Ok, the verdict is in and thanks to some more than generous help from "pfoxy" for xeroxing and mailing out a copy of the Woods 650 backhoe manual I have a conclusion.
Let me back up here and explain. I have a 186D tractor loader backhoe. The backhoe is a Yanmar YBH-650 frame mounted hoe. I know that for the most part Yanmar relabeled other manufacturers attachments. This backhoe says "Made in Canada" and not "Made in Japan". I had some folks tell me last year it was made by one of several companies but never was sure who. I wanted to understand the lineage of the backhoe design and also have an alternative source for parts.
Last year I happened to stumble across a John Deere tractor being serviced at a Kubota dealership which had a yellow Woods 650 backhoe attached to it. This hoe, in the short period of time I had to look it over, seemed to be the same hoe as the YBH-650.
Through TractorByNet I located "pfoxy" who has a Woods 650 hoe and we swapped some pictures to compare the two hoes. The only viewed difference is the sheetmetal around the twin-stick valves (the operator console). I imagine this could be due to the two hoes being from different years or more likely a way to set the two apart for marketing purposes. I compared the Woods and Yanmar manuals (Thanks again, Paul!!!) and not only do the hoes look identical (aside from the previously mentioned sheetmetal) but the manuals are almost identical in format, have the same drawings, and I realized the similarity in the model names. Yes, it was in front of my face all the time....Woods "BH-650" and Yanmar "YBH-650"....drop the "Y" and what do you get? Also, both the Yanmar and Woods manuals have two backhoes in them, a 6.5 foot reach model (the 650, 6.5/650) and a 7.5 foot reach model (the 750). I imagine the Yanmar YBH-750 is a Woods 750.
Ok, this was all probably known or assumed by most of you already but I thought I would share this with you just in case. If you can't find a Yanmar red backhoe for your tractor there is a good a chance you can find a Woods 650!
Let me back up here and explain. I have a 186D tractor loader backhoe. The backhoe is a Yanmar YBH-650 frame mounted hoe. I know that for the most part Yanmar relabeled other manufacturers attachments. This backhoe says "Made in Canada" and not "Made in Japan". I had some folks tell me last year it was made by one of several companies but never was sure who. I wanted to understand the lineage of the backhoe design and also have an alternative source for parts.
Last year I happened to stumble across a John Deere tractor being serviced at a Kubota dealership which had a yellow Woods 650 backhoe attached to it. This hoe, in the short period of time I had to look it over, seemed to be the same hoe as the YBH-650.
Through TractorByNet I located "pfoxy" who has a Woods 650 hoe and we swapped some pictures to compare the two hoes. The only viewed difference is the sheetmetal around the twin-stick valves (the operator console). I imagine this could be due to the two hoes being from different years or more likely a way to set the two apart for marketing purposes. I compared the Woods and Yanmar manuals (Thanks again, Paul!!!) and not only do the hoes look identical (aside from the previously mentioned sheetmetal) but the manuals are almost identical in format, have the same drawings, and I realized the similarity in the model names. Yes, it was in front of my face all the time....Woods "BH-650" and Yanmar "YBH-650"....drop the "Y" and what do you get? Also, both the Yanmar and Woods manuals have two backhoes in them, a 6.5 foot reach model (the 650, 6.5/650) and a 7.5 foot reach model (the 750). I imagine the Yanmar YBH-750 is a Woods 750.
Ok, this was all probably known or assumed by most of you already but I thought I would share this with you just in case. If you can't find a Yanmar red backhoe for your tractor there is a good a chance you can find a Woods 650!