[AT] 3 point hitch backhoe attachments?

[Will Powell]

Hello;

We have an old Mcconnell Backhoe on our D17. It is awful heavy. 

I picked up the aftermarket 3pt hitch from a local tractor salvage yard.


The backhoe does not provide any down force from the tractor. It's only
down force is it's weight. 

I do have a frame made out of tubing on the tractor. It is the AC trip
loader frame. 

I do have another frame that came off of a D15..... 

Seems to work fine. 


http://home.comcast.net/~william.neff.powell/pages/D17_page/d17page.htm

Regards;

Will Powell (PA)



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of carl gogol
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 5:11 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
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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