Backhoe Going to buy a #7 backhoe

[general1000]

I have my late dads JD 750 that we have had forever and I have always wanted a backhoe for it. The Bush Hog front end loader has seen a lot of use over the years.

I found a #7 backhoe that looks to be in great shape. Thing is it is coming off of a 955 tractor. So is it going to be hard to find a subframe? Or should I just fab up something since I am a 45 old year machinist?

Below is my 750 and the backhoe I am buying.

 

[bullbreaker]

:welcome: to TBN ! ...................

 

[fried1765]

I have my late dads JD 750 that we have had forever and I have always wanted a backhoe for it. The Bush Hog front end loader has seen a lot of use over the years.

I found a #7 backhoe that looks to be in great shape. Thing is it is coming off of a 955 tractor. So is it going to be hard to find a subframe? Or should I just fab up something since I am a 45 old year machinist?

Below is my 750 and the backhoe I am buying.

Since you obviously do have the technical skills, I would definitely suggest that you make your own sub frame.
I think it would be VERY difficult to find a sub frame already made for your tractor, since others are ALWAYS looking for such things.
Perhaps you could get some factory built sub frame diagrams, or pictures before you begin.
That is a BEAUTIFUL clean looking little hoe!!

DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH THAT HOE ON YOUR 3PT. HITCH!!

 

[rScotty]

Great little tractor and backhoe. I used several hoes that size on little tractors over a 20 year period. I did use them on the 3 pt successfully, but was always careful and had no problem. On the 3pt, I only used them for digging in the dirt; no roots, stumps, or stones.
However, you will get much better service from it if you use a subframe. I'd suspect that subframes for the JD750 are still in stock. They should be. It is a fine little tractor...wish I had one. And there were a ton of them made - sold both by JD and the similar models by Yanmar. So there should be subframes out there.

Be very careful when you hook it up to the 3pt to disable the tractor's draft control if it has it. It probably does; the similar size Yanmar does. And also be sure to hook up and adjust the positive stop on the mounting arms that is supposed to prevent the 3pt from rising up and smashing you between the backhoe seat and the back of the tractor. That particular defect in 3pt backhoes has killed a lot of good people with those 3pt backhoes before they made a design change mandatory. Be very careful with that. For years there was a memorial picture of a teen-ager killed that way at my JD dealer.
And in spite of knowing about it, it happened to me one day when I had the little 3pt hoe hooked up to the 3pt on our farm tractor. I happened to put down pressure on the backhoe bucket and that tripped the draft control. The 3pt arms sheared the stops on the backhoe mounting arms and the whole backhoe jerked up into the air so violently I couldn't figure out what was happening. Only had about one second to react, but luckily just barely bailed out the side in time and fell to the ground...... Shaking... The backhoe seat was crushed flat against the back of the tractor. Don't do that....

Of course if you use a subframe none of this will happen and the backhoe has several times more usable power.
rScotty

 

[Egon]

Take a look at how similar hoes are mounted on a frame support with JD tractors.

 

[general1000]

:welcome: to TBN ! ...................

Thank you

Since you obviously do have the technical skills, I would definitely suggest that you make your own sub frame.
I think it would be VERY difficult to find a sub frame already made for your tractor, since others are ALWAYS looking for such things.
Perhaps you could get some factory built sub frame diagrams, or pictures before you begin.
That is a BEAUTIFUL clean looking little hoe!!

DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH THAT HOE ON YOUR 3PT. HITCH!!

Great little tractor and backhoe. I used several hoes that size on little tractors over a 20 year period. I did use them on the 3 pt successfully, but was always careful and had no problem. On the 3pt, I only used them for digging in the dirt; no roots, stumps, or stones.
However, you will get much better service from it if you use a subframe. I'd suspect that subframes for the JD750 are still in stock. They should be. It is a fine little tractor...wish I had one. And there were a ton of them made - sold both by JD and the similar models by Yanmar. So there should be subframes out there.

Be very careful when you hook it up to the 3pt to disable the tractor's draft control if it has it. It probably does; the similar size Yanmar does. And also be sure to hook up and adjust the positive stop on the mounting arms that is supposed to prevent the 3pt from rising up and smashing you between the backhoe seat and the back of the tractor. That particular defect in 3pt backhoes has killed a lot of good people with those 3pt backhoes before they made a design change mandatory. Be very careful with that. For years there was a memorial picture of a teen-ager killed that way at my JD dealer.
And in spite of knowing about it, it happened to me one day when I had the little 3pt hoe hooked up to the 3pt on our farm tractor. I happened to put down pressure on the backhoe bucket and that tripped the draft control. The 3pt arms sheared the stops on the backhoe mounting arms and the whole backhoe jerked up into the air so violently I couldn't figure out what was happening. Only had about one second to react, but luckily just barely bailed out the side in time and fell to the ground...... Shaking... The backhoe seat was crushed flat against the back of the tractor. Don't do that....

Of course if you use a subframe none of this will happen and the backhoe has several times more usable power.
rScotty

Take a look at how similar hoes are mounted on a frame support with JD tractors.

I figure since it has the 955 frame I will see what I can fab up with some steel plates and maybe modify that frame to make it work. If I see this right, I do use the top 3 point mount under the seat.?

My 750 does not have draft control. This little tractor is 4x4 non power steering and completely manual transmission. It is a pain to operate, but it is a tough little bugger.

But, yea Im not going to use the 3 point.

Here is pic you guys can laugh at, me trying to support scaffolding.

 

[beenthere]

gen2000
Go to the jdparts site and for the model #7 you can look at the hangers spec'd for the 750 as well as those spec'd for the 955. Gives you a chance to compare the parts for fab'ing your own.
John Deere Parts Catalog

 

[TractorGuy]

Another Welcome to TBN.

Nice looking 7! I would try to buy the 955 to go with it.

 

[rScotty]

My 750 does not have draft control. This little tractor is 4x4 non power steering and completely manual transmission. It is a pain to operate, but it is a tough little bugger.

Yes, they sure are tough. Those 650 through 1050 JDs were just about the perfectly tough simple compact tractor. Made by Yanmar for JD, they used the newer 3 cylinder Yanmar engines, frames, and most importantly: that patented bevel gear front axle. By that time Yanmar had gone completely to power shift transmissions and hydrostatic power steering for their own tractors.... but for the JD models they coupled the new engine to their older manual transmissions. The result was a tractor that is still near bulletproof some 35 years later and probably good for another generation.

For awhile, JD offered a bolt-on accessory power steering assist cylinder for the smaller 50 series. Cost was about $700. That was a hybrid solution to try to ease the over-heavy steering on those tractors with a load on the FEL, and never was real popular. The steering-assist cylinder ran off the tractor hydraulics and added hydraulic power to the drag link. If you find one, it might be worth having. The power assist cylinder was bad about leaking, but easy to fix... annually....
rScotty

 

[general1000]

I am going to Columbus Ga. this Saturday to pick it up. Probably looking at 11 hours on the road.

But I am sure I will be back in here asking about hooking up the hydraulics.

When me and dad bought the Bush Hog FEL we like to never figured out what was going on and I found out somewhere we had to remove a plug that was inside the port under the seat. Now this was back when the internet was new.