I JUST did this very thing with a tree puller attached to my TYM T454 - and have video to boot! I'll be posting it as a follow up to your video. Glad to know I'm not the only one to make a bone-headed move with a quick attach!
Nice video Mike. Perhaps a suggestion for all would be to paint the handle tips a bright color, like orange or some other weird color not found on your particular brand of tractor…it would show up in your view that way.
LOL As you were trying to get the forks back to being locked in on the pile I heard my Fathers voice in my head, For god sake boy when has 2 wrongs ever added up to 1 right.
Thank you for your video. Very informative. I've done a lot of stupid things in my life. Trust, what you did in this video is nothing. My worse bad was taxing an airplane into my husband's new pickup truck.
Yup, I would've strapped them out. Why, cause I have a hard enough time hooking them up when they're on level ground with nothing on them 🤣 I know "my" limitations. Good job Mike
Hi Mike, You're not alone. I have a John Deere quick attach with the hooks and pins and I've done that before too. In fact if there's something that's a dumb thing to do, I've done it or probably will do it sometime. They say God watches out for children and fools and I'm not a child but I give Him plenty of work.
You got lucky. I dropped mine a few days ago. No damage but it was a pain to re attach. Also missed the latches on the grapple IN THE BARN. It fell off one side and laid up against the wall. This made for a lot of extra work.
Yep, did this once but on the 3 point quick hitch. Of course with the tiller, in the field when started tilling. That was interesting, had to be with the tiller, that doesn't like to stand up without my homebuilt stand. By myself, out in the food plot, no pry bar.
Thank you for posting this video, appreciate showing what not to do and how to fix the situation. A tractor with a quick attach is in our future and I am sure it will happen to us. Thanks again!!
Clearing snow off the roads in Anchorage AK back in the day. They used a loader to dump the snow off the pier into the bay. Well you can guess what happened, the locks were not engaged and the bucket went into the bay. Took a diver and a hoist to get the bucket back.
You are correct. I forgot to lock mine once and dropped my bucket full of crushed rock. Was able to reattach with no damage. Nice video and a good reminder to FOCUS when attaching a work tool.
Same with me, got a new trailer went to the lumber yard, picked up my stuff came back and went to unhitch and guess what I never closed the catch. It’s heck getting old
I've had my tractor for a little over a week and used it for a grand total of probably 20 minutes and I've already hit my truck with the bucket (while I was backing up). I'm sure this little ditty will be playing soon, too.
WOW! THANKS MIKE! I was told the same thing when I bought my fishing boat that I would forget to put in the drain plug sooner or later, once that happens it's a mad dash to the shore. Great video anyway.
Mike. I do what you said on 1 of your videos, lift your loader arm and make sure you see the pins are down and the flat part is flat against your quick attatch plate
Well Mike I have done that , but with my grapple , fortunately I didn't tear up my hyd. lines...did the same on back with my quick hitch & tiller...not good...I check em all twice now !! Ha ha.... **it happens ! pc
Thanks Mike, you just made me feel a whole lot better.👍🏻🤠👍🏻 Did that a couple times this summer, narrowly avoiding disaster. I kept thinkin, how could I miss those two lock down levers sticking up like sore thumbs? It became real obvious when my bucket fell off with the load of gravel I was dumping.🙄 Fortunately, no damage to the tractor.
Thanks for sharing. I like learning from others' mistakes, so when I do it I have one idea how to fix it. I just received my pallet forks and am looking forward to using them this weekend. I better double-check they're locked on
I just did that here not too long ago. It always feels like no matter how much experience we have we still do something silly every once in a while..I told my wife that my problem is that I get way too comfortable. I tend to feel like nothing can go wrong because I'm so used to the machine but then something like this happens then I need to take a few steps back
Yeaaaahhhh… you’re not the only one Mike. Only in my case it was a grapple…. with hydraulic lines connected. Thankfully I had a good coil of hose that got stretched out and I saw what was happening before I destroyed both hoses and fittings. I did, however, lose a good hour or more getting the grapple reattached as it had rolled forward into a brush pile! I’m pretty good at remembering to crank those locks down now! 😉
Well Mike, I am certainly glad that no one got hurt in this mess. Also, it is a wonder that your quick-attach didn't get sprung in that attempt to hook to the mess. This is where my late mother would have said, "Bless his heart........."
Haven't forgot to latch "YET". I did have a branch come thru my grapple and unlatch one side. Noticed it when the grapple was hanging from one side. Yep, tweeked the quick attach on the tractor. Took the grapple off, put the side that was sticking out further than the other against a large tree and gave it a grunt in low. After a couple tries of increased grunt, got it straightened out. Now that was lucky. I rigged a ratchet strap to hold the levers down after that to prevent future need for grunting. Enjoyed the vid as usual Mike, Thanks
I saw a Facebook post where a guy did something similar. He had a bucket full of gravel raised up and curled back. The bucket rolled down the loader arms and crushed the hood and pushed the steering wheel into his lap. He was fortunate to walk away with some bruises. It only takes a second for something to go wrong.
Extending the bucket tilt cylinders all the way out then using the forks as a brush pusher . Mechanical advantage on the length of those forks with cylinder pistons at the end of the barrel pushing I don’t think was a good idea . Remember everything happens in threes 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️LOL .
It can be very easy to get ahead of yourself. When I first used my box blade, it came loose from the 3 point because the pins were too small for the quick hitch, even though the salesman said they were okay. A quick trip to a nearby hardware store for some bushings solved the problem, but it was kind of funny whenthought "This thing drags a bit smoother downhill than it does up" and look back to see the blade was still up the hill.😲🙄
Glad nothing bad happened to you Mike. It's always a good reminder to double check attachments at either end. What model NH do you have and how do you like it?
Either paint a bright color or I put very heavy red shrink wrap on my quick attach handles to help identify the position and give me a visual reminder as to where they are. Up or down.
Hi Mike, what kind of oil are you giving in front axe HST, ( Mine have - HST, 19HP Mitsubishi) 80w90, or Udt Hidtrostatic oil. Thank you for your information.
Thanks for sharing, as we all have had those days :-) For me, if I have already had an "unplanned event" I have learned to slow down and make sure my next move is the 'smart' move. Nothing worse than compounding one silly mistake with another even worse one :-)
I have a new 724 loader on my Kubota 3240 with QA bucket, which I really like. I bought a new MTL fork set for it, and when pushing down with the forks on a log to get my chainsaw free from a bind, the forks politely came off. Upon inspection I found the plate on the bottom with the slot for the locking pins was welded on about 1/4” too low, so the latching pin had about a 1/4” of slop in it, which allowed the angled tip to push up against, and overcome the spring pressure and come unlatched. I was able to weld a tab with a 3/4” hole in it onto the sides of fork frame aligned with the existing holes in the loader arms and insert a 6” long 3/4” top link pin in it, thus making it secure. It’s very solid and works great, except for the extra trouble of having to insert and remove the pins every time I change attachments. I would not recommend MTL forks, although they’re cheap.
I painted the handles on my quick attach bright orange so I cand help but notice them because of another Tractor Mike video about common mistakes tractor owners do.
When I purchased my new WM 50 sometimes the QA would come loose for no apparent reason. Finally found out that NH had a campaign on the QA pins not engaging deep enough into the QA bracket. This was the only issue in 4 years of ownership I had with that unit. Great video and thanks.
No, I'm sorry. There is a challenge on smaller tractors with the weight of the quick attach mechanism taking up a lot of the total lift capacity of the front-end loader and not leaving enough to pick up a meaningful load. Maybe someone else can chime in on your question, but I’ve not seen a quick attach for the Deere 45 loader and am skeptical that one exists because of the challenge of making it heavy enough to function but light enough to be carried around by a garden tractor. I wish I had better news.
I have a problem that maybe someone can help me. I have a JD 2240 tractor with a 175 loader. Somehow in years past the right arm on the loader(as you set on the tractor) has been sprung and sits lower and that hasn’t been a great problem until I converted the loader to a quick attach. I now find it hard to attach the forks and bucket. The face plate is ok. If anyone has an idea how to fix this problem I would be most appreciative.
I have to admit to making this very mistake a few months ago. I was digging up some large bush stumps out of a customer's garden with my backhoe. I was carrying one of them around to drop in my truck bed and as I tilted the bucket to dump the stump out, the bucket also tipped out and then dropped off the quick attach. I remove the bucket to fit the tractor on my trailer with the backhoe and had forgotten to engage the quick attach locks. I drove home with the bucket in the bed of my truck. Tore up my aluminum tool box. Lesson learned the hard way.
I once dropped my loader bucket in a half full dumpster. I had to clime in with a logging chain and drag it out along with about a third of the dumpster contents. I make darn sure I lock the attachment now.
