SkidRoe
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In my ongoing quest to keep my old 440b as current as possible, I built up another Bobtach adapter. I have been wanting to do this one for a while, and the stars finally aligned.
We have a local rental shop that rents MT-52 attachments for very reasonable rates, and I have had my eye on the trencher attachment that they have. I have had some interest from some of my customers in having some trenchs dug, so I did not want anything standing in way from doing so.
I picked up a Bobtach plate kit from Skidsteer Solutions a couple of months ago. It was a kit that was meant to adapt a Thomas T85 to latest Bobcat mini attachments. I selected this one for 2 reasons: 1) SS did not offer a kit that would work on my machine, and more importantly, 2) it was on sale!!
As delivered, the T85 mounting plate was bolted to the Bobtach plate, which added to the thickness and weight of the adapter. I elected to weld the mounting features to the Bobtach for these reasons.
So here it is:
It is a little thicker and heavier than what I would have liked, but for the kind of attachments that I will be using on it, it will be fine. Clearance to the loader frame is excellent. The nicest thing is that full size attachments also fit with this Bobtach. I tried my auger attachment, and it fits like a glove; it is just a bit of a trick to get it centred so the pins line up, but not to bad.
Another tool for the tool box!!
We have a local rental shop that rents MT-52 attachments for very reasonable rates, and I have had my eye on the trencher attachment that they have. I have had some interest from some of my customers in having some trenchs dug, so I did not want anything standing in way from doing so.
I picked up a Bobtach plate kit from Skidsteer Solutions a couple of months ago. It was a kit that was meant to adapt a Thomas T85 to latest Bobcat mini attachments. I selected this one for 2 reasons: 1) SS did not offer a kit that would work on my machine, and more importantly, 2) it was on sale!!
As delivered, the T85 mounting plate was bolted to the Bobtach plate, which added to the thickness and weight of the adapter. I elected to weld the mounting features to the Bobtach for these reasons.
So here it is:
It is a little thicker and heavier than what I would have liked, but for the kind of attachments that I will be using on it, it will be fine. Clearance to the loader frame is excellent. The nicest thing is that full size attachments also fit with this Bobtach. I tried my auger attachment, and it fits like a glove; it is just a bit of a trick to get it centred so the pins line up, but not to bad.
Another tool for the tool box!!
