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Art, I need you to work harder at talking me out of this! I love having a nice backhoe, but I don't use it enough to justify spending >$5k on a new one. The 8A I have is in great shape. I just lucked into it & got it in like-brand-new condition 10 years ago. It was so cheap that I had to buy it. Now that I've gotten used to having one, I don't want to go back to not having one. My 8A is as good as new, but I can't possibly get even half what a new BH would cost selling the 8A with my old JD 950.

John Deere tells me that the 8A won't fit their current models (or any JD after the 870. 970, 1070 series) so going to JD for a new tractor rather than NH is not any more of an option than mounting the 8A on a NH.

The thing about this that frustrates me is that transfering a backhoe to a new tractor seems to me like it ought to be a relatively straightforward undertaking. After all, what are we trying to do? Just attach a subframe to the bottom of a tractor so as to distribute force. What's the big deal? I understand that 3ph BH makers are making add-on subframes for their BHs.
----Why not adapt an 8A to a new tractor?

So Art, talk me down! Why is this a bad idea? I see the attractions of it; What's the down side? What problems are involved that I'm not recognizing?

All ideas & opinions appreciated!
Has anyone had experience with this sort of thing?

Regards,
Tig

Fitting JD 8A BH onto a NH TC40D tractor
Loaders Back Hoes
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