What could do this to a 3720??

DP Property · Mar 24, 2012

Seriously boys I have seen this add on the net for awhile now and I just can't help but ask what in the heck could have ever done this kind of damage to a 3720? unbelievable!

Salvage JOHN DEERE 3720 2009 - WEST MIFFLIN,PA,15122,USA | Used Cars For Sale

Wnc3 · Mar 24, 2012

Rolled off a high trailer or driven off a cliff or loading dock?
It did not roll over...
:confused2:

smalltown · Mar 24, 2012

I have head that when operating backhoes on tractors the operator should not raise the rear wheels off the ground with the stabilizers. The stabiliziers should just be deployed enough to stop the lateral movement.

Raising the wheels off of the ground can put excess strain on the tractor frame. On some of these tractors the frame is not continuous from front to rear. Just my thoughts.

pjbci · Mar 24, 2012

A break @ the bell housing is not uncommom as you might think. It could have been stuck and pulled into by another tractor. Thats how most that I have heard of breaking have happened.

jcmseven · Mar 24, 2012

I suspect rolled off a trailer or ledge with substantial vertical shock on the bellhousing. I really doubt the backhoe or tractor hydraulics could have generated the force even in a bind to compromise the bellhousing such as that.

John M

skspurling · Mar 25, 2012

jcmseven said:
I suspect rolled off a trailer or ledge with substantial vertical shock on the bellhousing. I really doubt the backhoe or tractor hydraulics could have generated the force even in a bind to compromise the bellhousing such as that.

John M

Thats the thing about these new flat decked tractors. There really isn't a bell housing. Look at the pictures. There is just something like a steel torsion box under the deck that a small drive shaft runs through to the transmission box under the seat. It is not built like the old cast iron tractors where the drive line was the frame. That said, I think the new style frames are stronger for the weight and more functional. Only down side is they aren't as heavy. So, in this case, the.deck frame was pulled apart from the rear of the.tractor. I just wonder what that strange green stuff was on the engine parts.

Martian · Mar 25, 2012

Wife found out the husband was cheating and cut his beloved 3720 in half to get back at him:laughing:

murphy1244 · Mar 25, 2012

Martian said:
Wife found out the husband was cheating and cut his beloved 3720 in half to get back at him:laughing:

She a mean woman..:shocked:

Woodtick02 · Mar 25, 2012

murphy1244 said:
She a mean woman..:shocked:

I can only imagine what she did to the other hoe! :laughing:

RoyJackson · Mar 25, 2012

smalltown said:
I have head that when operating backhoes on tractors the operator should not raise the rear wheels off the ground with the stabilizers. The stabiliziers should just be deployed enough to stop the lateral movement.

Raising the wheels off of the ground can put excess strain on the tractor frame. On some of these tractors the frame is not continuous from from to rear. Just my thoughts.

I suspect this is the correct answer...