Pete1961
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I am new to this make but interested in the T8 class - P2425 with removable backhoe, I did wonder if it would be possible to remove the hoe, & build a sleeve hitch lift to fit on the rear where the hoe was - something like this
HRH35 - Hydraulic Rear Hitch Kit - Struck Corp This is to allow a Brinly single bottom sleeve hitch plow to be used without the tractor having to run in reverse.
On the subject of the hoe, I remember this machine http://www.oilyhands.co.uk/images/Powerfab_180C_Brochure.pdf
It had a hoe that swung throu 140 deg but the kingpost swing bracket had two holes for the front pin on the swing cyl. This meant that a single cyl could either swing 90 left & 50 right, or by re setting the pin then a mirror image of before, 90 right & 50 left. Thus the full 180 arc was available to the user but not all at once. I have owned & run a couple of full size TBL's - the 180 is useful but I have never needed to go from full 90 left to full 90 right on any one job. (140 deg is the max a single cylinder can achieve before it bottoms out) They also built a small 3 pt attachment hoe with the same feature on, done the same way. Powerfab UK is sadly long gone.
I was interested in the Struck, (still am) but came across the artic steer PT & thought it a fair compromise, much cheaper in ongoing costs. I am guessing they pipe the input of the two front motors from a tee, but pipe the output from the left front to the input of the left rear, & regroup the two rear outputs to a second tee. Thus you have a hyd diff on each axle, but if one axle leaves the ground it only turns at the same speed as the axle still on the ground. The Cadplans machine did this. It has issues, & the sheer amount of work in building it is daunting
Someone spoke of the wider availability of small machines in Europe, three I know of are VF Venieri, Palazzani PB130, Eurocmach E245K.
These are all Italian compact backhoe loaders - but about 3 tons - so bigger than the smallest PT
I mostly do landscaping type work - but would find the small plow ability useful on my own land. The plow buries weeds where the tiller would not. Ideal to have one machine that can do everything - on a small scale, admittedly. I cannot find a max tractive effort quoted on the P2425, I have seen the smallest Struck pulling a Brinly & only able to provide 1000 Lb of drawbar pull. Not sure what the 4wd PT would provide relative to its all up weight.
HRH35 - Hydraulic Rear Hitch Kit - Struck Corp This is to allow a Brinly single bottom sleeve hitch plow to be used without the tractor having to run in reverse.
On the subject of the hoe, I remember this machine http://www.oilyhands.co.uk/images/Powerfab_180C_Brochure.pdf
It had a hoe that swung throu 140 deg but the kingpost swing bracket had two holes for the front pin on the swing cyl. This meant that a single cyl could either swing 90 left & 50 right, or by re setting the pin then a mirror image of before, 90 right & 50 left. Thus the full 180 arc was available to the user but not all at once. I have owned & run a couple of full size TBL's - the 180 is useful but I have never needed to go from full 90 left to full 90 right on any one job. (140 deg is the max a single cylinder can achieve before it bottoms out) They also built a small 3 pt attachment hoe with the same feature on, done the same way. Powerfab UK is sadly long gone.
I was interested in the Struck, (still am) but came across the artic steer PT & thought it a fair compromise, much cheaper in ongoing costs. I am guessing they pipe the input of the two front motors from a tee, but pipe the output from the left front to the input of the left rear, & regroup the two rear outputs to a second tee. Thus you have a hyd diff on each axle, but if one axle leaves the ground it only turns at the same speed as the axle still on the ground. The Cadplans machine did this. It has issues, & the sheer amount of work in building it is daunting
Someone spoke of the wider availability of small machines in Europe, three I know of are VF Venieri, Palazzani PB130, Eurocmach E245K.
These are all Italian compact backhoe loaders - but about 3 tons - so bigger than the smallest PT
I mostly do landscaping type work - but would find the small plow ability useful on my own land. The plow buries weeds where the tiller would not. Ideal to have one machine that can do everything - on a small scale, admittedly. I cannot find a max tractive effort quoted on the P2425, I have seen the smallest Struck pulling a Brinly & only able to provide 1000 Lb of drawbar pull. Not sure what the 4wd PT would provide relative to its all up weight.
