Backhoe Subframe for a backhoe - how to get one

fastpops · Apr 12, 2013

looking for a subframe to mount Mahindra 509 backhoe to 5530 tractor

dlrfarms · Apr 12, 2013

found my subframe in a warehouse sale in maine 100.00 complete except for 4 bolts. $145 to get it shipped within 85 mi of home another $80 to go pick it up and take wife out to dinner. Couple hours remodeling and I got a woods 750 subframe mounted on a JD 48 hoe works good and probably stronger than JD setup for a JD4300

PILOON · Apr 12, 2013

Looking for a specific sub frame for a specific tractor is akin to 'needle in haystack'.
I think you had better start studying 'how to' fabricating your own.(or having one made by a local shop)
Crudely speaking a sub frame is a strong stiff ladder with a rigid replicated 3-point that reaches to the front tractor frame.
As I see it the main intent is to not stress rear housings that are generally not capable of taking all the various side loads and related stresses.
Many CUT rears are merely cast aluminum and that just can not take backhoe loads.
In fact 3 point mounting should not even be offered IMHO.

Guess if one was only loading dry sand and moving manure a 3-point mount would be OK but we all eventually will try that bigger nuisance rock in the driveway or digging a pond.