Why SSQA?

[jibe717]

I remember very well the days of our 4020 JD tractor with pins to remove and put back in to go between the snow bucket or the hay fork. Make sure you carry a 5lb hammer and a large punch on the tractor to help remove one of the attachments. Then I always enjoyed immensely the 2 dozen or more trips on and off the tractor to get all of the 4 pins in place. 2 dozen trips, if everything went just perfectly. Yeah, I won't have another loader w/o a quick attach for the bucket, etc.

 

[Xfaxman]

scdeerslayer,
I'm not much worried about any of that. I'd rather bet on what is, than what might, maybe, could be, someday. Thanks for your thoughts though.

Read the grapple threads, almost everyone that gets a grapple says "I wish I would have got it much sooner"

Look at the fun you can have with a grapple: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/211635-grappling-fun-picture-thread.html

 

[Musdalen]

xfaxham.

I can see where you are going, but I'll hold off even so. If, 10+ yrs from now, I'm still kicking and need it, I'll probably be happy to spend the cash, and happier still that the money I could have spent on the SSQA was well invested and earned the price of a nice shiny new JDQA grapple in the meantime .


But you warned me, so you get first dibs on "I told ya so"

 

[Ford850]

But you are going with a JDQA and not a standard JD pin on bucket, correct?

 

[Musdalen]

Yes. H165 loader with bucket and forks like the one in the video in the first post on this thread. I think it will be the best match for what I want to do. Not sure how much weight it can lift, but the dealer is bringing one out on Saturday and I'll find out. I have some large ash logs to lift with the forks (or not).

 

[JLwoodworks]

JD does offer SSQA as an option instead of their design. I would inquire as to the cost difference.

scdeerslayer,
I'm not much worried about any of that. I'd rather bet on what is, than what might, maybe, could be, someday. Thanks for your thoughts though.

It's much easier to plan ahead now than to regret the decision later. SSQA was the best modification to my previous tractor.

Don't know what I'd do without it. And there are a multitude of sources for lighter compact tractor SSQA attachments so I never worry about the system being too heavy.

Jay

 

[RickB]

I was involved in the purchase of a JD 3720 some years back. I had to pitch a fit, get rude, and provide the bundle number to the sales guy to get SSQA on the FEL. Even then I had to go to a competitive dealer to buy a bucket. Deere dealer couldn't find one to order, even.

 

[jibe717]

Now that it is fully clear that you are going with the JDQA I have no problem with that. It sounds like they make plenty of other things to fit their's as well. I was concerned if you were making this sizable investment and then dealing with pin hookups.

 

[check]

On another thread, I asked "I'm about to buy a new tractor - about 39 horses. Why would I really want SSQA adapter for it if all I plan on using on the front end is the bucket or forks?" To which someone replied, "That's really a topic for another thread. Changing between a bucket and forks without SSQA is going to be a real PITA." If you go to the 9:05 mark in this video, it shows someone switching from bucket to forks faster than I can type this. I'm wondering that the advantage of SSQA is and whether i need it. I don't need anything faster than what is shown here: YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkePTlU9pNU&t=373s

Man, that tractor has some cool features! How much is it?

 

[kennyd]

I was involved in the purchase of a JD 3720 some years back. I had to pitch a fit, get rude, and provide the bundle number to the sales guy to get SSQA on the FEL. Even then I had to go to a competitive dealer to buy a bucket. Deere dealer couldn't find one to order, even.

Just a lazy uninformed salesperson, all colors seem to have them. I could find all that info in under 5 minutes using the free to anyone JDParts system.