B3350 FEL SSQA Adapter Reinforcement

[retiree-urgency abandoned]

Recently had my annual service at my dealer. Last time, I had them work on my SSQA adapter, since the fingers that catch the top of the SSQA attachments were twisted. They cut the round connecting rod (between the fingers, straighteneed the fingers and re-welded it. That held for a while, but they got twisted again. So this time I worked with the dealer to reinforce the SSQA Adapter by adding a connecting tube at the top.

So far, so good, but it's been too wet to get out on the machine. Attached is a photo.

 

[jimh406]

I'm glad it's working. What kind of attachments are you using?

 

[retiree-urgency abandoned]

EA 55" Grapple, 54" bucket, LP 48" forks, homemade hyd. PHD & Wolverine tree spade. I'm not sure how I sprung them in the first place, but my gues is an uneven load or overload. I'm a lot more careful to be sure that the load is pretty even side-to-side.

 

[S-G-R]

That looks a lot more robust.