[AT] Three Point Backhoe

[Bruce Moden]

I owned a Long Deisel 36 hp tractor that I purchased new & a Long 3 point backhoe with a 16' reach & 8' digging depth & a 16 in bucket- way too much for that tractor, worked fine but after a few years of occasional work the bolts on the top of the tractor rear end (under the seat) loosened  up & stripped.  Anything less than 50 hp, get a small hoe or you stress the tractor tooo much.
Bruce

--- On Wed, 7/25/12, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:


From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Three Point Backhoe
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 8:13 AM


Yeah I'm familiar with the ones you're talking about.  Mine is pretty light 
duty.

Charlie


-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:44 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Three Point Backhoe

On the old ones I worked on, the backhoe weighed as much as the tractor!!!

Cecil

On 7/25/2012 6:06 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Cecil,  mine is a newer unit from an 80's era MF Compact tractor.  It
> doesn't have those bars.  I'm not sure how it worked on the Massey but
> without
> the reaction bar I built there is nothing on a D-14 Allis to hold it down
> except the top 3 pt link.   I built the reaction bar with a turn buckle in
> it so
> I can preload it against the drawbar and it works ok like that.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:07 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Three Point Backhoe
>
> On the old Industrial Masseys there was a 2 inch round pipe bar that
> fastened at the top of the bracket that the outrigger cylinders attached
> to and at the loader frame about the front of the rear fender.   There
> were 2 of these bars. To transfer this same load to the top link would
> surely tear out the top link, or damage the controls.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 7/24/2012 6:32 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Dick you are right about that.  Mine was designed for a Massey Ferguson.
>> I had to modify the frame and then build a reaction bar to transfer load
>> from the top link attachment to the draw bar.  Otherwise it would have
>> busted the top link bracket out of the rear tractor housing.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dick Day
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:41 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Three Point Backhoe
>>
>> I believe I remember reading some negative comments about 3-pt units.
>> Something about the stress was too much for some tractors.
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:35 PM
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: [AT] Three Point Backhoe
>>
>>> I am about to borrow one from a friend.  Does anyone know about how much
>>> they weigh and how much power is needed?
>>>
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