quick attach buckets

[mikester]

No, if they were not as deep- he would have been fine. The only reason they're as deep as they are is to help tractor owners line up their loader with the bucket while attaching. Trimming off the flanges as shown would have worked-
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I think either someone forgot to add a 30 degree bend at the part fabrication stage or an engineer/team needs a kick in the butt for a stupid design decision when they added the flange extension.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

Last picture shows the problem..thanks
Actually the 'engineers' need get into a tractor seat and try to USE what they designed. NO operator I know needs 'helpers(yeesh, bucket is right in FRONT of you....) and if the 'bean counters' saw the picture in post #40, they'd demand all that excess steel be removed. It's hurting the 'bottom line' of Kubota. Then 'marketing' CAN say 'bucket can be used on several machines' which will sell more bucket, tractors and loaders....

If it was my bucket, it'd be modified as required, along the purpley-pink line.

 

[DustyRusty]

Another good reason to buy a plasma cutter! You can never have too many tools.

 

[ACDII]

See here https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/kubotas-dirty-little-secret.66846/post-688448

It is VERY easily explained. Simple answer, wrong equipment on the wrong machine.

 

[Farmer1057]

At the cabin for a week, when I get back I will take a picture. It turns out it is a problem that Kubota is aware of but did not change the design of the bucket. The strip iof steel running from top to bottom where you attach is 2” taller on a tractor bucket then a skid loader bucket and hits on the SS boom when you curl the bucket after attaching it. You can attach the bucket securely but you can not roll it. Note in the pictures where it rubbed on the loader arms. After my first post I went to my dealer and he said they broke two out before realizing the problem.

would really like to see pictures of the tractor bucket on the skidsteer to see the problem.

Looking down onto the bucket when hooked up to Skid Loader.

 

[D2Cat]

Looks like when the bucket is rolled up that piece of steel on the side (used as a guide) interferes with the loader arm which puts pressure on the plate at the bottom where the latching pin is and eventually peels it out!

 

[fried1765]

Looks like when the bucket is rolled up that piece of steel on the side (used as a guide) interferes with the loader arm which puts pressure on the plate at the bottom where the latching pin is and eventually peels it out!

Yup....
Me thinks you done broke da code!

 

[Farmer1057]

Looks like when the bucket is rolled up that piece of steel on the side (used as a guide) interferes with the loader arm which puts pressure on the plate at the bottom where the latching pin is and eventually peels it out!

Yes that is what happened, I contacted Kubota factory rep to complain especially since both pieces of equipment are Kubota and my tractor was sold as a universal quick attach just last year.

 

[D2Cat]

Farmer1057, the bucket I posted a picture of was in the recycle yard up in the pile a ways. I saw it there and had to work my way to it to see what it was. When I got to it looked like it was too small for my tractor, but I was able to remember the part number on the back corner. Came home and looked and it was the exact same loader I had. Went back and asked him what he wanted for it, and ended up at $175 (I think). Had a friend cut plates to weld in replacement steel. That bucket was like $1100 at Kubota!! Someone had done just as you described, tractor bucket on skid steer.

 

[Farmer1057]

Farmer1057, the bucket I posted a picture of was in the recycle yard up in the pile a ways. I saw it there and had to work my way to it to see what it was. When I got to it looked like it was too small for my tractor, but I was able to remember the part number on the back corner. Came home and looked and it was the exact same loader I had. Went back and asked him what he wanted for it, and ended up at $175 (I think). Had a friend cut plates to weld in replacement steel. That bucket was like $1100 at Kubota!! Someone had done just as you described, tractor bucket on skid steer.

It irritates me that I bought the tractor new and was listed as a universal quick attach bucket. They are not universal.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

neither are USB devices......
It's a 'computer' thing and a HUGE thorn in my side...