Dirt Scoop

mwemaxxowner · Nov 16, 2020

@jeff9366 I'm still having trouble figuring out what you mean by the hydraulic valve. Does it also go by another name? Or are we simply talking about tapping into the existing hydraulics that lift the 3ph and adding a manifold and connector for loader hoses?

I'm searching the web to educate myself on it and see what it would cost to add it the tractor isn't already equipped with one. Or, does it have to be tapped into the existing hydraulics for the 3ph in a custom manner?

Web searches for this yield nothing but results for a diverter valve, or the actual control valve with the levers to operate it.

Would that also give me a place to tap into to add connections for 3ph attachments that use hydraulics?

I'm assuming the 5.5 gpm pump is low on the totem pole, does that limit what sort of attachments I could possibly plan to use?

I'm not sure if I'd ever need to run a rear implement that used hydraulics, but who knows!

airbiscuit · Nov 16, 2020

mwemaxxowner said:
That's exactly why I want it! Haha

A few years from now when some much more necessary purchases have been made, perhaps I can price having a FEL added to the tractor, if it's even possible. Technically the tractor wouldn't be worth it but the value I'd get would.

Still, it's not in the cards for now.

Also, has anybody used both a 30" and a 36" dirt scoop? Is there a substantial improvement in capacity? I can't find any specs listed for the carrying capacity of the AF 36" scoop. And, that's the only one I can find.

My first CUT was a 15hp grey market Shibaura. I did a lot of work with that tractor, but I was always on the lookout for a loader I could add. Not much available, and what was available was cost prohibitive. I used it for a few years and sold it for what I paid for it and bought a used CUT with a loader.

That was my First CUT. We've all had our First CUT, and then we bought the next and the next and ... That Field Boss 21 is your First CUT.