Hi,
My 2910 has a spool with 3 valves. The valves have quarter inch inlet/outlets.
The old Arps backhoe that I just bought has half-inch inlet/outlet. To accommodate the difference between the tractor and backhoe attachment, I installed a T that would allow me to either connect with 1/4" or 1/2" quick connects. (I don't know if this is a good idea, but unless I opted to buy a new spool with 1/2" openings this was my only option.)
This was my first day to try the backhoe with my tractor. I hooked up the two hoses from the backhoe to the tractor and tried the legs, which worked.
However, I was not able to hook up the backhoe bar (of 3pt) because the bar could not be lined up with the pin holes at the back of the tractor. The bar has too much of a curve in it to bypass a metal brace on a lower portion of the pin hole bracket.
This metal brace pushed the bar away from the pin hole connections by about a half inch.
Questions:
Dig Question:
1) Do you think I will have problems attempting to dig with 1/4" - 1/2" configuration. If so, what would be your recommendation?
1a) Should I instead buy a 3 valve spool with half-inch inlets/outlets?
Note: All of my other attachments used 1/4" connections.
2) Other than using a gas welder to heat up and take some of the curve out of the backhoe bar, does anyone have any other suggestions. (See photgraph of the bar in the center of the photograph.)
3) When I go to hook up the backhoe, the backhoe seat is jammed up against the back of the tractor seat. Any ideas?
Thank you,
Rick G.
My 2910 has a spool with 3 valves. The valves have quarter inch inlet/outlets.
The old Arps backhoe that I just bought has half-inch inlet/outlet. To accommodate the difference between the tractor and backhoe attachment, I installed a T that would allow me to either connect with 1/4" or 1/2" quick connects. (I don't know if this is a good idea, but unless I opted to buy a new spool with 1/2" openings this was my only option.)
This was my first day to try the backhoe with my tractor. I hooked up the two hoses from the backhoe to the tractor and tried the legs, which worked.
However, I was not able to hook up the backhoe bar (of 3pt) because the bar could not be lined up with the pin holes at the back of the tractor. The bar has too much of a curve in it to bypass a metal brace on a lower portion of the pin hole bracket.
This metal brace pushed the bar away from the pin hole connections by about a half inch.
Questions:
Dig Question:
1) Do you think I will have problems attempting to dig with 1/4" - 1/2" configuration. If so, what would be your recommendation?
1a) Should I instead buy a 3 valve spool with half-inch inlets/outlets?
Note: All of my other attachments used 1/4" connections.
2) Other than using a gas welder to heat up and take some of the curve out of the backhoe bar, does anyone have any other suggestions. (See photgraph of the bar in the center of the photograph.)
3) When I go to hook up the backhoe, the backhoe seat is jammed up against the back of the tractor seat. Any ideas?
Thank you,
Rick G.
