[AT] 3 point hitch backhoe attachments?

[charlie hill]

Carl,

AC built a backhoe (Model Mark 4) for the D-14 and D-17 tractors.  I'm 
pretty sure it was bolted rigid to the frame.
Your D-14 has some "hard points" on it for attaching that sort of thing. 
The steel beams that run down beside the engine have mounting holes tapped 
into them and the rear axles have some drilled and tapped bosses on them. 
It would seem to me that you could buy a 3pt mount unit and figure out how 
to modify it for a semi-permanent attachment.  Maybe some sort of arragement 
that would allow you to leave part of the bracketing on the tractor 
permanently and let you attach the hoe it's self with a few bolts or pins.

If you only intend to do light work with it, I feel certain that your D-14 
is strong enough to handle a 3 pt unit like you buy for modern "toy" 
tractors as I call them.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carl gogol" <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:11 PM
Subject: [AT] 3 point hitch backhoe attachments?


> Anyone on the list have any experience with 3 point hitch attached 
> backhoes? There a lot of them advertised and sold, but I had one dealer 
> tell me that they should never be attached that way and to use a special 
> frame attachment bracket instead.  This will avoid the forces generated by 
> the hoe onto the tractor from splitting / folding the tractor in half.  he 
> thought that such a bracket is not available for a D-14.  AC made an 
> industrial TLB on the D-14/15 frame that was an I-400 or something like 
> that so I know that the basic frame can take the pounding of this type of 
> use.  I do not want to tie up a tractor permanently for hoe work, but it 
> would come in handy for several days a year; for about as long as I can 
> imagine on this particular piece of land.
>
> Now, is this concern for folding the tractor the babblings of a misguided 
> salesman, or is there an element of truth to his warnings?  I only called 
> the dealer to get the going price on a new BH attachment so that I might 
> make a somewhat informed offer for a used one.  I have a fairly heavy duty 
> Category 2 threepoint hitch attachment on the D-14 that would use it.  His 
> comments seem off base to me, but maybe it is true for these undersized 36 
> HP compact foreign tractors that weigh about half of my 36 HP old timer.
>
> Any and all comments appreciated, as always.  Even those warning me to 
> operate equipment in a safe manner so as to not fold it in half with me in 
> the middle.
> Carl Gogol
> Manlius, NY
> (2) AC D-14, AC 914H
> Simplicity 3112 & 7116
> Kubota F-2400
>
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