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Great job…God bless!

961 is 40 Belt hp. The Row Crops lost power thru the funky drop box style outboard final drive like Allis had. The 861 utility had 50 Belt HP but more drawbar hp. Your 4000 looks to be an export from the headlights in the grille but it doesn't have the full fenders from Europe. I'm guessing likely Canada if it's English on the dash and hood placards. Your 4500 has a front mounted hydraulic pump and lots of internal differences behind the clutch especially with shuttle shift. I understood the rear housings carry wider axle bearings to handle the weight of a backhoe. Rear housings look similar externally but lacked some machining internally or in the case of axle bearings would be cut deeper. These tractirs were built tough. I was fairly young when these tractors were new, but they were all over our neighborhood. Several of each; everthing from 3000 to 8000, even a traded back red to blue 6000. My Father as well as myself were raised on Fords and a JD here and there. I have a 981 Diesel for Parades. Lots of people rolled their eyes at Ford but the 65 and up tractors were tough tough machines. Always thought the 7000 utility was dynamite in a small package.

I like it. But I did find the Jensen mb 300 a step up on speed power and bucket quality look at it closely before you choose I bought Jensen

Where did you find the steering handle extensions?

Nice rig! Looks like an English tractor by the headlight placement

Andrew Camarata has a mini just like that. He likes his.

nice tractors

Something else you can do is what i have added to my digget em15. I add a 7 gallon external gas tank. On the ht10b i had i took back black cover off to change oil. And extended exhaust pipe. You could make back panel hinged. Will need to cut around counter weight. Then it be easier to get into

A nice video, thanks. My Hightop HT10 has the same body and very similar counterweight. Your video give me confidence to go ahead and take mine off so I can do some more mods. Thanks! @diggerdavesea

What brand of welder is that .

Can't stop a man with a goal who is determined. Congrats!😃

Just TOO SLOW and too WEAK...I don't have the patience for that machine.

Get into the Air conditioning, take a cold shower, and drink lots, and lots of liquids!!! Great video!!!

That may have British pipe thread hose fittings being made in China,Yes very close to American pipe thread but not compatible. Wish these would come stock with wobble stivcks as it is easier to learn woble then multi stick.

I built a little backhoe using similar valves and my valve body is vertical, so the two joysticks stick up.. Unfortunately this makes the plumbing more complicated but I think it is the intended configuation

any links for the wobblesticks

You should have hinged the back panel so you can get to the engine without having to disassemble everything.

I love these little machines and that is a cool frame brace, nice work. I put on a hyd filter and cooler and I plan to put a magnetic oil plug on one side with drain extension on the other side. that is mainly due to the mess and that the engines don't have filters. I'm using air convection with a positive pressure engine bay. the cooler pulls cool air over the cooler and into the engine bay at the right bottom and I've put two fans pulling in on the left side. these blow over the pump and engine to increase heat dissipation and then all the air exits with the hot exhaust out the rear so the exhaust doesn't get sucked into the engine bay

Those spark plugs usually gap at 0.24,000 to 0.30,000 of A inch.

Nice intro. I enjoyed the private conversation. 😆

Another great video brother

Maybe a vacuum cleaner/ Wet dry, to stop the air breathing of the asbestos from the bell housing?

Another great video brother! Good thing you had eye protection on..

Squeaky time for greasy

Another great video brother

I would buy or build a side tray or rack because it sure makes it easier and not so much bending over all day 😊

Get it!

Another great video brother

A stump that big wouldn't budge with two Mac's hooked to it !!

Looks great! I find that when rolling on paint, doing a second coat with a good and wet roller soon after the first works much better. My personal choice though is an airless sprayer. But, the rollers waste less paint and are easy to clean up (disposable tray and cover, throw em both on oil based), and you can get good results that way too. Cutting it very, very slightly with naphtha can help too. Just a hair though, it should be close to the viscosity of a somewhat thin motor oil. That said, I’m no painter, and I don’t have many skills in that wheelhouse :)

better off buying the nor trac machine, already has a bigger motor only has 2 sticks more like operating a regular back -hoe , better machine and right now there the same price as the HF unit !

I patiently listened all the way to end, expecting you would operate it for us. Then we could see the speed, digging capability, moving itself along the ground, swing, reach, etc. Without that this video is a C- Additionally telling us how much they cost now would be a good thing, and where they have changed for good or bad.

Nice review! Gotta put it to work tho - review videos without any action are no fun

Excellent. A review thats actually a review, not the usual UA-cam "I took it out of the box it's great". I remember coupons you could actually use, those where the days

I think the biggest defect is the multi peice pins in the boom. It will start getting sloppy and you will think something is flat wore out but it is just a pin came appart

Thanks for the vidja

Another great video brother

Nice! Can you share this part # I think northern has 2 of them. What is the length?

How does that ripper work?

I use mine as a tractor attachment and love it

Guy in Australia digs opals with this... He runs hydraulic hoses down into the mine. no noise no heat. Grubs the room in an hour.

Thanks for the info I want to get one to dig out some stumps - renting an excavator isn’t an option because where i live you need an operator license to rent. I have a couple of 20" stumps but most are under 16" Slow is fine since it will still be faster than a shovel and a come-along

Well done Nate! Cold outside here so I'm sitting inside watching you work.😁

Wish i had one. But if i did, Id merge it with a lawnmower so i can drive it around! Like, cut a lawnmower inhalf and weld/bolt things together :)

just got one about 2 weeks ago . mine needed about 2 gallons of 32 hydraulic fluid . oil was good . only use ethanol free gas . and keep it out of the weather ! rain water leaking past the wing nut into the carburetor is a known problem that is EASILY AVOIDED with a little care .

My thought is this is fine in sandy soil or good black dirt, but where I live it simply wouldn't dig, I used to have a tarramite and it just really wouldn't do the job, not enough weight.

Had mine about as long. First thing I did was replace the motor with a bigger one with an electric start. Bearings wore out on the boom, over than that I've had no issues.

Nice video! If you had to choose between this and an old industrial backhoe, what would your choice be?

Nice wood splitter

Brother you could have probably made a wood splitter out of your little backhoe / Ripper