QA bucket for LA504 loader, reduced lift capacity?

[kuboman]

I went from a b2620 to the b3200 and I did notice a little reduction in roll back force but the the advantage of the qa made it worth it. There is plenty of force to bend the flimsy bucket. It puts it out ahead at least 4". It also raises the bucket about another 2-3" so you have more reach ahead and up.
I like it

 

[ChuckinNH]

Here are a couple of pictures of the QA installed. With the forks you can get odd shaped, and longer loads closer to the pivot points than you can with a bucket, so in that case you can actually lift more.

 

[bstrom]

I dug out some printouts of specs from when I was researching tractors because I was curious about this myself.

On that 504 loader the breakout force is 2474 at the pivot pin and 1737 about 20 inches forward of that. That is a 737 pound loss at probably the front of the bucket. So at 737 divided by 20 you lose about 37 pounds of force per inch moving forward. The QA moves the pivot point out about 4 inches so 4 X 37 is 148. So theoretically (at least according to my crude calculations) you would lose about 148 pounds of breakout force. Sound about right? I'm not an engineer so there may be other considerations.

 

[kuboman]

ChuckinNH....where did you get the pallet forks? They look like a dandy unit.

 

[bstrom]

They are cool aren't they? He's quite proud of them. After reading his posts about them I'm going to try and order a pair this spring for rock moving,etc. Now I just got to get the 1000.00 bucks or so together and not be afraid to spend it in this crazy economy.

 

[kuboman]

Yes but where can I get a set??????

 

[Ductape]

Yes but where can I get a set??????

Your Kubota dealer.

 

[kuboman]

Really, I guess up here in the frozen wasteland they don't stock them. I will try my dealer again.
thanks

 

[red4now]

HLA also makes a solid pallet fork. Around $650 CDN. Can also usually be ordered from your Kubota dealer as well. Matched up with most loaders and QA setups. And you have your choice of 3 colors - black, black, black..

 

[bstrom]

Really, I guess up here in the frozen wasteland they don't stock them. I will try my dealer again.
thanks

I think it is definitely something they would have to order from Kubota.