Skid steer attachment angle?

[Garrett2006]

Does anyone know the general angle to weld/attach the quick attachment plate onto the back side of a homemade attachment? I知 the process of planning out and cutting metal for couple skid steer attachments, it wandering the correct 澱ack angle the plate needs to be welded at. I see the large brand companies have a general angle they all put the plate at & it works for all skid steers. I知 not finding this info online. Might end up having to take an angle finder to dealer with me to check them if no one here knows the answer. Thanks

 

[mikester]

Does anyone know the general angle to weld/attach the quick attachment plate onto the back side of a homemade attachment? I知 the process of planning out and cutting metal for couple skid steer attachments, it wandering the correct 澱ack angle the plate needs to be welded at. I see the large brand companies have a general angle they all put the plate at & it works for all skid steers. I知 not finding this info online. Might end up having to take an angle finder to dealer with me to check them if no one here knows the answer. Thanks

Sorry I dont remember the angle off hand. If you manage to find a drawing with tolerances please post them. I used my other implements and SS mount as my guide. Measure more than one implement as there is some variation in dimensions. After you measure it you will find its a pretty standard measurement.

Pay attention to the bottom plate angle and quick attach locking pin location as it will affect how easily your implement connects/disconnects. I made up several 8 or 10 inch wide plates at the time out of 1/4 steel plate and had them bend up the bottoms on a press brake. The tops I just tach welded on using the tractor SS mount as the jig.

 

[ddbackhoe]

Does anyone know the general angle to weld/attach the quick attachment plate onto the back side of a homemade attachment? I知 the process of planning out and cutting metal for couple skid steer attachments, it wandering the correct 澱ack angle the plate needs to be welded at. I see the large brand companies have a general angle they all put the plate at & it works for all skid steers. I知 not finding this info online. Might end up having to take an angle finder to dealer with me to check them if no one here knows the answer. Thanks

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...91d1177387373-here-universal-attachment-mount

 

[Garrett2006]

That drawing is great, but I知 not seeing where it tells what angle the whole plate needs to be mounted to the attachment at. If looking at mostly all skid steer attachments, they have the plate welded at an angle. That痴 the angle I知 trying to find. That all might vary a little between brands, but should be close.

 

[mikester]

That drawing is great, but I知 not seeing where it tells what angle the whole plate needs to be mounted to the attachment at. If looking at mostly all skid steer attachments, they have the plate welded at an angle. That痴 the angle I知 trying to find. That all might vary a little between brands, but should be close.

I think that angle the plate is attached to the implement is arbitrary and depends on your implement and tractor geometry. Do what makes sense for your implement and on where you need the angles to be at on your Tractor for max/min and nominal boom positions.

 

[ddbackhoe]

That drawing is great, but I知 not seeing where it tells what angle the whole plate needs to be mounted to the attachment at. If looking at mostly all skid steer attachments, they have the plate welded at an angle. That痴 the angle I知 trying to find. That all might vary a little between brands, but should be close.

I must have misunderstood your question. Your actually looking for the angle that the qa plate attaches to a plow, rake, bucket, etc? Simple answer is 45 degrees. But like Mikester says, it kinda depends on what it is. A set of forks would be closer to 90. A bucket you would want about 45 so you get the full roll back and dump/curl.

 

[ruffdog]

My two bobcat buckets are at 15 deg.

 

[Xfaxman]

There is no standard angle that I know of, but have read a lot of posts wishing for more on forks. You might want more than this:

You can customize it for your equipment.

 

[ruffdog]

I sure wished my ssqa to 3pt adaptor had some extra rollback built into it as it is just straight.

 

[Xfaxman]

I sure wished my ssqa to 3pt adaptor had some extra rollback built into it as it is just straight.

Yep, that is why I bought this one: Skid steer Bobcat 3 point implement hitch adapter Heavy Duty

 

[ruffdog]

Yep, that is why I bought this one: Skid steer Bobcat 3 point implement hitch adapter Heavy Duty

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If Pat's still offered the weld-on quick hitch ends I would be set.

 

[jmc]

I知 not finding this info online. Might end up having to take an angle finder to dealer with me to check them if no one here knows the answer. Thanks

If you already have an angle finder, you can calculate that best angle for each of your implements and not have to visit a dealer for a measurement.

Roll your tractor's SSQA to fully curled and measure its face's angle, relative to a plumb or horizontal reference.

With the tractor end of the implement on the ground, block up the implement's tip until it looks like it's as high as you'll ever need it. Then measure the angle between the implement bottom and a plumb or horizontal reference.

Then, depending on which reference you used, the plate angle you want is either adding or subtracting angles. Personally, I'd have to sketch mine first to figure out the arithmetic.

 

[jmc]

One of the reasons manufacturers may seem stingy with their rollback geometry is to prevent loads falling off the back of the implement when the loader is fairly high.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You need to mock it up. Tack weld it strong enough not too fall on anyone and try it. Often making it right will look quite wrong visually. I have a fork carrier that will only tilt up a few degrees but the forks will go straight down and back still farther. Total screw up! But making them right would have added weight and required a bunch of material

 

[tree grower]

This is a little off topic, but related. Whatever implement you are adapting to ssqa, be sure to build it with the bucket arms at least 3-6" higher than all the way down. I adapted a Meyers snow plow A-frame to my ssqa with the arms all the way down, and the plow doesn't float correctly. I should have had the arms 6" up when building. I built a set of forks, and made the same mistake. With any attachment--even the factory bucket--sometimes you will want to use down pressure to lower it below 'bottom'

 

[ddbackhoe]

I must have misunderstood your question. Your actually looking for the angle that the qa plate attaches to a plow, rake, bucket, etc? Simple answer is 45 degrees. But like Mikester says, it kinda depends on what it is. A set of forks would be closer to 90. A bucket you would want about 45 so you get the full roll back and dump/curl.

This one was just finished and the qa plate is 1/2" up from the bottom View attachment 647659

 

[Xfaxman]

The picture didn't post

 

[ddbackhoe]

This one was just finished and the qa plate is 1/2" up from the bottom. Oh and at 90 View attachment 647659

Hopefully picture works this time.

 

[Rustyiron]

Not all tractors should use the SS angle. The "range of motion" is not always equal to a SS and that range does not always start in the same place, in other words make sure that you build it so that you have the desired "rollback" or carry position of your attachment so that with the bucket low to the ground you have a decent roll back to carry a load. Just remember that the more angle you "build in" the less dump angle you will have up high as in loading (dumping) into a tall truck.

 

[Xfaxman]

Hopefully picture works this time.

Yep, did :thumbsup:.

Looks like a gooder-un .

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