I folded my Quick Tach plate

[ruffdog]

I would go as far as saying that design could be dangerous.

Especially if you are under the attachment being held by the ssqa plate....................:laughing:

 

[Industrial Toys]

Or it drops it's load and attachment in front of you on the road at speed.

 

[Farmer495]

That design does look very weak!

 

[ovrszd]

I agree it's a sub par design.

It's not uncommon to see them that aren't integrated side to side. But they are built much, much stronger on each independent side.

 

[Industrial Toys]

The SS quick attach is NOT a great nor robust design to start with but it certainly requires that it's individual componants remain intact. There is no redundancy.

 

[Notforhire]

I agree it's a sub par design.

It's not uncommon to see them that aren't integrated side to side. But they are built much, much stronger on each independent side.

Agree.
My JD 5055e had a 1 inch (approx.) rod running side to side which could rotate. It depended entirely on the attachment to maintain alignment.
No issues

 

[ovrszd]

Agree.
My JD 5055e had a 1 inch (approx.) rod running side to side which could rotate. It depended entirely on the attachment to maintain alignment.
No issues

Using yours as an example, look how close the top angle bracket of the hitch is to your cylinder pins. Go back and look at the OP's. No comparison.

 

[Industrial Toys]

If one side of the QA could operate independantly of the other, I would lose my mind, as I do on my JD 640 loader that does that. As it is, in uneven terrain, I have trouble attaching a ridged side to side SS coupler and it always amazes me how it can be that hard. You would think if you get one side in, the other side not quite engaged and lift up, it should all line up. But it doesn't.

 

[DK35vince]

I'm betting I could bent a loader arm before my SSQA would ever bend or twist

 

[ovrszd]

If one side of the QA could operate independantly of the other, I would lose my mind, as I do on my JD 640 loader that does that. As it is, in uneven terrain, I have trouble attaching a ridged side to side SS coupler and it always amazes me how it can be that hard. You would think if you get one side in, the other side not quite engaged and lift up, it should all line up. But it doesn't.

The OP's system cannot operate independently. That's not even an issue in it's design. The issue is the vertical distance from the top angled bracket down to the cylinder pins. Go back and look at the first pic again.