Ferguson TO-30 with a Mid-Western Davis backhoe

[Soundguy]

we call frames like that 'jungle gym'

 

[JAcre]

The seating is interesting... You basically have to walk on the hood to get to the seat. Shifting is also interesting, sense you are facing backwards on the tractor, you have one speed "forward" and four speeds in "reverse". It has a "shuttle shift" feature as the previous owner called it, but it is nothing like my Ford 1720 shuttle shift transmission.

 

[JAcre]

There's a step on the side but one has to walk across the hood and climb down into the cockpit... It isn't the easiest thing to get into or out of... But it is interesting. It digs reasonably well, slow and steady, still getting use to the controls... Not a lot of feathering in those old valves.

 

[JAcre]

A couple more pictures...