50b one of my other toys

[vkberlina]

Perkins 50b one of my other toys

Heres my latest Toy approx 1980 model Massey Ferguson 50b Backhoe complete with a 4 cyl 70hp Perkins deisel.
Plan to do it up and use it up the farm

 

[sweefu]

Ah i love it, make it your daily.

 

[Trayner]

 

[grovers_vn]

mad ride lower it on ultras

 

[vn_v6]

It screams rb30tt

 

[Zeussy]

lol Trayner, "pimp my backhoe"

Looks nice, love the 'rustic' look the aged paint gives off, just screaming for a long, hard days work pushing/moving dirt to make some dirt jumps for the weekend rides
Does it run alright? Any hyd. leaks? etc...
How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind me askin

 

[vkberlina]

I just looked didnt know anyone looked at it

Love the rims tyres are expensive enough let alone low profiles

Ok it needed a bit of work
Replaced 15 hydrolic hoses, none were leaking just old and potentially ready to leak.
One Ram was bent and a new one in the process of being built
one of the locking rams on the side shift needs seals
front axel bush needed replacing
a few electrical gremlins
reconnect and make a new hand throttle
weld up some rust holes & cracks
rebush and pin the hoe attachment
new air cleaner precleaner
new windscreen
o ring on the fuel bowl
finally a little body work straightening and give it a new coat of yellow
Its needed heaps of little jobs doing to it which are all taking heaps of time.

All in all its a good machine for its age and could have nearly been put to work as I bought it but im going right over it. The perkins deisel has been rebuilt and runs great, main pump was dont a few years ago, RB conversion no way gotta be a V8 , actually it would be tempting to turbo it but its got enough grunt for whats needed.
When im finished it will effectivly have had a rebuild over the last 5 years basically with me finishing it off, engine, gearbox and diff & wet brakes were all dont prior to be getting it

cheers
Scott

 

[vkberlina]

After Trayners pohotochop im getting ideas
Pimped Tractor - Worth1000 Contests

 

[vkberlina]

Been busy on the backhoe lately nearly finished my work on the hoe, painted the hoe, painted the cabin roof about to paint the mudguards and the rest of the hoe then going to paint the front end
All the rams have nearly been rebuilt

scott

 

[Zeussy]

Haha, farrk the hoe and roof came up mint as! Gotta be happy with that!

Although once its all done, it'd be harder to get it all dirty again... Have to clean all around the pins just before you grease it up each time,

Hows all the bushes and pins in the bucket, and hoe assembly?

What will you be using the beast for once she's all done?