D12 Backhoe project completed
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Topic: D12 Backhoe project completed
Posted By: Burl
Subject: D12 Backhoe project completed
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:13pm
Would like to spray hoe orange but that is a LOT of masking !Hoe mounted to sub frame ,3pt. removed .    
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:25pm
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Nice setup Burl! Beautiful job!! Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Reindeer
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:35pm
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Very nice¡ ------------- |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:55pm
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Reindeer wrote:Posted By: Burl
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:34pm
Thank-you - Should have put these at top but, the story is, I picked it up 30 min. before it went into crusher . Got lucky ! 
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Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:44pm
| thats a nice looking rig looks like you did some nice fab work, i am guessing that you had to biuld all the hoe attachment mounting . what brand is the hoe attachment ? |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:47pm
| missed that veermer ont the top |
Posted By: Burl
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:51pm
| It took me 4 weeks to make subframe . I made it all out of wood before fab. the steel parts . Its a Vermeer hoe off a trencher . |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 11:13pm
| With all the obvious work fixing that tractor up it's no time to go wobbly on painting the hoe. Get to masking and maybe some careful aiming and you will have it matched up in good time. It will be worth it when done. I assume it's more work to remove than to mask. |
Posted By: Pete from IL
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 7:28am
| You did a great job. You have come a long way from where you started. |
Posted By: Jk chalmers
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 8:04am
| Great job saving it! It looks great maybe I’m just biased to anything D series but that little tractor is on my list to have..!! |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 8:36am
Good save, great work, and I know you'll paint it. You just want to enjoy it for a bit, who ya gonna bury first.  ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Burl
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 8:46am
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Thanks again ! The hoe can be removed or attached in 15 min. I use alum. foil to wrap hyd. hoses but , where they all come together on control body is a nightmare ! |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 8:49am
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Very nice looking set-up. Have you considered repainting the tractor to match the Hoe. I believe the I-40 and I-400 were a yellow similar to the Hoe. https://www.mylittlesalesman.com/1972-allis-chalmers-i400-tractor-10109193" rel="nofollow - https://www.mylittlesalesman.com/1972-allis-chalmers-i400-tractor-10109193 |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 8:55am
VERY NICE............. a few resize   ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Cernunnos
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 9:30am
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Great save from the crusher! What brand are the front wheel weights? ------------- 1951 CA, 1952 CA with cultivator, 20 Series 8' disc harrow, 2 bottom pick-up plow, forage blower, 2-row rear mounted drill corn planter, Allcrop grain drill, No. 80T sickle mower, MN No. 130 barge box |
Posted By: Burl
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2020 at 12:25pm
| Thank you Steve , I never can get them correct . Wheel weights are IH . $40 for the pr. I like Orange !! Maybe spray hoe this summer if I get caught up.Would look nice with AC decals & paint. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2020 at 4:17pm
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That is GREAT work Burl. Yeah, you'll paint it. It's gotta match! Did you get the weights in the pic too? ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: GeneD14
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2020 at 7:02pm
| Nice job mounting the backhoe. I like that you used a sub-frame, instead of just using a 3-point mount. |
Posted By: Burl
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2020 at 7:11pm
| Did not get any of the suitcase weights on ground. It did come with custom railroad track weight chained to front axle. I did make that 4 in. sq. tube hanging from front axle. Filled with melted lead auto wheel weights, ended up weighing 90#. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2020 at 10:40pm
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Of course you need a loader on the tractor to balance it and make it easier to refill the hole the hoe dug. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |