Kubota U25-3a dipper/bucket dimensions

[fairmer]

Hello chaps, currently away from home and will be for the next few weeks hence the following question.

I have been looking for a quick hitch but obviously cant measure my bucket centres of dipper width as not at home, does anyone know or have access to the dimensions.

And what in the best mini quick hitch to go for?

Cheers,

Fairmer.

[Muz]

Its 110mm throat gap on 140mm centres with 30mm pins. Jury is out on best type .. Ive had 3 different types and they all wear just as bad

[fairmer]

Cheers Muz, all the ones that keep popping up are Miller, they as good/bad as the rest?

Cheers,

Fairmer.

[Muz]

Well I cant fault the Miller ones on the bigger kit I have ... these are hydraulic ones though ...I assume its a manual one you are looking at ?

[fairmer]

Excuse my quick hitch ignorance, if you mean manual by it has a lever to release a catch on a spring type arrangement then yes.

Cheers,

Fairmer.

[Muz]

if you mean manual by it has a lever to release a catch on a spring type arrangement then yes.

Yes thats a manual one. Incidentally you may find them specced as 115 gap as 110 is tight on the dipper. The last pair I had in on that size were made by Whites of Bristol ..http://www.whitesmh.co.uk/springlock...-couplers.html and came with a pair of Kubotas ... Havent had them long enough to evaluate, but they seem quite beefy.

The bigger Miller ones I have, have been excellent, but, because they are hydraulic.. that maintains a constant force pushing outwards to keep the pins locked tight. Most manual systems get a bit slappy after a while and need re facing to keep them tight.

We also used to use these on 3,4,4.5 and 5 tonners

http://www.harfordattachments.co.uk/...ches/wedgelock

Dont know if theyve improved the design .. for a manual system they do eliminate free play , but we got a lot of problems with the wedge plate over travelling or the thread system coming apart meaning you got a bucket left locked to the machine and I wouldn't recommend those .. but if its for owner operator use you might be fine, ours were all in hire fleets which is quite hard on them.

[d4c24a]

scott

A co from Ireland is over doing some work near me have a few kubotas all fairly new with these on , look quite good to be fair and maintenance free

http://www.brianscottengineering.co..../quick-hitches

[Muz]

A co from Ireland is over doing some work near me have a few kubotas all fairly new with these on , look quite good to be fair and maintenance free

http://www.brianscottengineering.co..../quick-hitches

Aye I think they call those a half hitch .. does eliminate a lot of moving bits

[v8druid]

Aye an' a well made half hitch at that - gonna be a long time getting slop in that

[Mick-the-fitter]

Aye an' a well made half hitch at that - gonna be a long time getting slop in that

Martin hitches are a good manual hitch for Midi excavators.

Mick

[fairmer]

cheers for the all the helpful suggestions chaps.