Funny farm
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- Apr 21, 2018
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- Location
- Ontario Canada
- Occupation
- Red seal,high pressure certified welder
hello everyone. been a while since i have posted anything. my old backhoe has been working great since the engine rebuild done lots of work with her.
the backhoe was really worn and abused by the p/o and shows evidence of weld repairs all over it as well as almost every pivot was ovaled and badly worn. almost every cyl leaking ect.
found a entire backhoe attachment locally that appears to be in really good shape. no weld repairs at all. all pins and bushings look in tact and original. or not cobbled together with whatever shaft or bolt kinda fit the hole anyway lol cyls all appear dry and in good shape except one stab cyl that the gland was half loose. ( orig hoe has one good stab so i can swap it over ). main valve looks fairly clean and not terribly oily. all in all the new one is in muuuuuuch better shape so i’m going to swap it and see soon. currently have both hoes side by side in the middle of the yard. blocked and standing up right.
noticed it appears the new to me hoe has a slightly shorter dipper and the big support plate bracket at the boom end of the dipper is smaller and looks slightly diff than the original.
i believe both to be the same model. both the older single boom cyl type. same controls. two “ wobble” sticks and two stab levers. the gussets on the stab cyl mounts look bigger and run further up the hoe frame on the new to me hoe as well. orig ones have been busted clean off it appears and repaired several times by the amount of weld repairs on them lol
my question is was the 580ck hoes available with different stick lengths or would this new to me hoe be off a smaller model tractor like a 480?? seller only knew it was off a ck. looks to mount identical and is very similar looking. seller claimed it to be early 80s ck. i didn’t think the ck with i believe a mod 33 hoe were even available in the 80s. appears the boom is almost the same length but the dipper is maybe 10-12 inches shorter. the dipper cyl mount looks much longer and larger than the one off the 580. bucket cyl on the new hoe is slightly smaller diameter. i will upload some pictures for better identification. any input would be appreciated to help me identify if this is a 580 with a shorter digging depth or if it’s a smaller unit. i don’t dig much more than fire pits and drainage ditches so i’m fine with the shorter reach. more just curiosity wondering why it’s smaller. thanks in advance.
the backhoe was really worn and abused by the p/o and shows evidence of weld repairs all over it as well as almost every pivot was ovaled and badly worn. almost every cyl leaking ect.
found a entire backhoe attachment locally that appears to be in really good shape. no weld repairs at all. all pins and bushings look in tact and original. or not cobbled together with whatever shaft or bolt kinda fit the hole anyway lol cyls all appear dry and in good shape except one stab cyl that the gland was half loose. ( orig hoe has one good stab so i can swap it over ). main valve looks fairly clean and not terribly oily. all in all the new one is in muuuuuuch better shape so i’m going to swap it and see soon. currently have both hoes side by side in the middle of the yard. blocked and standing up right.
noticed it appears the new to me hoe has a slightly shorter dipper and the big support plate bracket at the boom end of the dipper is smaller and looks slightly diff than the original.
i believe both to be the same model. both the older single boom cyl type. same controls. two “ wobble” sticks and two stab levers. the gussets on the stab cyl mounts look bigger and run further up the hoe frame on the new to me hoe as well. orig ones have been busted clean off it appears and repaired several times by the amount of weld repairs on them lol
my question is was the 580ck hoes available with different stick lengths or would this new to me hoe be off a smaller model tractor like a 480?? seller only knew it was off a ck. looks to mount identical and is very similar looking. seller claimed it to be early 80s ck. i didn’t think the ck with i believe a mod 33 hoe were even available in the 80s. appears the boom is almost the same length but the dipper is maybe 10-12 inches shorter. the dipper cyl mount looks much longer and larger than the one off the 580. bucket cyl on the new hoe is slightly smaller diameter. i will upload some pictures for better identification. any input would be appreciated to help me identify if this is a 580 with a shorter digging depth or if it’s a smaller unit. i don’t dig much more than fire pits and drainage ditches so i’m fine with the shorter reach. more just curiosity wondering why it’s smaller. thanks in advance.