4570Man
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- Crossville, TN
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- Kubota M59, Kubota L3800, Grasshopper 428D, Topkick dump truck, 3500 dump truck, 10 ton trailer, more lighter trailers.
So my opinion is that there are probably many cases in which MINI-skidsteer attachments are actually appropriately sized and built for some smaller tractors.
But i want to make sure you’re aware the MINI skid quick attach format is totally different from ‘regular’ Skid Steer Quick Attach and while tons of tractors have SSQA, none of them to my knowledge come with the mini skid style adapter.
I bought one to put on my small tractor and even built a rock bucket for it already. So i think using mini skid ssqa format on a small tractor is valid/viable. But your tractor doesnt qualify as all that small to me, and it may be strong enough to damage a mini skid implement even if you can get it attached.
Cool thing about mini skid quick attach for adapting to a pin on style is the adapter plate is so tiny, you dont really need to remove or alter it if you want to attach that implement to something else. You can weld on some pin brackets totall outside of that plate without having to touch it. There are also full size SSQA to mini-SSQA adapter plates you could buy to just hook up and go, but they move the implement out maybe 6” and add weight and cost while reducing your curl force.
A mini skid steer is actually pretty strong. Something along the lines of a Ditch-witch sk-800 would easily out lift an L3901. But the point remains that the hitch plates are different.