[AT] Good tractor day

[charlie hill]

Wayne it doesn't have a top link as such.  It has a rigid frame that bolts 
to the bottom of the backhoe near the base of the outriggers and runs back 
toward the tractor top link connection at about  a 45 deg angle.   The two 
legs of the frame angle in and meet each other right at the top link 
connection point and are bolted together sandwiched around a piece of 1/2 
plate that has the top link mounting boss welded in it.  That all lines up 
with the top link connection on the tractor and a pin goes through it. 
(this is truely where a picture is worth a thousand words).   The 1/2" plate 
can be adjusted an inch or two but that it.

It is much easier to add new connection points for the bottom links.

I'm not sure I'm going to like the 3 pt hook up and I might, in time, figure 
out a way to frame mount it on a different tractor.   My backhoe experience 
is with bigger commercial machines.  I'm used to being able to pick up the 
rear of the tractor with the boom to reposition it.  I'm not sure the 3 pt 
links will stand that kind of abuse.

You asked if I could get a longer top link.  Actually that is the problem. 
The top "frame" is too long and forces the top of the backhoe too far back 
such that it does not sit up straight when hooked up.  It is just easier to 
make the bottom attachment longer to match the top than it is to cut the top 
frame down.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Snelling" <wsnelling at southplainscollege.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Good tractor day


> Charlie: There are different lengths of the upper arm, i.e.; top link. 
> Could you not get a longer top link? Or make a top link?
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> Wayne
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