Pin-on Quick Attach adapters needed for Kubota LA1001 and LA 352

[newbury]

I'm on the hunt for a pin-on quick attach adapter for each of my tractors. My immediate goal is to get one of the new EA Wicked Grapples and be able to use it on both tractors. The M4700 is in Mississippi and the B7610 in Virginia, transporting a grapple would be relatively easy.

I realize the B7610, LA352 is small, but what the heck, it's use will mainly be lighter stuff.
I also realize I may need a bunch more hydraulics for both tractors.

I read that ATI, W.R. Long make them for the M4700 LA1001, going price about $900.

A "local" dealer in Virginia said he could get one for the M4700, Kubota part #M1802 for about $600. I called a respected online dealer and was told there wasn't one made by Kubota for the M4700. Searching the web shows up references to that part # with an LA1002

I've found a seller on ebay that thinks they may be able to fit both tractors from a factory in South Korea.

The following quote is from a 2013 thread mentioning the M1802.

FWIW, here is a list of a few Kubota Quick Couplers and list price. I am sure there are more than I have listed. I can't remember if I found the list on line or here on TBN.

B1658 for LA364/LA504 List $279
B2365 for LA403 List $279
L2216 for LA514 $432
L2226 for LA724/LA844/L854 $443.00
M1802 for LA1002 $505

So I've the following questions for the TBN group mind:

Does anyone have a Kubota LA 1001 w/ a M1802?
Does anyone have a QA adapter for a B7610?

Can anyone compare the various offerings from ATI and W.R. Long?

And of course other suggestions will be considered.

 

[rswyan]

Don't have either tractor, or have experience with the ATI or WR Long offerings.

I rolled my own, more or less:

You can buy the (tractor-side) SSQA brackets (which includes handles, springs, pins and other hardware), sans the pin-on portion from Titan (Loader Forks | PalletForks.com | (800) 605-8241) for $185:

Tractor Pin-On Loader to Skid Steer Quick Attach Adapter - Weld on Quick Attach Brackets

Implement-side SSQA plates can be had from the same source for around $100 or so.

Cut the pin-on brackets off one (or both) of your existing buckets (what I did) and weld them onto the above QA brackets, then tie (weld) the two brackets together using a piece of pipe or tube, using the implement-side SSQA plate as a jig for proper spacing.

Or you could make up the pin-on tractor-side brackets using a piece of channel or rectangular tube.

It's likely that to have a SSQA adapter on both tractors, you'll have to build two tractor-side SSQA's - due differences in the spacing of the loader arms.

 

[newbury]

Don't have either tractor, or have experience with the ATI or WR Long offerings.

I rolled my own, more or less:

You can buy the (tractor-side) SSQA brackets (which includes handles, springs, pins and other hardware), sans the pin-on portion from Titan (Loader Forks | PalletForks.com | (800) 605-8241) for $185:

Tractor Pin-On Loader to Skid Steer Quick Attach Adapter - Weld on Quick Attach Brackets

Implement-side SSQA plates can be had from the same source for around $100 or so.

Cut the pin-on brackets off one (or both) of your existing buckets (what I did) and weld them onto the above QA brackets, then tie (weld) the two brackets together using a piece of pipe or tube, using the implement-side SSQA plate as a jig for proper spacing.

Or you could make up the pin-on tractor-side brackets using a piece of channel or rectangular tube.

It's likely that to have a SSQA adapter on both tractors, you'll have to build two tractor-side SSQA's - due differences in the spacing of the loader arms.

Thanks for the advice RS but -

I respect your welding skills and tool collection, I have neither yet. I'm just up to patching bush hog decks. Comparing Titan's brackets, their costs and the labor involved makes the $600 Kubota offering look pretty good. The $900 offerings from ATI and W.R. Long look rather expensive.
The Korean alternative is somewhere in between.

I think with some practice I will be able to weld on the implement side plates.

And I tried to word my post to indicate I knew I would need two adapters.

 

[rswyan]

I figured I'd just throw it out there as an option ...

The $600 option from Kubota is certainly reasonable IMO ... it saves you from having to spend T and E fabbing something up, which is nice if you have no shortage of other projects to get done. Plus you get a professionally made product.

BTW - FWIW, the B1658 quick coupler for the LA364/B7610 is strictly a pin-on/hook QA ... it's not SSQA, and will not work with SSQA implements.

 

[Leejohn]

I made my forks with the QA mount so they slide from side to side. They well fit just about any loader with QA.