What backhoe attachment will best fit on my 545D? Any Ford/NH gurus out there?

I have recently bought a 2000 New Holland 545D which I am very pleased with. I want to get a backhoe attachment for it, preferably a Ford unit as they seem to have about twice the power of the after market units. I really do not have any concrete information as to which backhoe would fit best. I found one off of Craigslist that I want to go look at but do not know how to identify one model from another or which one to look for.

The best info I could find is that the 4500 series tractor is what my 545D descends from and I can agree with this from looking at pics. That being said, the 755 and 753 backhoe would be probable candidates for my machine. Yes, no?

This one is about 45 minutes from me and looks promising.

http://cnj.craigslist.org/hvo/4388314831.html

This one looks to be a much older model to me so I am more skeptical on it.

http://cnj.craigslist.org/grd/4454032761.html

I went to look at this 340B with intentions of robbing the backhoe off of it and reselling the tractor but it has no 3 point hitch or PTO so I figured its resale value wouldn't be worth the investment. Also the loader sub frame is totally different from mine so I figured there is a better way to go about this.

http://cnj.craigslist.org/grd/4445890363.html

I am prepared to make my own sub assembly off of the loaders sub frame and tie in the hydraulics to the circuit that the bucket uses. Any info on what model to look for and how to complete this would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Here is a pic of my machine.

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The 750,753, and 755 were all available on the 4500. The difference is in the boom and dipper reach. the 750 had a 10' reach, the 753 13', and the 755 15'. The main disadvantage was vertical reach, they could only load over a short sided dumptruck since the main boom wouldn't come up to a very steep angle. They weren't a lot compared to modern hoes. There are certain components they frequently break, like the swing chains, which are very expensive to repair.

They weren't really designed as an attachment,pe se. They mounted to the back of the loader frame. The 1.5 or 2" pins on the bottom sat in semicircular grooves at the back of the loader frame about 18" behind the rear axle, and links ran from the top of the backhoe frame to raised bosses on the loader frame near the rear axle. Tie bolts pulled the links down to keep things from jumping out of place. They usually have a lot of movement in this mounting, which tends to break things like loader arms and loader frames in hard digging. You would have to remove your 3ph linkage to install the backhoe.

The hydraulics need to come from the main pump flow, either through a diverter valve, or power beyond. Ford ran most through a diverter, for some reason. If you just ran it off the bucket circuit, I'm afraid it would be too slow.

It's a shame you live so far away, I have a ready to dig 753 I am going to take off my shop loader.

Mitch, thanks for the info. I am looking for a backhoe that would be good for stumping. I dug a rather large pine out with the front bucket but know that a backhoe would make life much easier. The backhoe mounting to large pins is exactly what I have in mind. I can't say that pulling stumps is easy digging but it would be on a homeowner level and once the stumps are gone it would be used for digging ditches for electrical lines and the like. I was thinking that the best way would be to cut the tractor side of the mount off of a donor piece and fit it to my machine but wouldn't be past design/fabbing the thing from scratch. Thanks for the info, any pics of your how would be appreciated. South Carolina isn't really out of my range, maybe we can work something out....

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I read in another thread that the Ford 765 would be the modern version of what I'm looking for. This is the same how that is on the 555 series machine. Would this be too large of a backhoe for my 545D? Without having a hand on one to see its size, the 753 sounds like the right size attachment for my needs.

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I am expanding my search and found a few more contenders.

This is what I believe to be a 765: http://danville.craigslist.org/hvo/4455029489.html

It looks pretty decent, I don't believe they have the swing chains like the older ones, just not sure my machine is large enough to handle this unit.

I found this 759 attachment: http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/grd/4417539528.html

This one has a PTO driven pump which would alleviate hydraulic issues and the sub frame which would cut down on fabrication but I haven't ran across its capacities. Will it be powerful enough for pulling stumps?

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IMO I would leave your 545 the way it is with the box and buy/rent a dedicated backhoe for the stumps. Its nice to have a box scraper around and it would be a pain to switch them back and forth all the time.
The ford hoe in jersey doesn't look to bad from the price. From the pictures it looks like it has 2 stick controls, which would be a big positive to some people like me.

They did not make a backhoe model for the 545 series, it will take a lot of time and money to go back and change a loader landscaper machine to fit that backhoe. The most you could do is find a heavy duty 3-point and you will not be happy with that digging stumps. I would also rent or find a different backhoe for that task.

Thanks, I will heed the last two posts as good advice and a reasonable conclusion. I may entertain a 3 point hitch type later down the road for installing electrical conduit and other jobs that wouldn't require as much grunt as stumping. I can rent a 555A from my neighbor relatively cheap and may wind up grinding a bunch of stumps that aren't in the way of any future buildings or driveways.

Many years ago I ran n IH tractor/loader with a backhoe mounted on the 3 point hitch. I remember vividly what miserable thing it was. The backhoe had way tooo much looseness hanging off the 3 point hitch. It was just a little better than digging with a shovel.

I'm looking a a Bradco 11HD right now. Will be sub frame mounted. They seem to be built well to commercial specs, chain swing looks like the only down side. I can borrow a 555A for stumping but I still want one for my machine, just too handy to not have.

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I got the Bradco unit today along with a military trailer and an old Homelite chainsaw that was thrown in for free. The backhoe is mounted on a skid that pins into a 1 ton truck bed and has a 25hp Kohler Command engine powering it. I am going to build a sub frame and convert it to my tractor. If I am not satisfied with what I build, Bradco still sells the subframe for my machine to make it a factory fit. This should be plenty for the work I have in store, probably will take the rest of my life to get it half way worn out.





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I see this is an old thread but I am looking at a 445D and was wondering what size trailer you had and how your machine fit on it now with the backhoe. Thanks!