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3 point hitch attachment for backhoe

I know that this tractor forum is mostly for small tractors, but I thought that I would ask anyway. I asked on the Ford tractor forum and never got a response.

I have an older Ford tractor with a backhoe and loader. It is an industrial tractor so the 3 point hitch doesn't have a lifting mechanism, I guess that is the right word.

I have a 3 point hitch turn plow that I would like to use for my garden and I'm trying to come up with a way to attach it in place of the bucket. Do they make any such thing or any ideas? Google has failed me on this one.

Comments (7)

  • 12 years ago

    Your tractor sounds like it does not have an actual "3 point hitch" feature (in the sense of agriculture implement jargon).
    What your industrial tractor has is simply a means of connecting the backhoe to the tractor, not for exchanging a variety of tractor driven accessory implements.
    It has been some years since I worked on and around backhoes, but I do remember going to a Ford tractor dealer for parts and when I asked for parts for the old Ford 4500 backhoe, the parts guy asked me if this was a dedicated backhoe or if it was a tractor with a backhoe attachment.
    When i asked how to tell the difference, he said that a dedicated backhoe would not have lift arms for implements and that there would be no live PTO shaft present on the rear axle case.
    Ours was a dedicated backhoe and I might assume that the one you have is also a dedicated backhoe configuration.
    If yours lacks lift arms it probably also lacks a live PTO to the rear.
    You could still probably use the tractor to pull a turning plow, but the plow would have to be an "antique" 2 point hitch type of plow that has its own manual lift for the plow built into the plow itself.
    I doubt your being able to adapt a 3-point hitch implement to operate on a tractor lacking the necessary lift arms and internal operating cylinder.
    I am pretty sure you could custom fit a 3-point conversion package to the tractor (if you could find one), but you would be contemplating a major undertaking that would be both capital and labor intensive.

  • 12 years ago

    Yes, it is a dedicated backhoe, without a PTO. It would also be a PITA to remove the backhoe and expensive to make it a workable 3 point hitch.

    I have an old CA AC that I have adapted it to before, but it starts spinning the tires if I go more than 6" deep. And I need to break up the hard-pan.

    Thanks mownie.

  • 12 years ago

    Perhaps you could rig a bar type, single knife, sub soiler to fit the current plow frame and progressively break up the hard pan by criss-crossing the plot repeatedly. Then you might be able to switch the turning plow back to its regular configuration.
    You may be able to find a "ready to go", 3-point hitch sub soiler knife implement at a farm supply/equipment dealer and add that to your your AC implement inventory.

  • 12 years ago

    Something that just dawned on me while checking local antifreeze prices.

    On my AC, I had to get a new rear tire on one and a new tube in the other one a few years back. I forgot to add back the ballast to the tires! DUH!

    The AC has the HP and gearing, but not the weight!

    Old Timers disease!!!!!!!

  • 12 years ago

    Depending on level of need, you can pick up a "subsoiler" at TSC or equivalent for about $150. They also sell a "middle buster" plow for slightly more. I bought the middle buster which has the same frame, hitch, etc. the difference being the wide "furrow out" plow vs a steel shank. Again, the frame, etc. is the same. I fabbed up a subsoiler out of a piece of 3/4" steel by drilling two holes. Used the same mounting bolts as the plow. Now I have both.

    Depending on your application, the middle buster may be all you need if it's in a garden or other tilled area. I need the subsoiler to break out and up honeysuckle roots, etc. which keep emigrating from the grown up fence line around the front 1/2 mile of my lawn. Mowing the lawn keeps them from sprouting, but man, can they suck up fertilize! The steel shank rips them up and I just chop them off with an axe. The "furrow" is self sealing.

    Good luck,

    Ev

  • 9 years ago

    Tell me more? Got pictures? Location?

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