jgmo
Bronze Member
Hello,
Brand new to Forum. I joined because I liked the look of the place.
I am headed out the door to go check out a "1960's Ford Industrial backhoe" for sale. I own 3 acres in Sunny Southern California and having a decent backhoe would really help out around the "rancho".
I know absolutely nothing about the old Ford equipment but I see that there are still a boatload of them out there running around, doing work and, even better if you need parts....rusting!
All I know about the one I'm looking at (at the moment) is that it is GAS, it has newer looking rubber, it has decent looking cosmetics and may have been stored in a shed or barn and it has not been used in 2 years.
I will update this post AFTER I check out the old girl but I was hoping that someone might chime in with any advice as to something that might be considered STAY AWAY, DO NOT TOUCH, WARNING, DANGER...sort of stuff.
So, If you have had or know of any PARTICULAR Ford backhoe horror stories that might help me to save my hard EARNED $$$ and keep me from having buyers remorse, I would really appreciate it.
I am a retired, very capable and experienced diesel mechanic so I am fully aware of how much wrenching one of these might require. I have a fully equipped barn with lathe, press and welders along with pretty much every hand tool known to mankind so doing the work doesn't scare me none. It's just that I don't like wasting my time on something that is going to break over and over again because there is some hidden engineering flaw that I can't see or figure out. So, if you've "been there, burned that down", please clue me up.
Thanks for reading.
Brand new to Forum. I joined because I liked the look of the place.
I am headed out the door to go check out a "1960's Ford Industrial backhoe" for sale. I own 3 acres in Sunny Southern California and having a decent backhoe would really help out around the "rancho".
I know absolutely nothing about the old Ford equipment but I see that there are still a boatload of them out there running around, doing work and, even better if you need parts....rusting!
All I know about the one I'm looking at (at the moment) is that it is GAS, it has newer looking rubber, it has decent looking cosmetics and may have been stored in a shed or barn and it has not been used in 2 years.
I will update this post AFTER I check out the old girl but I was hoping that someone might chime in with any advice as to something that might be considered STAY AWAY, DO NOT TOUCH, WARNING, DANGER...sort of stuff.
So, If you have had or know of any PARTICULAR Ford backhoe horror stories that might help me to save my hard EARNED $$$ and keep me from having buyers remorse, I would really appreciate it.
I am a retired, very capable and experienced diesel mechanic so I am fully aware of how much wrenching one of these might require. I have a fully equipped barn with lathe, press and welders along with pretty much every hand tool known to mankind so doing the work doesn't scare me none. It's just that I don't like wasting my time on something that is going to break over and over again because there is some hidden engineering flaw that I can't see or figure out. So, if you've "been there, burned that down", please clue me up.
Thanks for reading.