Hi Mike, I just watched your video and I had an idea for you. I was thinking I would probably paint your locking handles bright red so if they're in the up position and you would be lifting it you would see it and you might realize you need to get them locked just something I thought of hope it might help. I also like watching your videos. I grew up on the farm in the '60s and 70s we had two Oliver tractors that was 770 and one super 77 I do miss driving the tractors back then.
Mike, it's refreshing to see this happens to others!! You name it, I've done this. My Bobcat? Yep...in a hurry, and just wasn't thinking. And, think about how many 3/4 & 1t trucks we've all seen with bedsides crushed and truck bed floors all wonky. It's so easy to forget to lock the pin on your ball hitch. As always, thank you for sharing!
Been there, done that. Switched to my bucket, got a load of rock, went to dump rock, off went bucket and rock. My dad and nephew just laughed and laughed. My guess, won't be the last time I make that mistake.
The quick attach bucket was the one thing I seriously regret not getting on my New Holland. It was brand new on compacts at the time and like an idiot I thought "That skid steer hitch on a tractor will never catch on or be useful." Just a tad off with that one and regretted it for years! And just can't seem to justify throwing away a perfectly good bucket to buy a retrofit!
Buster, you can keep your bucket, just cut off the pin-on hangers and weld a plate on it to make it quick attach. Couple that with a Q/A faceplate and you have it. See if your tractor is listed here and we can fix you up with quick attach: asktractormike.com/ford-new-holland-quick-attach-adapter-plates/.
One of the best accessories I added to my new Kubota L6060 was the hydraulic skid steer coupler. No more getting out of the cab to latch those levers just hit a button in the cab to open and close.
If you've never made a mistake, you've never done anything! It'll make a memory and you probably won't do it again. If you're like me you'll find something else to screw up! Be safe.
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Thank you! We all need to be lucky at sometime. Be included! God watches over us all.
We all make mistakes but the job was done. Good on you and ready for the next job.
We aren’t perfect thanks for the video Mike 👍🏻🇺🇸
Some of the best learning experiences are from mistakes. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your honesty! We are all dumb at times or at least do dumb things!
Thanks for your post, Mike. Nice to know we are all human. Been working brush piles with my little Kioti CK2610 and darn if I haven't done the same.
Yes thanks for sharing. This is why experience is the best teacher.
I JUST did this very thing with a tree puller attached to my TYM T454 - and have video to boot! I'll be posting it as a follow up to your video. Glad to know I'm not the only one to make a bone-headed move with a quick attach!
Been there, done that. You are right, everyone will do it at some point. I was lucky too, and surprised when my bucket fell off! Cheers!
Good recovery!
Nice video Mike. Perhaps a suggestion for all would be to paint the handle tips a bright color, like orange or some other weird color not found on your particular brand of tractor…it would show up in your view that way.
LOL As you were trying to get the forks back to being locked in on the pile I heard my Fathers voice in my head, For god sake boy when has 2 wrongs ever added up to 1 right.
Thank you for your video. Very informative. I've done a lot of stupid things in my life. Trust, what you did in this video is nothing. My worse bad was taxing an airplane into my husband's new pickup truck.
Woah! I don't think I can top the airplane story but I've done way worse things than this. The really embarrassing ones don't make it to video :).
You just made it a quick detach. But your videos are reminders. That's why we watch.
Yup, I would've strapped them out. Why, cause I have a hard enough time hooking them up when they're on level ground with nothing on them 🤣
I know "my" limitations.
Good job Mike
Hi Mike,
You're not alone. I have a John Deere quick attach with the hooks and pins and I've done that before too. In fact if there's something that's a dumb thing to do, I've done it or probably will do it sometime. They say God watches out for children and fools and I'm not a child but I give Him plenty of work.
Been there done that. Was so much fun did it again. Since I enjoyed it so much I decided to repeat with grapple.
You got lucky. I dropped mine a few days ago. No damage but it was a pain to re attach. Also missed the latches on the grapple IN THE BARN. It fell off one side and laid up against the wall. This made for a lot of extra work.
Yep, did this once but on the 3 point quick hitch. Of course with the tiller, in the field when started tilling. That was interesting, had to be with the tiller, that doesn't like to stand up without my homebuilt stand. By myself, out in the food plot, no pry bar.
You know, about two weeks ago I came a hair's breath away from dropping my bucket for the very same reason. I don't feel so bad about it now! 👍😎👍
Everyone is human. We all make mistakes. Was a good and safe recovery.
Oh boy! Can hardly wait to do that...
Thank you for posting this video, appreciate showing what not to do and how to fix the situation. A tractor with a quick attach is in our future and I am sure it will happen to us. Thanks again!!
Clearing snow off the roads in Anchorage AK back in the day. They used a loader to dump the snow off the pier into the bay. Well you can guess what happened, the locks were not engaged and the bucket went into the bay. Took a diver and a hoist to get the bucket back.
Mike, this is why we enjoy you so much. An honest man!
I've done that with forks and bucket and never had to post it on YT. There's always someone around when that happens to tell the world.
You are correct. I forgot to lock mine once and dropped my bucket full of crushed rock. Was able to reattach with no damage. Nice video and a good reminder to FOCUS when attaching a work tool.
Unfortunately, we learn many lessons the hard way (I'm testifyin').
Same with me, got a new trailer went to the lumber yard, picked up my stuff came back and went to unhitch and guess what I never closed the catch. It’s heck getting old
We have all done it. Some just don’t admit it. Dropped mine in the fire pit once while burning brush. Got them out without hurting anything or me
I've done this before. Good reminder.
I bent the lever that pushes the hooking pin up and down doing something similar. I have left it bent to be a "don't be stupid reminder". Great video.
I've had my tractor for a little over a week and used it for a grand total of probably 20 minutes and I've already hit my truck with the bucket (while I was backing up). I'm sure this little ditty will be playing soon, too.
I haven’t done that YET on my Kubota. I can see how easy it can be done. Thanks Mike
been there done that I wish that was the only dumb that I did love your videos
Maybe paint the handles some neon color so that they are easier to see when the loader is raised up ?
WOW! THANKS MIKE! I was told the same thing when I bought my fishing boat that I would forget to put in the drain plug sooner or later, once that happens it's a mad dash to the shore. Great video anyway.
We've done the boat plug thing, too. It was a harrowing couple of minutes before it got back on the trailer.
Euro couplers lock automatically, and have just ONE lever to unlock them when you want to use another tool.
Mike. I do what you said on 1 of your videos, lift your loader arm and make sure you see the pins are down and the flat part is flat against your quick attatch plate
Well Mike I have done that , but with my grapple , fortunately I didn't tear up my hyd. lines...did the same on back with my quick hitch & tiller...not good...I check em all twice now !! Ha ha....
**it happens !
pc
Carful there, you might show that your human. It's always great when teachers can show their not prefect.
Thanks Mike, you just made me feel a whole lot better.👍🏻🤠👍🏻 Did that a couple times this summer, narrowly avoiding disaster. I kept thinkin, how could I miss those two lock down levers sticking up like sore thumbs? It became real obvious when my bucket fell off with the load of gravel I was dumping.🙄 Fortunately, no damage to the tractor.
Been there done that!
Thanks for sharing. I like learning from others' mistakes, so when I do it I have one idea how to fix it. I just received my pallet forks and am looking forward to using them this weekend. I better double-check they're locked on
Two types of people. Those who have. Those who will.
I would really love to have a face plate on my 1979 Ford 340 industrial tractor! Tim
I just did that here not too long ago. It always feels like no matter how much experience we have we still do something silly every once in a while..I told my wife that my problem is that I get way too comfortable. I tend to feel like nothing can go wrong because I'm so used to the machine but then something like this happens then I need to take a few steps back
It happens to the best of us.
Appreciate your transparency. Making a mistake is one thing, but making it right (and not making it worse) is another. Glad to see it ended well.
Yeaaaahhhh… you’re not the only one Mike. Only in my case it was a grapple…. with hydraulic lines connected. Thankfully I had a good coil of hose that got stretched out and I saw what was happening before I destroyed both hoses and fittings. I did, however, lose a good hour or more getting the grapple reattached as it had rolled forward into a brush pile! I’m pretty good at remembering to crank those locks down now! 😉
Been there done that. I did with my JD2038 but I was luckier than you, all it did was flop when I tilted down. No load on it yet. 😅
You need a brush guard in front of your radiator.
Well Mike, I am certainly glad that no one got hurt in this mess. Also, it is a wonder that your quick-attach didn't get sprung in that attempt to hook to the mess.
This is where my late mother would have said, "Bless his heart........."
