quick disconnect loader bucket pictures needed
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JerryG
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<font color="blue">I just looked they don't make it for the 17la </font>
For some reason they have the models that they fit in two different places in the catalog. The 17La is on page 32. I didn't get mine from ATI, it came as a MF item. Someone on here a few months ago said they they were about $250. That is if my memory is correct. That is for everything that you need, no plates to buy. There isn't much to them, I don't know why they even charge that much.
For some reason they have the models that they fit in two different places in the catalog. The 17La is on page 32. I didn't get mine from ATI, it came as a MF item. Someone on here a few months ago said they they were about $250. That is if my memory is correct. That is for everything that you need, no plates to buy. There isn't much to them, I don't know why they even charge that much.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I priced the ATI/preseeder. If I remember right it was twice the cost of the NH one. )</font>
I added the ATI Quick Tach to my Ford 2120 years ago and it works great. I have the New Holland Quick Attach on my TN75D. There's a reason the ATI costs more, it works better. You may not notice it on smaller tractors but the NH one tends to bend and sometimes I have to use a hammer to release the pins which get caught. Has never happened on the ATI. I would not buy a properitary system, its just too limiting.
Andy
I added the ATI Quick Tach to my Ford 2120 years ago and it works great. I have the New Holland Quick Attach on my TN75D. There's a reason the ATI costs more, it works better. You may not notice it on smaller tractors but the NH one tends to bend and sometimes I have to use a hammer to release the pins which get caught. Has never happened on the ATI. I would not buy a properitary system, its just too limiting.
Andy
JerryG
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Is the regular ATI quick tach skidsteer type a properitary system? I was under the impression that it would interchange with standard bobcat implements.
PineRidge
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Andy Tatro makes the QA plates to weld on your implements. Plus he'll make them in any thickness that you want or need. Send me a PM if you want his contact info. Oh did I say that they also fit correctly? I have read elsewhere about some that have had problems with their implements coming off using QA attachments, ours don't.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( There's another outfit that does if you'd rather do the conversion with a pin-on adapter on the bucket .... but it costs more. Also - jinman has one setup like that and it sticks the bucket out there farther than I would've liked so I opted to do the weld on. It was cheaper anyway. I just don't remember that outfits name right now. )</font>
My adapter is made by Kasco and it's called a Uni-Hitch. It's a bucket plate that uses the existing pin brackets on the bucket, but I don't recommend it at all. It works as advertised, but it adds 10 inches and takes away a lot of curl power (that's digging power). I think the 16LA and 17LA adapters are all the same, but the Kasco has to be specially made by the factory because some early New Holland buckets had slightly different pin spacing. Anyhow, it was $300, so it's a lot more expensive than the weld-on plate.
I got my adapter for the loader arms from New Holland, but I didn't pay what these latest guys are paying. I remember my plate was about $370. I can't believe the cost of steel in one year has driven the cost up to $450, so I think I'd see if I could find a better price. That seems a little expensive. Mike paying $400 I understand, but $450 seems like a price they would charge for an "installed" adapter at the dealership. That's an extra $50 labor for removing the old bucket and putting the new adapter on. If you do it yourself, you should get a better deal. Are you having the dealer put your adapter on?
Good luck with your quick-attach. I think you'll love it.
BTW- One more thing. All factory quick-attach buckets are heavy duty buckets. If your bucket is a standard bucket it may not be designed for the quick-attach loads. I'm not sure of this, but I do know that all the factory buckets are heavy duty models with the plate welded on.
My adapter is made by Kasco and it's called a Uni-Hitch. It's a bucket plate that uses the existing pin brackets on the bucket, but I don't recommend it at all. It works as advertised, but it adds 10 inches and takes away a lot of curl power (that's digging power). I think the 16LA and 17LA adapters are all the same, but the Kasco has to be specially made by the factory because some early New Holland buckets had slightly different pin spacing. Anyhow, it was $300, so it's a lot more expensive than the weld-on plate.
I got my adapter for the loader arms from New Holland, but I didn't pay what these latest guys are paying. I remember my plate was about $370. I can't believe the cost of steel in one year has driven the cost up to $450, so I think I'd see if I could find a better price. That seems a little expensive. Mike paying $400 I understand, but $450 seems like a price they would charge for an "installed" adapter at the dealership. That's an extra $50 labor for removing the old bucket and putting the new adapter on. If you do it yourself, you should get a better deal. Are you having the dealer put your adapter on?
Good luck with your quick-attach. I think you'll love it.
BTW- One more thing. All factory quick-attach buckets are heavy duty buckets. If your bucket is a standard bucket it may not be designed for the quick-attach loads. I'm not sure of this, but I do know that all the factory buckets are heavy duty models with the plate welded on.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have the New Holland Quick Attach on my TN75D. There's a reason the ATI costs more, it works better. You may not notice it on smaller tractors but the NH one tends to bend and sometimes I have to use a hammer to release the pins which get caught. )</font>
Andy, I think that may be just your adapter. I have four implements that use the QA and they all fit slightly different, but attach and detach with no problem. One time my NH QA adapter got stuck and I had to use a cheater pipe to pop the release handles up, but I noticed they needed grease. If I keep them greased properly, they work quite well. My little wife can operate them (and does while I'm at work), and I can operate both easily while standing on one side of the loader arms.
Of course, you have a different situation with much colder weather, snow, ice, and maybe even salt. My adapter lives an easy life compared to all those things. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Andy, I think that may be just your adapter. I have four implements that use the QA and they all fit slightly different, but attach and detach with no problem. One time my NH QA adapter got stuck and I had to use a cheater pipe to pop the release handles up, but I noticed they needed grease. If I keep them greased properly, they work quite well. My little wife can operate them (and does while I'm at work), and I can operate both easily while standing on one side of the loader arms.
Of course, you have a different situation with much colder weather, snow, ice, and maybe even salt. My adapter lives an easy life compared to all those things. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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I'm currently in the middle of this conversion. I picked up two QA plates at an equipment auction for $100.00 each. The local NH dealer priced the loader adapter at $350.00 if he had it in stock. If he orders the adaper he would charge $50.00 for shipping. He has 3 adapers on order for his stock, but doesn't know when they will be delivered. He will sell me one of those for $350.00 as long as another customer doesn't want one on a complete tractor sale. So I'm waiting /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
mikim
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<font color="blue">can't believe the cost of steel in one year </font> yeah - I know -- and gas too ... but that's another whole forum ... <font color="blue"> BTW- One more thing. All factory quick-attach buckets are heavy duty buckets. If your bucket is a standard bucket it may not be designed for the quick-attach loads. </font> good point ... mine was a heavy duty so I don't thing I'll have an issue with that. Haven't used it yet since the conversion. Haven't been to the country for weeks.... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif...... plan on going up 3rd week of May for "vacation" .... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Scratchnbell
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California tractor dealers are not know for there good deals. I wish that I could get one for $350. I just don't see that happening.
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