New 3203 with loader and hoe

jd4310man · Dec 11, 2010

Sorry to reply so late, The hoe is still mounted behind my 3203, and is doing well. That being said, I had only one issue with the Woods backhoe set up on my 3203. The subframe mount attaches to the bottom of the axle and uses the same bolts that attach the rops. The mount Woods made for the 3203 was lacking an upper support, and allowed the backhoe frame to exert side load on two mounting bolts that exend into the main trans housing. The housing did crack at two mounting bolts that help support the subframe. The crack was not in a place that allowed any leaking of oil. I notified my Woods dealer and he contacted Woods about it. It took a while, but Woods engineers finaly came to the decistion that there was a design flaw and agreed to fix it. All I had to do was take it to the dealer and he took care of it. As far as the axle itself, it handles the load very well. No issues because of too much weight.

Jeepin4fun · Nov 22, 2011

Sorry to drag this thread back from the dead again, but I have a question on this hydraulic set up, and I might be completely off base, as my understanding of hydraulic systems is basic at best.

I'm assuming(and you know what they say about assumptions) in the picture above that the top line on the right is the pressure/supply line, and the line below it is the return to sump and the line on the left is the rock shaft, so for the rock shaft to work you would unplug the top line on the right and plug the line on the left into that coupler? Is that correct?

The reason I ask this is, would there be any problem putting in a priority flow divider in that line, then hooking up another valve to the divider for a rear SCV? Obviously with the priority valve, the rock shaft would have priority, and the rear SCV not, but how often would you use them both at exactly the same time. I recently bought a 3203 and am wanting to build a loader mounted snow blade, and am wondering if I can tap into the hydro's this way to add a 3rd remote to control angle.

Any feedback? Am I way off base in the way this stuff works?

charosenz · May 25, 2016

I know this is WAY late for this thread, but if anyone has any idea where to tap in to the hydraulics off a 3203 for power beyond, please PM me.

JD does not offer one for the 3203 - but since they offer a wide variety of attachments, I know it is viable to create more ports for other implements like a hydraulic top link...

jd4310man · May 29, 2016

Well, its possible as I was able to power a backhoe from the 3203 hydraulic pump. Woods supplied a hose kit that interrupted the flow to the rock shaft valve and routed it to the backhoe valve. The loader valve has a power beyond on it already as they are powering the rockshaft valve down stream. I would contact woods and get the hose kit from them.