While I am just a couple of years into owning a tractor, I now know what to do... Lock the attachment in place. Thanks for the tip Mike
Haven't forgot to latch "YET". I did have a branch come thru my grapple and unlatch one side. Noticed it when the grapple was hanging from one side. Yep, tweeked the quick attach on the tractor. Took the grapple off, put the side that was sticking out further than the other against a large tree and gave it a grunt in low. After a couple tries of increased grunt, got it straightened out. Now that was lucky. I rigged a ratchet strap to hold the levers down after that to prevent future need for grunting. Enjoyed the vid as usual Mike, Thanks
Glad nothing got damaged and you didn't get hurt.
I saw a Facebook post where a guy did something similar. He had a bucket full of gravel raised up and curled back. The bucket rolled down the loader arms and crushed the hood and pushed the steering wheel into his lap. He was fortunate to walk away with some bruises. It only takes a second for something to go wrong.
Extending the bucket tilt cylinders all the way out then using the forks as a brush pusher . Mechanical advantage on the length of those forks with cylinder pistons at the end of the barrel pushing I don’t think was a good idea . Remember everything happens in threes 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️LOL .
You already know Mike, if you use ‘em long enough this WILL happen and it is good for you to show this to the public as an example.
It can be very easy to get ahead of yourself. When I first used my box blade, it came loose from the 3 point because the pins were too small for the quick hitch, even though the salesman said they were okay. A quick trip to a nearby hardware store for some bushings solved the problem, but it was kind of funny whenthought "This thing drags a bit smoother downhill than it does up" and look back to see the blade was still up the hill.😲🙄
That's good!
Glad nothing bad happened to you Mike. It's always a good reminder to double check attachments at either end. What model NH do you have and how do you like it?
It's a TC40H. In my opinion, one of the best tractors ever. They don't make that series anymore, unfortunately.
@@TractorMike Have you done any reviews of the newer Boomer Series, say the Boomer 55?
Either paint a bright color or I put very heavy red shrink wrap on my quick attach handles to help identify the position and give me a visual reminder as to where they are. Up or down.
Nothing a chain can't fix.
chain lift the pallet forks
Logs roll off as you drag them back.
Put it down, remove chain hook up.
Hi Mike, what kind of oil are you giving in front axe HST, ( Mine have - HST, 19HP Mitsubishi) 80w90, or Udt Hidtrostatic oil. Thank you for your information.
Thanks for sharing, as we all have had those days :-) For me, if I have already had an "unplanned event" I have learned to slow down and make sure my next move is the 'smart' move. Nothing worse than compounding one silly mistake with another even worse one :-)
It happens to the best tractor owners, thanks for sharing and keep up the great videos.
Would hooking a chain to the lower part of the forks and dragging them out of the pile been an option?
We are getting older Mike!! Haha kidding!
I have a new 724 loader on my Kubota 3240 with QA bucket, which I really like. I bought a new MTL fork set for it, and when pushing down with the forks on a log to get my chainsaw free from a bind, the forks politely came off. Upon inspection I found the plate on the bottom with the slot for the locking pins was welded on about 1/4” too low, so the latching pin had about a 1/4” of slop in it, which allowed the angled tip to push up against, and overcome the spring pressure and come unlatched. I was able to weld a tab with a 3/4” hole in it onto the sides of fork frame aligned with the existing holes in the loader arms and insert a 6” long 3/4” top link pin in it, thus making it secure. It’s very solid and works great, except for the extra trouble of having to insert and remove the pins every time I change attachments. I would not recommend MTL forks, although they’re cheap.
I painted the handles on my quick attach bright orange so I cand help but notice them because of another Tractor Mike video about common mistakes tractor owners do.
I thought the reason those locking levers point straight up when they’re unlocked was to prevent this from happening.
Been there, done that,. Actually more than once
When I purchased my new WM 50 sometimes the QA would come loose for no apparent reason. Finally found out that NH had a campaign on the QA pins not engaging deep enough into the QA bracket. This was the only issue in 4 years of ownership I had with that unit. Great video and thanks.
Well Mike, guess we all have done dumb things . I have done the same things . Except mine was a grapple and the hose . (Not good )
We've all done that before
Hi Mike, will any of the quick attach setups work on a JD x575 with a 45 loader?
No, I'm sorry. There is a challenge on smaller tractors with the weight of the quick attach mechanism taking up a lot of the total lift capacity of the front-end loader and not leaving enough to pick up a meaningful load. Maybe someone else can chime in on your question, but I’ve not seen a quick attach for the Deere 45 loader and am skeptical that one exists because of the challenge of making it heavy enough to function but light enough to be carried around by a garden tractor. I wish I had better news.
