834jerry
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Will this backhoe fit on a b6100 ?
Here are a couple of pics of the hoe by itself.
In the first pic you can see the rails that come forward and bolt on to the FEL subframe. The 'v' shaped area with the filter on it is the hydraulic reservoir with platforms for your feet on either side. Down where the PTO pump is resting you can see a round cross-bar. This is probably the biggest downside to the design, every time you change over to/from the hoe there are brackets that you bolt/remove on the rear differentatial. Slows things down and the previous owner was nice enough to strip out one of three bolts on each side. A heli-coil kit is on my shopping listYou also have to pull off the hitch and all the three point parts. My tires appear to be flipped 'inside out' so that the shallow part of the rim offset is on the inboard side, probably to increase the stance for more stability with the hoe. This means every time I take the bar for the liftarms out I have to take off one of the rear tires.
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The rest are just different shots/angles. I believe this hoe was purchased brand new back when with the tractor. Many of the hyd lines have the outer jacket coming off but otherwise look in good shape. Almost all of the cylinders leak a little fluid. Only real problem I have with it is the swing seems weak. There is a bit of a kink in the suction line going to the pump when mounted or it could mean repack. In the spring I am going to cut a bit off this hose and see if that helps take the kink out.
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Not sure when I will get a chance to do a 'rigged demo' of the hoe on the tractor so you get an idea of what that looks like. Maybe over the next few days if it drys out like it supposed to.
Charles
