the tractor, usually through the winter.
Not that it sits outside exposed to the elements, but I need the traction, and
ballast for moving firewood totes in the ice and snow in NYS.
So for myself, it does work great for moving trailers (it does have a hitch welded to it) moving 3PT implements (mower/7ft back blade, Post hole digger, and whatever else I can move with it.
I did find that when attempting to grade with the HD Titan 7ft blade, that the unit would basically allow the entire linkage of the "system" to flex, preventing any real functional downward force on the ground. Then when it hits something hard, due to the flexibility of all the connections, it tends to transfer the stress into the loader then to the tractor.
The loader if it's a matched loader to the tractor, is made to do that... so the real brunt of the attempt to use that for anything substantial is the connection points to the implement,, then to the FEL, then to the tractor.
That's a lot of transferring of forces around over greater distances than the assembly is probably designed for.
