Trying to ID a small backhoe attachment and part . . .

I just bought a backhoe that was attached to a Ford Jubilee farm tractor. I suspect it was somebody's homemade hookup - but don't know. I'm 1000 miles away from it and bought it via photographs and description by phone. An old man had it - and doesn't know much about it in regard to what make it is.

Anybody recognize it? I've got a 1963 Ford Industrial 4000 backhoe here and home and I know it's nothing like it.

Next question is - when the guy delivered it to my property up in northern Michigan yesterday - he broke what looks like a swing-cylinder when he tried to hook a chain around it to lift. Looks to me like it broke at some sort of factory joint maybe where the cylinder barrel joined the end-cap where it pivots?

At the moment - I'm kind of clueless since I can't see it up close. I won't be up there for another month.

Anybody recognize any of this?

I probably wouldn't have bought it with a broken cylinder - but . . . the guy is 77 years old, drove 200 miles to deliver it in the pouring rain, etc. Stuff happens.

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Clean it up good and weld it back together.

Is the ram all the way in now or does it travel past that break area?

If the weld don't hold then you buy a new one.

Gary

I'm going to assume it does not go any further. It didn't break when being use as a backhoe. It broke when they wrapped a chain around it and tried to lift it. I have no idea if it was factory welded originally, or what. One guy who was there says it looks like silver-solder or braze where the break is.

I'd like to ID the backhoe and then maybe, I might find a complete used cylinder somewhere.

I welded a $400 cylinder off a JD loader that broke the end cap off where it screwed on.
I put in all new seals before welding so they would last awhile.

That was 4 years ago and he is still running it.
Seals and 30 minute job cost him $40.


This one will still come apart so you can reseal later if needed.



Gary

Well except that it doesn't have the seat and controls and mounting looks non-factory and it's the wrong color, it almost looks like the Arps 90 I found online when I searched google.

Usually there's a tag, either on the bottom (operator end) of the boom, or on the frame that has the swing cylinders and outriggers.

I like your backhoe better than mine. I've got a 3-point mount. It's better than a spade but always wimps out when the digging gets tough.

Just a guess, but it doesn't look like a Sherman.
I'm thinking it is a Pippen. Don't know where to get parts.
That cylinder can be welded, no problem.

Second try. My brother had one similar to that years ago that he ended up junking out. May still have some parts left. I could check for you, but I know he got rid of alot of the stuff he had laying around.

I have an ARPS 90 mounted on a Case 311B. Not the same.

Joe

I agree it's not a Sherman. SWAG's would be Pippin as mentioned, or possibly Henry. Guys at the old IH store near me always said "if it's drippin', it's a Pippin".

Doesn't look homemade. The weld on the bracket in the last picture looks really good and I doubt a homemade hoe would have steel hydraulic lines on it as they are quite pricey compared to hoses. The cylinder looks like it's made with a weld where it broke. Grind all the old weld off and clean everything up and weld it up with 7018. It looks like the barrel fits over the mount for the hose connection and mounting pin. Could it be a Davis or Midwestern. I think they made hoes but not sure. Looks like the bucket cylinder has been replaced with a tie rod cylinder. Good luck with it. Dave

I know the backhoe isn't homemade. I was referring to the hookup to mount it on the Ford Jubilee - that part is homemade. I have no idea what this hoe was originally mounted on - and the hookups on the hoe look kind of unsual. I have half a dozen hoes here at home - Deere, Ford, Case, Allis Chalmers, and Pettibone. All have some sort of four pin mounts on back. This thing I just bought - does not. The top tube mounts look usual to me.