Will this fit and work on my FEL?

[jodebg]

I am looking at purchasing this custom made rock/stump digger that
pins onto the loader arms.

It appears to be welded with no offset...welded at 90 degrees.

With multiple pin holes on the mounting bracket, can I select a
hole pattern to create an offset giving me the necessary rollback?

 

[Xfaxman]

The first question is will it fit your loader arms?

With the cylinders in the second hole up, it will have the most rollback and least leverage.

 

[sweettractors]

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I am looking at purchasing this custom made rock/stump digger that
pins onto the loader arms.

It appears to be welded with no offset...welded at 90 degrees.

With multiple pin holes on the mounting bracket, can I select a
hole pattern to create an offset giving me the necessary rollback?

If it will fit your loader brackets, it will work fine. I used one "clamp on the bucket" pallet fork many times this summer to make holes for new shrubs, uproot unwanted plantings, etc. The setup you show a pic of, would be a lot better than what I was using. Ken Sweet

 

[Leejohn]

Just watch your curl cyls and make sure they don't hit the boom and bend them when all the out.

 

[jodebg]

The distance between my pins is 9.5" on my FEL.

The brackets on this attachment are 9.25" between the bottom two holes,
and then 6" to next hole up, and then 6" to the top hole.

What is the best way to mount this to the FEL to get some rollback and
avoid risk of damage to the pistons, etc.?


Any idea as to a fair price to pay for this attachment?

Thanks for the replies.

 

[bluebirdacres]

View attachment 454742

I am looking at purchasing this custom made rock/stump digger that
pins onto the loader arms.

It appears to be welded with no offset...welded at 90 degrees.

With multiple pin holes on the mounting bracket, can I select a
hole pattern to create an offset giving me the necessary rollback?

I wouldn't plan on digging anything too large. The upright angles that the arms and cylinders look to be pretty stout, but the angle supports down to the shovel looks to be only 1/4 x 1 inch. You may twist it if you try to move something too large. Imho

 

[Leejohn]

I don't think the 7800 well bend it. If the bottom hole was kicked out at about 10 to 15 degs. it would give more roll back and the roll down would be stright down. If you roll your bucket all the way down you well see there isn't much room there right now. I don't know how much the 1/4" differents it make to keep the cyls. from hitting. After I redone mine I put some stops so they would not hit when curling back.

 

[Xfaxman]

The distance between my pins is 9.5" on my FEL.

The brackets on this attachment are 9.25" between the bottom two holes,
and then 6" to next hole up, and then 6" to the top hole.

What is the best way to mount this to the FEL to get some rollback and
avoid risk of damage to the pistons, etc.?

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Thanks for the replies.

I would mount it and check cylinder clearance over the arm as shown by the arrow:

If more rollback is needed, weld on a plate and drill the new hole back farther.

 

[jodebg]

I recently bought a used set of pallet forks with 90 degree brackets. When I mounted them
there was very little rollback and the cylinders did hit the loader arms. The forks need to have the
bottom pin hole moved back, so I'm thinking this attachment will need the same rework, as well.

 

[Leejohn]

If the pin holes are spaced right on your forks and you want to move it back, show a picture and I might be able to help make it easy for you. Now I said might.

 

[skyhook]

Adapt it so it will fit in your bucket, then you won't need to worry about rollback.

 

[jodebg]

Seller just emailed additional photos and this attachment does have
the proper rollback angle design...good news.

The diagonal side supports are 1/2 by 1.

At a closer look it seems to be very well made-even the
pin holes look as if they were done on a Bridgeport.

Any idea as to a fair price to pay-should fit right onto my FEL.

 

[otlski]

Hey John,

So if this were a factory made implement and in good/moderate shape, I usually would offer the seller 40% of the new price. Being in CT implements often go for higher than my personal "rule"; sometime up to 70% but I would think more like 50% adjusted for CT prices. This line of thinking places an upward bound on what I'd pay for a home-built.

Being home-built, I would ask how much it weighs and offer essentially a buck a pound. This reflects the fact that if he bought the steel locally from leftovers and cut drops, he likely paid $1.00/lb (five years ago). His labor and materials when it was new would be X2 that. So if it weighed 125 lbs, the "new" price might be $250, so I would offer 50% of that or $125. Some guys here commented that it looked a little under-built so I would not go too much higher.

Dan

 

[jodebg]

Picked up this attachment today. It's much nicer than
I thought from the photos and very well constructed.

The holes as follows. Bottom 2 holes are spaced 9.25" apart.
The next 2 holes are both spaced at 6". So, 9.25" to 2nd hole, and
15.5" to 3rd hole, and then 21.5" to the top hole.

Why there are 4 pin holes and what is the best way
to pin this to my FEL.

The former owner used the lowest hole and the 3rd hole up. The center to center
dimension for those holes is 15.5".

The c/c dimension of the bucket is 9.5.

Can I safely use my FEL with the pins spaced beyond
the bucket spacing of 9.5"?

 

[jodebg]

If the pin holes are spaced right on your forks and you want to move it back, show a picture and I might be able to help make it easy for you. Now I said might.

Hi Leejohn-

I will get some photos posted asap.

I also need to adapt this new rock digger to the JD quick attach set up.
I see that I can buy the JD quick attach plates on ebay for $99. I will then need to
get the JD plates fastened to these pin on brackets.

John Deere Tractor Loader Quick Tach Weld on Mounting Brackets Free SHIP | eBay

Any ideas? Thanks