Ford 3500 Backhoe trailering length?

TrinityTek85 · Jan 3, 2017

picking up my new baby in a couple of days. Ford 3500 backhoe. cant find any specs on trailer length to pull her home. got a 20,000# trailer but its only 18' long. will she fit?

Thanks in advance!

ptfarmer · Jan 3, 2017

Not sure, but a 3500 a 18' trailer it maybe barely be long enough, here is a a video bringing home my $1400.00 Ford 4500 tlb home a couple of weeks ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHPcgDljGP4 it should give you some idea (they seem to get a lot bigger on a trailer).

TrinityTek85 · Jan 3, 2017

Shes a beauty! i dont know who took your video but my wife will be throwing rocks at me bringing some more "crap" home. hahahahaha!
the 4500 does dwarf the 3500 so maybe i have a chance.

Andy Wickiser · Jan 3, 2017

You can probably finagle it to work but ideally you'd want more
length. I have a roughly similar-sized earlier generation backhoe, a
Ford 800/713 12' backhoe. My trailer is a 20 foot 14K receiver pull.
The backhoe fits onto the trailer with the backhoe bucket resting on
the deck, which is desireable, but I have to put the loader bucket
over the front of the deck surface for this to happen. I do like the
fact that your trailer has a 20K rating.

TrinityTek85 · Jan 3, 2017

Thx! i am thinking i can drop the bucket over the front and do the same. i usually take anything i think i might need. have some 4" square posts and some other lumber. if need be, ill rig up a landing pad for the backhoe bucket off the backside.

RESLLS · Jan 3, 2017

No hoe, but may help. 3600 sitting on trailer. 18 feet to the metal strip before the drop. Iirc with bucket on is 13.5 feet.

ptfarmer · Jan 3, 2017

I took the video, that was my brothers truck/trailer. I don't have a truck/trailer big enough that can carry that monster.

Destroked 450 · Jan 3, 2017

(quoted from post at 09:25:43 01/03/17) Not sure, but a 3500 a 18' trailer it maybe barely be long enough, here is a a video bringing home my $1400.00 Ford 4500 tlb home a couple of weeks ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHPcgDljGP4 it should give you some idea (they seem to get a lot bigger on a trailer).

That looks like a 20+5 trailer like I have, as you can see everything is setting on the 20' deck, nothing's on the 5' dove tail.

85burbanator · Jan 3, 2017

My 3400 with loader and York rake barely fit my buddies 18 footer. Bucket was over the front so the rake would rest on the trailer sides. Had to strap the folding ramps up. Back hoe should fit if the boom/bucket can curl between the ramps. Flag over 4' off the trailer

RickB · Jan 4, 2017

The length difference between a 4500 and 3500 is negligible.

crawlerjohn · Jan 4, 2017

My 4400 fits on my 20ft bumper pull. If I back it on and set the hoe bucket on the tongue of the trailer it fits better but you need to check your tongue weight. John

DTSharp · Jan 4, 2017

My 3500 with bucket and gannon barely fits on my 18' car trailer.

dbNga · Jan 5, 2017

Best I could decipher from my book on my 3550 front loader w/rear wheel weights the tractor weighs 10,000 lbs. You might want to check your weight and carrying capacity.

TrinityTek85 · Jan 5, 2017

(quoted from post at 00:21:50 01/05/17) Best I could decipher from my book on my 3550 front loader w/rear wheel weights the tractor weighs 10,000 lbs. You might want to check your weight and carrying capacity.

just a follow up. got my "3500" home yesterday. turns out this kid inherited this tractor. didnt know what he had. turns out its a 4500 according to the tag under the hood. luckily i was loaded for bear anyway and built an extended landing pad for the backhoe bucket off the tail end. looks like to me the injector pump needs a good whack or rebuilt. bled everything out up to the inectors with wot and got just a little out of each one. it would run at wot but no power to move itself. all hydraulics worked.
thanks for all the help!!!

TrinityTek85 · Jan 5, 2017

tag under hood has this info:

Tractor number c336027
Model d5011k
Unit 2d14b
Engine 2009a
Transmission 2b09b
Rear axle 2002b

can anyone verify:
model info
d=4000
50=industrial
1=diesel
1=no pto
k=gears??

Destroked 450 · Jan 5, 2017

2D14B
2=72
D=April
14=14th day
B=day shift

Built April 14 1972 during day shift

Don't have my book here to look up trans code K

JoeM(GA) · Jan 5, 2017

K ? 6x4 manual reversing

Destroked 450 · Jan 5, 2017

Same trans my 4500 has.

Sean in PA · Jan 5, 2017

D50 at the beginning of the model number means that it is a 4500, not a 3500. You are correct that the D means it is a tractor in the 4000 series, and the 50 means that it is the Industrial model within the series, which was the 4500. The 4500 has a larger displacement engine and much stronger front and rear axles than the 3500. It also has a double reduction gear set in the rear axle and inboard wet brakes that the 3500 did not have.

RickB · Jan 7, 2017

New knockoff IP's are cheap and perform decently. $450-800 depending on where you find them.

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