@@TractorMike thanks for the reply Mike. I was afraid of that. I will have to upgrade one day to a more modern tractor.
we are all human.. that's why when I attach my stuff I curl it back and rattle the attachment so it drops in place
You made my day. Thanks for posting.
I have a problem that maybe someone can help me. I have a JD 2240 tractor with a 175 loader. Somehow in years past the right arm on the loader(as you set on the tractor) has been sprung and sits lower and that hasn’t been a great problem until I converted the loader to a quick attach. I now find it hard to attach the forks and bucket. The face plate is ok. If anyone has an idea how to fix this problem I would be most appreciative.
Quick attach just became a quick detach.
I didn't see on this clip what you had for ballast. What were you using? How many pounds?
Just fluid in both tires. I'd have the bush hog on the back if there was any more weight than that.
Speaking of dumb things done -- Anyone know what the parking stand for a Rhino Rebel 72 tiller costs? 🤦♂️
I've done that one!
A nice tractor, it is a big help and it has a cool engine sound 💪👍🙂
I would have just hooked a chain onto the forks, and drug it out with the tractor onto the level ground, then hook it back up
Mike: A Idea?? Paint Your Lock Handles "Red Or Yellow"(More Notice Able)To remind you to lock them. Yeah we all get Brain-Fog!!.
Mike, I'm looking to purchase [between 45-100 hp; built between 1955-1970] a tractor that's been restored. Where would you recommend looking for that?
You might try Craigslist, tractorhouse.com or fastline.com.
I have to admit to making this very mistake a few months ago. I was digging up some large bush stumps out of a customer's garden with my backhoe. I was carrying one of them around to drop in my truck bed and as I tilted the bucket to dump the stump out, the bucket also tipped out and then dropped off the quick attach. I remove the bucket to fit the tractor on my trailer with the backhoe and had forgotten to engage the quick attach locks. I drove home with the bucket in the bed of my truck. Tore up my aluminum tool box. Lesson learned the hard way.
Lost my bucket going across rough ground for the same reason. Luckily nothing damaged but my pride.
I once dropped my loader bucket in a half full dumpster. I had to clime in with a logging chain and drag it out along with about a third of the dumpster contents. I make darn sure I lock the attachment now.
Hi Mike, I just watched your video and I had an idea for you. I was thinking I would probably paint your locking handles bright red so if they're in the up position and you would be lifting it you would see it and you might realize you need to get them locked just something I thought of hope it might help.
I also like watching your videos. I grew up on the farm in the '60s and 70s we had two Oliver tractors that was 770 and one super 77 I do miss driving the tractors back then.
Mike, it's refreshing to see this happens to others!! You name it, I've done this. My Bobcat? Yep...in a hurry, and just wasn't thinking. And, think about how many 3/4 & 1t trucks we've all seen with bedsides crushed and truck bed floors all wonky. It's so easy to forget to lock the pin on your ball hitch. As always, thank you for sharing!
I give you credit for admitting your mistake and letting everyone know all about it .
Every time I lean over like that (3:45) = grease all over my shirt!
Been there, done that. Switched to my bucket, got a load of rock, went to dump rock, off went bucket and rock. My dad and nephew just laughed and laughed. My guess, won't be the last time I make that mistake.
oops. I have forgotten to latch ...but have not lost the implement (yet)
The quick attach bucket was the one thing I seriously regret not getting on my New Holland. It was brand new on compacts at the time and like an idiot I thought "That skid steer hitch on a tractor will never catch on or be useful." Just a tad off with that one and regretted it for years! And just can't seem to justify throwing away a perfectly good bucket to buy a retrofit!
Buster, you can keep your bucket, just cut off the pin-on hangers and weld a plate on it to make it quick attach. Couple that with a Q/A faceplate and you have it. See if your tractor is listed here and we can fix you up with quick attach: asktractormike.com/ford-new-holland-quick-attach-adapter-plates/.
One of the best accessories I added to my new Kubota L6060 was the hydraulic skid steer coupler. No more getting out of the cab to latch those levers just hit a button in the cab to open and close.
Still a good idea to check that they latched properly.
If you've never made a mistake, you've never done anything! It'll make a memory and you probably won't do it again. If you're like me you'll find something else to screw up! Be safe.
Haha, happens to the best of us ;-)
I would have tried using a chain and just pull the forks out