Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

[tacticalturnip]

I messed up today, I did not double check if my SSQA was secure by giving it a little shake close to the ground, and while using the grapple the thing flopped right off. The worse part is the missus hooked them up, so she was feeling down about that, but I always check because on occasion I've missed the hole myself. So it is not her fault, the operator must always double check the system- I was sure to emphasis that to her.

When it stops raining I'll give it a look over and see it's fixable at home, and I'll just need parts. The grapple sits on the trailer tonight and I am frustrated and laughing at myself.

I absolutely prefer the JDQA, but that is neither here nor there.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
Nobody was hurt so it's just a minor problem.

 

[EddieWalker]

I had my grapple come off while pushing up the burn pile after it had died down. It was still burning, but where it fell off, it was on bare dirt. I panicked at first but quickly calmed down and hooked it up enough to get it in the air and away from the burn pile. It happens to all of us.

 

[Runner]

I messed up today, I did not double check if my SSQA was secure by giving it a little shake close to the ground, and while using the grapple the thing flopped right off. The worse part is the missus hooked them up, so she was feeling down about that, but I always check because on occasion I've missed the hole myself. So it is not her fault, the operator must always double check the system- I was sure to emphasis that to her.

When it stops raining I'll give it a look over and see it's fixable at home, and I'll just need parts. The grapple sits on the trailer tonight and I am frustrated and laughing at myself.

I absolutely prefer the JDQA, but that is neither here nor there.

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I've never used that type of system, but from here I can't see any damage. Even the hoses don't seem to be leaking. Maybe you got lucky.

 

[RjCorazza]

I don't feel so bad now... I dropped my forks WAY into a pile of cut trees and brush. Ended up getting a chain on it and dragging it out, along with half the pile.
Fortunately in my case I just totally forgot to lock the pins, so it just fell off. Now I make sure to lock the pins immediately after putting any SSQA implement on, and look at both pins.

 

[tacticalturnip]

^^^^^
Nobody was hurt so it's just a minor problem.

Fortunately the family and animals were out back, no one around to hurt but myself, and I'm good at that- but as said, no one was hurt.

On the unfortunate side, it's definitely leaking. Maybe fitting came lose, but we will see.

The hose took a real beating when it was made to support the weight of the falling grapple. All it took was that one quick bungee motion, faster than I could lower the loader.

 

[Gregster613]

Fortunately the family and animals were out back, no one around to hurt but myself, and I'm good at that- but as said, no one was hurt.

On the unfortunate side, it's definitely leaking. Maybe fitting came lose, but we will see.

The hose took a real beating when it was made to support the weight of the falling grapple. All it took was that one quick bungee motion, faster than I could lower the loader.

Hopefully it's just the fitting connection. That's just something that happens, glad no body part got hurt!

 

[sd455dan]

I messed up today, I did not double check if my SSQA was secure by giving it a little shake close to the ground, and while using the grapple the thing flopped right off. The worse part is the missus hooked them up, so she was feeling down about that, but I always check because on occasion I've missed the hole myself. So it is not her fault, the operator must always double check the system- I was sure to emphasis that to her.

When it stops raining I'll give it a look over and see it's fixable at home, and I'll just need parts. The grapple sits on the trailer tonight and I am frustrated and laughing at myself.

I absolutely prefer the JDQA, but that is neither here nor there.

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She should not feel bad...

I did similar recently on my spare Rhino 554 purchase -FEL cylinders would not lift and only by closing the Power Beyond port could I get the bucket to raise. I brought my working twin to help load the one I was purchasing, got in a rush and Completely forgot that I could get the FEL to lift so I could load it up on the trailer.

Used my FEL to lift the other and got loose with the controls and drove forward while lifting , now the bucket sits 1" off the ground on the left side. Plain stupid move on my part. I have all the hydraulics repairs done and even converted to a home built single joy stick to replace the lift and curl levers.

Squaring the FEL back up is alluding me so far.

Good Luck on the QA repair hopefully an easy fix.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Yup, little tractors are very useful for lots of stuff I never imagined!

I call My Little Baby Fergie (MF GC 1725 MB) a Swiss Army Knife Tractor ... It's AMAZING what I have been able to do in the last 3.5 years, and over 700 hours on the meter!

Truly a Blessing to be able to do so much myself!

 

[FriendwithTractor]

I messed up today, I did not double check if my SSQA was secure by giving it a little shake close to the ground, and while using the grapple the thing flopped right off. The worse part is the missus hooked them up, so she was feeling down about that, but I always check because on occasion I've missed the hole myself. So it is not her fault, the operator must always double check the system- I was sure to emphasis that to her.

When it stops raining I'll give it a look over and see it's fixable at home, and I'll just need parts. The grapple sits on the trailer tonight and I am frustrated and laughing at myself.

I absolutely prefer the JDQA, but that is neither here nor there.

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Tell her not to feel too bad. Same thing happened to me a while back. While I was lucky enough to not have the bungee action happen to the hoses on the grapple, it did loosen the U-bolt holding the 3d function outlets on the tractor side. Make sure those are on tight when you go to re-attach or else you'll end up heaving your guts out trying to force the hose back on...ask me how I know.

Also, you might have better luck replacing the hoses at a hydraulic hose place rather than running to the dealer, food for thought.