Backhoe Aftermarket backhoes for Kubota

[RRX]

Do any of you have any experience with aftermarket backhoes, such as the Woods model, for the Kubota L3200? Also, do any of the Kubota backhoes from smaller models like the BT fit the L3200?

 

[Adiredneck]

I have the Woods BH80X on my L3400 and I really like it. I was going to put on a Kubota BH77, but that was around the time they had the trouble with broken pins, and the dealer couldn't sell me a new one until that was resolved.

Traction is incredible with the BH on.

 

[Ductape]

Like Adiredneck, I also have a Woods BH80X on my B3030. The quality is very high. I do recommend you mount it with the Woods subframe kit for your tractor, and not the three point hitch mount. The mechanical thumb is handy for picking rocks and such. Both the BH80X and 90X are available with hydraulic thumbs...... something the Kubota hoes do not offer. The Kubota hoes are excellent quality also though.

 

[UWAdventurer]

I have a Woods BH7500 on my L3400. Unfortunately it is not recommended for a thumb by Woods. I can pick items up by trapping them between the bucket and dipper stick carefully. Seems like the same thing to me, they say the material is too thin to add a thumb. It has been a good hoe and is sub frame mounted.

 

[lakeside]

I had a Kubota hydraulic thumb installed by the dealer on my B26 BT820 BH when I bought it three years ago. I don't use it very often but when I do it's very handy.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

there was a point where aftermarket backhoes where more common place, but any more the OEM backhoes are competivly priced, able to be financed with the tractor, and offer most of the same features and power. A few years ago that was not so much the case.

 

[newbury]

I've a BH70-X, w frame on my B7610.
When I was buying it I could have gotten a Kubota hoe, a BH6000 or the 70-X.
Here's a thread:http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/142290-putting-woods-bh-my-7610-a-2.html

The kubota hoe was woefully small compared to the 70-X. The BH6000 was also small for what I wanted.
The 70-X DOES throw the hoe around if you are not careful, but it's a great fit and I look forward to moving it to a bigger tractor.

 

[TheGoose]

Pricing? Did you go with the PTO pump or tractor hydraulics?

 

[newbury]

Pricing? Did you go with the PTO pump or tractor hydraulics?

If you are referring to me - tractor hydraulics

 

[TheGoose]

Actually I was kinda asking everybody LOL.

Thanks for the reply. How do you like how the hoe runs on the tractor hydraulics?