JD500 carrier vs global

[RedNeckRacin]

+1 on the SSQA, The interchangeability and availability was enough for me to cough up the couple hundred extra buckets to equip my 563NSL with it. Once you get a feel for your attachments, it gets easier to hook up, It would be very slick if Deere would give you a hydraulic coupler option like Cat does on their bigger hoes.

 

[Edward. S]

I really like the global carrier, yes it does get dirt bunched up into it but that has never stopped it from closing or opening. All I do is pull the latch (mine doesn't seem too hard to pull.) put the bucket on the ground and it comes off, I drive to my forks or blade and hook the top part in and curl back and it automatically closes the latch locking it in place.
The only time I leave my seat is to open the latch to un hook and to hook/un hook the hydraulics.

If you like the global carrier that much you will like a SSQA or a JD500 way more

 

[RickB]

John Deere has adapters so you can use SS attachments on global carriers

Not at all a JD exclusive.

 

[corey9212]

If you like the global carrier that much you will like a SSQA or a JD500 way more

I don't know, the only way I can see if I'm aligned for hook up properly is to have the connector in the fully dumped position and in that position I can see and hook up a global carrier very easily. With the SSQA the connector from what I read can't be that steep of an angle for hook up and that means the view from the seat would be a problem (can't see that far down that close when in the seat.)

Not at all a JD exclusive.

So thank goodness I put off buying it then cause I can probably get it cheaper without paying for the colors.

 

[AKfish]

That said, I agree the SSQA isn't the easiest to hook up on larger tractors (like our M9540). With almost no visibility of the coupler from the cab your kinda fishin in the dark trying to get both sides lined up. The huge number of attachments is why I like it and we can share attachments between the tractors and skid steer.

Yep... very true. The self-leveling arms on the 563SL make it very hard to see the bucket. I can usually see one side pretty well and if that's the case - the other side is close enough that it hooks up just fine.

That said; the larger tractor and larger loader makes for more difficult "tracking" of the bucket, anyways. It's more of a "feel" for where the bucket edge is as well as the sides. Much harder to do "precision" work like backdragging and leveling, etc.

AKfish