BadDecisions
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Neighbor has a relatively new Yanmar 20-something tractor that he purchased new from a local dealer as tractor-loader-backhoe package deal. Shortly after purchase, one of the 3 point lift arm mounts snapped off the tractor, requiring replacement of the rear transaxle housing. Dealers explanation was that the tractor was not designed to carry the 3 point backhoe that they sold him with the tractor, and installed a subframe on the tractor that ran the length of the tractor, greatly reducing ground clearance and making hookup of the backhoe a rather involved, frustrating experience. According to his dealer, the 3 point on a tractor is not intended to be used to transport implements, only to pull them. Which left us both with the same question - how in the world are you supposed to get the implement from the shop to where you want to use it?!?!? Carrying a backhoe in the loader bucket seems awfully odd...
I suspect that it's due to a very poor design of 3 point mount on that tractor, perhaps indicative of modern "cheap" Asian imports attempting to reach a particular price point...I recently purchased a Ford 8N tractor, and while I have zero intentions of purchasing a 3 point backhoe for mine as they are insanely expensive for the very little use I would expect to get out of one, it does make me wonder if there are things I need to be aware of when transporting implements myself as there isn't a local dealer for antique tractor parts for immediate replacement in the event I do something stupid :laughing:
I plan to get a rear blade, box blade, and landscape rake in the future. None of which I would think have anywhere near the weight or leverage of a backhoe, but I still would rather learn what not to do, as opposed to what I shouldn't have done :laughing:
I suspect that it's due to a very poor design of 3 point mount on that tractor, perhaps indicative of modern "cheap" Asian imports attempting to reach a particular price point...I recently purchased a Ford 8N tractor, and while I have zero intentions of purchasing a 3 point backhoe for mine as they are insanely expensive for the very little use I would expect to get out of one, it does make me wonder if there are things I need to be aware of when transporting implements myself as there isn't a local dealer for antique tractor parts for immediate replacement in the event I do something stupid :laughing:
I plan to get a rear blade, box blade, and landscape rake in the future. None of which I would think have anywhere near the weight or leverage of a backhoe, but I still would rather learn what not to do, as opposed to what I shouldn't have done :laughing: