Spencer
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2002
- Messages
- 1,267
- Location
- Western Michigan
- Tractor
- NH TC33D w/R4 Tires, Rear Remote, Hydraulic Toplink, 2 Auxiliary Work Lights, 7308 Loader w/Kasco Uni-Hitch (Quick Tach)
So I was at my dealers the other day. I was having problems getting my 3-point cement mixer properly setup. I bought it a few months ago along with some other attachments. After messing with it a while he informs me that you can't fully raise or lower the lower lift arms while the cement mixer is hooked up. It has a hydraulic toplink to dump the mixer and when you use the full range of the lower lift arms along with the full range of the hydraulic toplink there is no way to have the pto shaft both long and short enough.
So while we were working on it and getting the pto shaft cut to the proper length I asked him about an adapter I had seen on a website. I already had a Worksaver made a Crane Boom (SSCB-2000) that had a Quick Tach mount but it's list price is 395. I told him I would rather put the money into an adapter that would mount 3-point attachments onto my Quick Tach. That way I could use an inexpensive 3-point boom pole and a lot of other 3-point equipment on my FEL instead of just the single use Worksaver Boom.
So we went into his cubicle and he got out a couple of his catalogs and he looked through them and then suggested the Switch-Hitch from Kasco. It was a little more money that a similar unit made by Worksaver (Model SS-Adapter $499,174 pounds) but the mounts for the lower lift pins were adjustable to accommodate 3-point equipment with varying widths. It also has a built-in Class 2 receiver for moving trailers and such around. It's list price is $525 but he thought he could get me one for $500 plus tax.
Here's the bad news, he said that he thought he had one of these in stock. We walked outside and sure enough there it was sitting on the ground oxidizing. This is bad news because I really wasn't in a position to buy one that day.
Here's the good news, I asked him if he would take $200 now and bill me in a month for the rest and he agreed. So we loaded it in the truck and went inside to write it up. I was a little dissapointed that it was kind of rusty but its just going to sit outside at my place too. So he has to run back out to my truck to get the serial number off of it and when he comes back in he says "Uh-Oh, I think I made a mistake". He said that the model he was showing me in the book for $525 was the SH-400 which was 195 pounds and was CAT I only. The one in the back of my truck was a model SH-596 which is 240 pounds and CAT I/II and lists for $649. While I went out to my truck to verify this he was working his figures. When I came back in he said that because they had this one a couple of years it was in stock before the price increases that if I still wanted it for $500 I could have it. He also said that if I later wanted the lighter unit (because of my limited lift capacity of my loader) that he would order one and swap them out.
So today I wen't to the new TSC that opened up Monday where the old QFF use to be. I went to look at the quality and check the price of their King Kutter boom pole. Well unfortunately the price reflected the quality. It is only rated at 500 pounds and looks poorly made. I'm sure that after I hook the boom pole to my Switch-Hitch which is hooked to my Uni-Hitch I won't be able to lift much weight anyway. I've read on here that they go on sale from $69 down to $49 quite frequently so I did not buy one today. This boom pole measured 92" from the lower lift pins to the end of the loop. Add that 92" to my loaders lift height at the pivot of 100" and that gets me up about 16 feet if I have it straight up.
Here is a picture of the Kasco Switch-Hitch in the back of my truck.
Spence
So while we were working on it and getting the pto shaft cut to the proper length I asked him about an adapter I had seen on a website. I already had a Worksaver made a Crane Boom (SSCB-2000) that had a Quick Tach mount but it's list price is 395. I told him I would rather put the money into an adapter that would mount 3-point attachments onto my Quick Tach. That way I could use an inexpensive 3-point boom pole and a lot of other 3-point equipment on my FEL instead of just the single use Worksaver Boom.
So we went into his cubicle and he got out a couple of his catalogs and he looked through them and then suggested the Switch-Hitch from Kasco. It was a little more money that a similar unit made by Worksaver (Model SS-Adapter $499,174 pounds) but the mounts for the lower lift pins were adjustable to accommodate 3-point equipment with varying widths. It also has a built-in Class 2 receiver for moving trailers and such around. It's list price is $525 but he thought he could get me one for $500 plus tax.
Here's the bad news, he said that he thought he had one of these in stock. We walked outside and sure enough there it was sitting on the ground oxidizing. This is bad news because I really wasn't in a position to buy one that day.
Here's the good news, I asked him if he would take $200 now and bill me in a month for the rest and he agreed. So we loaded it in the truck and went inside to write it up. I was a little dissapointed that it was kind of rusty but its just going to sit outside at my place too. So he has to run back out to my truck to get the serial number off of it and when he comes back in he says "Uh-Oh, I think I made a mistake". He said that the model he was showing me in the book for $525 was the SH-400 which was 195 pounds and was CAT I only. The one in the back of my truck was a model SH-596 which is 240 pounds and CAT I/II and lists for $649. While I went out to my truck to verify this he was working his figures. When I came back in he said that because they had this one a couple of years it was in stock before the price increases that if I still wanted it for $500 I could have it. He also said that if I later wanted the lighter unit (because of my limited lift capacity of my loader) that he would order one and swap them out.
So today I wen't to the new TSC that opened up Monday where the old QFF use to be. I went to look at the quality and check the price of their King Kutter boom pole. Well unfortunately the price reflected the quality. It is only rated at 500 pounds and looks poorly made. I'm sure that after I hook the boom pole to my Switch-Hitch which is hooked to my Uni-Hitch I won't be able to lift much weight anyway. I've read on here that they go on sale from $69 down to $49 quite frequently so I did not buy one today. This boom pole measured 92" from the lower lift pins to the end of the loop. Add that 92" to my loaders lift height at the pivot of 100" and that gets me up about 16 feet if I have it straight up.
Here is a picture of the Kasco Switch-Hitch in the back of my truck.
Spence
