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<blockquote data-quote="bobcat_ron" data-source="post: 8423" data-attributes="member: 1066"><p>My Dad had a very clever arrangement on his 943 back in the early 90's, a Massey Ferguson Industrial backhoe, with almost 20 feet of reach and 14 feet of digging depth, he jammed a second pump on the machine to handle the extra flow needed, but what he did was bend some tubing and clamp them to the top of the drive handles, they then laid beside the operator's platform and they were bent downwards so he could also push and pull them with his feet, but also pull/push them with his arms, that way he could get out of a bad spot with the hoe and use the tractive effort of the skidsteer, this idea came up very quickly after I resumed school in September, I was the "Mexican kid" in the seat while he cleaned out miles of ditches for the farmers around here during the Summer months. I wish I had the technology to scan the pics of the backhoe and bobcat he mated, they are just un-real. BTW, his 943 had the rear stabilizer option, not the dual vertical ones, the one you have to lower down to get to the engine door, that's where he had a 600 pound counter weight to balance the machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobcat_ron, post: 8423, member: 1066"] My Dad had a very clever arrangement on his 943 back in the early 90's, a Massey Ferguson Industrial backhoe, with almost 20 feet of reach and 14 feet of digging depth, he jammed a second pump on the machine to handle the extra flow needed, but what he did was bend some tubing and clamp them to the top of the drive handles, they then laid beside the operator's platform and they were bent downwards so he could also push and pull them with his feet, but also pull/push them with his arms, that way he could get out of a bad spot with the hoe and use the tractive effort of the skidsteer, this idea came up very quickly after I resumed school in September, I was the "Mexican kid" in the seat while he cleaned out miles of ditches for the farmers around here during the Summer months. I wish I had the technology to scan the pics of the backhoe and bobcat he mated, they are just un-real. BTW, his 943 had the rear stabilizer option, not the dual vertical ones, the one you have to lower down to get to the engine door, that's where he had a 600 pound counter weight to balance the machine. [/QUOTE]
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