Winter cab

Test assembly - the paint just barely dry

Rear Cab Corners

This shows how the cab fits around the ROPS and warning lights on the rear corner

Cab front mount plates

This shows the steel plate bolted to the front of the plastic foot rest to receive two quarter-turn DZUS fasteners to mount the cab in the front.

Windshield view

This shows the safety glass windshield with parallel wiper arms to keep the blade vertical. Also visible is the top of the fabric used to seal the cab to hood while allowing the hood to open.

Front cab corner closeup

The cab sheetmetal slips between the dash mount and the back of the hood and side panels. The two shiny metal buttons near the bottom fasten this piece to the plates shown in picture 3.

Cab Parts

Disassembled and ready for basement storage

Trailer Hitch Ball

A 1/2 inch clevis pin attaches a trailer hitch to the front of the frame. This doesn foot t interfere with the FEL

Hurray - the backhoe is done and mounted!

Initial assembly from another view

A bit different view

Front subframe mount

A closeup of the double shear bracket I welded to the bottom of the FEL mount and the pin that holds the subframe in place.

Rear subframe mount closeup

The subframe hangs from the 3-point lower cross bar in the rear and a pin drops through the original rear hitch hole. The hose to the right is the suction line to the PTO driven pump.

Pickup and trailer

The trailer is 16 ft X 102 wide, 8000 gross. Because of the 2210s small diameter tires, I had to weld additional angle iron cross bars in between each of the originals on the loading ramps.

Vacuum Collector

Homemade unit is PTO driven. Belt drive runs blower at ~3500 RPM.
The trailer shows it age, dating back to the early 60 foot s when it was originally was for a 7 HP walk-behind Simplicity tractor.

Mower deck lift

This shows fabricated linkage used to lift the mower deck. This allows me to attach the PTO driven vacuum without interference from the original 3-point hitch arms.