Powertrac to ssqa adapter

[PowerTracManiac]

Thought I would start a specific post for this to follow my build.
Here is where I am at this point.
Bought the powertrac adapter plate directly from powertrac. This plate is for a
Powertrac 1460:




Bought the 3 pt hitch to ssqa adapter from Amazon.


Starting to line up the adapter plate to the ssqa to figure out what needs to be cut to make this work.

 

[PowerTracManiac]

I am thinking the top of my Powertrac adapter plate should be just below the angled "hook" portion of the ssqa-just about where the red line is. I think I will cut off the top of the 3 pt hitch portion of the ssqa plate.

If I lower the PT adapter plate some, it looks like I would cut away less of the 3pt portions of the ssqa. This would lower the point of contact of my PT adapter plate and the ssqa implements would stick up a bit? Don't know if that would be much of an issue or not?
I thought I might get lucky as the PT1430 adapter plate fits inside the 3pt hitch portion of the ssqa plate nicely (as pictured in previous post by another member). Unfortunately, the PT1460 plate looks wider and doesn't fit inside nicely. If you have a PT1430 and or smaller machine this will prolly be a little easier for u to fit your PT adapter plate inside the 3pt hitch portion of the ssqa.

 

[2manyrocks]

Looks like cutting into the top portion of the SSQA would put the PT plate where it interferes with operating the latch arms?

If you put the PT plate low, that would raise the overall height of where the SSQA carries the implement.

Seems to me the main issue is trying to figure out how the PT plate carries the load and then how to distribute it to the SSQA. On the PT, I think the load is carried at the top of the plate, but force is also applied by the loader arms to the portions of the PT plate I circled in yellow.

Another issue I seem to recall others having was deciding on how to angle the PT plate relative to the SSQA.

Which SSQA did you buy from Amazon?

 

[ponytug]

@PowerTracManiac

Just my two cents and definitely FWIW: I would put the adapter plate on your 1460, and try the SSQA against it on the PT to get a sense of what height/angle you might want for your uses.

If the PT plate is angled a bit with the base back toward the PT, you might end up with slightly different constraints. I'm not sure that I would rush to cut off the 3pt, until I was sure that I didn't ever need it. Easy to cut the 3pt off, a little harder, but not an all impossible, to put back.

Often I find that there is more of a need to incline SS implements back toward the PT more than I find that I need to tip them vertically, but that's just me, and the SS implements that I currently use. (Chipper, auger, power broom)

Good luck!

All the best,

Peter

 

[m5040]

I wanted to keep the top link attachment point on my conversion, and I did, until a hose got caught between those two ears and the PT top link when curled back.
Pay close attention to the "neutral" angle that you will engineer as your starting point. I duplicated the angle PT had on a grapple bucket.
Some attachments need to tilt forward more, some tilt back more. A compromise will be needed since it is an adapter and will be used with all sorts of equipment.

 

[PowerTracManiac]

For those enquiring about the adapters.

1) Amazon: YITAMOTOR 3 Point Quick Tach Adapter Universal Skid Steer Quick Attach Conversion Adapter Fit for 3 Point Cat 1 Tractor.
Cost me 313.00 including shipping.

2) Powertrac 1460 plate.
Cost me 600.00 including shipping.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Don’t cut anything off. Make a pattern of the plate from it and make your own. I made 6 of my own.

 

[PowerTracManiac]

Started the C.A.D design for the adapter plate--cardboard aided design---haha!!!
That cracks me up every time I hear it/say it.
The PT plate is heavy so this should help me figure out the position on the ssqa alot easier.

 

[2manyrocks]

For those SSQAs that have tubes as center cross members, my guess is the easiest way would be to determine the angle needed for mounting the PT plate to the SSQA, and then cutting a couple of pieces of tubing to the correct angle and length.

 

[ponytug]

Many of the SSQAs that I have seen are engineered to rely on the strength of the skid steer plate, making them relatively weaker to centrally applied forces, like the PT adapter. This makes them prone, I think, to bending around the PT adapter under loads.

So, speaking from experience, the SSQA may need additional reinforcement from the PT plate toward the periphery/edges. If you don't keep an eye on the flatness of the SSQA, and the welds around the PT adapter for cracks, or tearing of the parent metal. Bending a slightly bowed SSQA back to flat can be done shade tree style. I like using square tube for its strength and rigidity, but I'm no expert.

All the best,

Peter