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Anyone make a QC front bucket system for your backhoe?

DualsportWA

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Hey all- I'm planning out how I want to run forks on the front of my 1988 Case 580K, and I'm starting to steer away from bucket forks (hook/bar or clamp-on) due to visibility issues. I'm now thinking to modify a see-through cage and forks setup to mount on the front of my backhoe.

I know these "QC bucket" systems are popular for skidsteer and compact utility tractors, but what about full-size backhoes? Is there a standard interface spec for that? Kits that you can buy to weld on the appropriate mounts/levers/etc?

Anyone want to share pictures of their setups?
 
DualsportWA

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Thanks for the link- that looks like a good option, and a reasonable price. 5000lb capacity is close to the 5,500lb capacity of the loader- so that's good as well.
 
Desertwheeler

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A friend has a quick coupler for his 570 skip loader with forks and a bucket. Not a skidsteer adapter. I'll see if I can find out for you.
http://www.tagmfg.us/tag25.html
Look at page 25.

Then I found this
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?27965-Loader-bucket-quick-hitch-euro-style-hitch&highlight=gambler
 
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Case does make a manual backhoe coupler for their loader. Real simple operation. If I remember correctly the coupler was relatively cheap. You could weld the mating hooks on your current bucket.
 
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The other obvious question is: How long does it take to remove the front bucket on the Case 580K without a QA system? (pounding out pins, etc)
 
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I would guess if the pins aren't grown into the bucket lugs, with a good snap-ring plier, it shouldn't take more than ten minutes to drop the bucket. Like Stump says, taking off is the easy part. Going on is not so much.
 
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I bought a 580SK once that had a Wain Roy articulating front loader that was supposedly a quick disconnect but I never removed the bucket so I don't know if or how it worked. For grading, setting up on uneven ground and for fork work I loved that bucket but I wish it was a 4n1 articulating bucket, that may have been awesome. I sold the tractor and later found that the buyer had removed the articulating bucket and replaced it with a 4n1. He actually scrapped the old bucket!!!!
 
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I have a JRB Q/C on my 710D backhoe, and wouldn't be without it. That said, I believe you will find that the hood will block most visibility for fork applications, until your forks are above the hood. Wheel loaders make much better rough terrain forklifts than backhoes, due to visibility.
 
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The 580SL I still have has a 4n1 and you're right, visibility is limited. What I do is open the clam until I can see the forks through the bottom of the loader so I can watch the fork tips and angle. When I had the 580SK with the articulating loader the visibility was an issue but unloading/loading moving material was pretty easy because even if the terrain was uneven you could keep your load even by rolling the loader left or right.
 
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Found this thread and thought I would revive it instead of making a new one. I've been thinking about making an attachment system for my 580 so can use my forks and snow pusher from my skid steer.
My idea is different than the others on this. I was thinking of buying the skid attach plate with the pins and having my welder build something similar to a loader snow pusher with the four tubes on top and four on the bottom that the bucket edge of the 580 would slide into and get chained back to the machine allowing me to use my 10' pusher in the winter and forks to unload pallets of ice melt on site. Anyone have any reason for not doing this?
 
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I think it depends on how much snow you want to push and want to lift with the forks. I have a much easier time with forks on a loader if they drop below the bottom makes it easier to see. That link is for a clamp on three point hitch so this next idea might not work...Something I have been toying with is the idea of mounting a bobtach to a well designed cage to pick up..like bucket forks. Than you can add anything you want from your skid steer. Just have to secure it not to lift up under pressure. I was actually going to weld one to the back of my gannon. But I don't like the angles I get for the rake.
 
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