Trying to mount a York rake to a Kubota bucket. Any bucket to 3 point adaptors?

[stoic]

Hello,

Does anyone know of a way to get a 3 point hitch adaptor of some sort mounted to this bucket? Do they even exist? Before I start welding and drilling a bunch of nonsense to make this work, I wanted to make sure there's not some kit that'll attach to the bucket. I have a JD2155 for the rake, but if I could have more control of this and get it hooked up to this Kubota, I'd get a lot more done. Thank you to anyone for any help or advice.

 

[LouNY]

Never seen anything for a bucket mount but they do make SSQA to 3 point adapters;

3 Point Attachment Adapter for Universal Skid Steers Quick Tach Equipment - Connects 3 Point Attachment to Cat 1 Implements - 2" Receiver Hitch | Titan Attachments

The Skid Steer Style 3 Point Attachment Plate provides an easy three-point attachment to Category 1 implements.

palletforks.com

And I built one by welding a quick hitch to a SSQA plate.

It works to move equipment around, it doesn't work very well for working with 3 point attachments as they are so far from the axle that dips and rises move the attachment up down to much.

 

[Fladogman]

Never seen anything for a bucket mount but they do make SSQA to 3 point adapters;

3 Point Attachment Adapter for Universal Skid Steers Quick Tach Equipment - Connects 3 Point Attachment to Cat 1 Implements - 2" Receiver Hitch | Titan Attachments

The Skid Steer Style 3 Point Attachment Plate provides an easy three-point attachment to Category 1 implements.

palletforks.com

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And I built one by welding a quick hitch to a SSQA plate.
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It works to move equipment around, it doesn't work very well for working with 3 point attachments as they are so far from the axle that dips and rises move the attachment up down to much.

Even when in the floating position? I'm on the fence on getting one myself.

 

[chim]

I started a project but life came along and it's been stalled. It'll be a QA frame that with adaptive mounting for 3-point stuff (rake will be first). I have a fence row that needs cleaned out.

Mounting the rake to a bucket would be a cinch. Two pieces of angle bolted to the inside bottom of the bucket and something at the top for the top link and you're off to the races. It may not be quick on and off if you need to bolt and unbolt one of the angles but it'd be simple.

 

[LouNY]

Even when in the floating position? I'm on the fence on getting one myself.

Mine is a heavy loader and I tried it using a york rake and it was terrible, in float it had so much more weight then the 3 point does.

 

[Fladogman]

Mine is a heavy loader and I tried it using a york rake and it was terrible, in float it had so much more weight then the 3 point does.

I was all ready to pull the trigger on one until i read your post. I was going to use a landscape rake on the front and back drag stuff when i have the backhoe on. Now I'm rethinking it.

 

[Quaffer]

I was going to use a landscape rake on the front

I've seen those front mounts and turned around so they are a pusher. Easier to see what you are doing.

 

[stoic]

I was all ready to pull the trigger on one until i read your post. I was going to use a landscape rake on the front and back drag stuff when i have the backhoe on. Now I'm rethinking it.

I'm not going to be using the bucket mount for big areas. I have a John Deere for that. I have a marina and need to get in tight spots to get weeds down. Tough to do backing up with the JD and the herky jerky movement. When I get this mounted on the bucket, I'm home free. I've come up with an idea about how to do this with welding on to the rake itself. I don't want to weld a ton inside my bucket. I'm always loading cinder blocks and what not in there and I need inside the bucket flat.

Thank you to all for the replies. I really appreciate it.