Backhoe CAN I MOUNT AN OLD MODEL 93 BACKHOE ON MY JOHN DEERE 5320??

[m38man]

I have a 2010 crawler loader which came with the backhoe attatchment, the crawler itself needs a lot of work to make it reliable and useable. I am wondering if my 64hp, John Deere 5320 could handle this hoe? Would deffinatly build a subframe for it if I do. I am worried the hoe is to heavy for my tractor, all the hoes I see are built much lighter than these old ones.
Any insight would be greatly apreciated.
Has anyone mounter one of these?
Pictures would be great!!
Thanks
Brian

 

[AKfish]

First thought... don't waste the time, money and energy! The hoe is a lot more "iron" than your 6,500lb tractor was designed to handle. Spend your efforts on getting the 2010 back into fighting trim.

And avoid having to repair a 2nd machine that currently doesn't need it!

My $0.02

AKfish

 

[m38man]

Thank you, its just that the crawler is going to out of commission for a long time before I have time to work on it. I was hoping to be able to use the hoe now. If it will be that hard on the tractor I wont put it on.

I looked at the old 2010 wheeled tractor backhoe, which are only around 40 hp is the reason I considdered useing this hoe on my JD. They look much lighter than my tractor.


thanks

Brian

 

[AKfish]

Those small, JD crawlers are heavy for their size. I looked up the 2010 crawler (47hp) and it's over 9,600lbs without a blade! I'd really be surprised if the hoe doesn't weigh in more than a ton. ('Cause the backhoe attachment on my JD110TLB is just over a ton.) Looking at the hoe attachments on my neighbor's JD350 and JD450 crawler's - they make my 110 look like a Tonka toy! I'd have to believe the 2010 hoe is not far off the dimensions for the hoe on a JD350.

There a more than a few stories here on TBN about folk's that have used 3pt backhoes or modified backhoes and caused themselves a whole lotta grief! Cracked or broken rear transaxle housing or in the worst case a frame break at the engine-transmission junction!

AKfish

 

[m38man]

Have you ever seen the 2010 John Deere tractors? They also had these hoe's on them, Maybe they had a hefty frame built around them??

Thanks for the insight

Brian