Decoding Serial Number

rotteko

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Greetings:

I recently got an old Ford backhoe/loader. It looks like a Ford tractor with a loader and backhoe added on. I can see the pto and where the three-point used to be.

I found the following numbers on the right side, engine block:

7A 16 B
34022A
C162107 7A

I'm trying to find out exactly what year, model etc. I have so that I can get parts when needed.

Thanks for the help!

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Model number 34022A: 3 is 3000, 40 utility version, 2 gas, 2
transmission PTO 540 RPM. Production date code 7A16B: 7 1967, A
January, 16 16th of January, B Day shift. C162107 is serial number:
C made in USA, 162107 is a 1967 serial number.

The loader and backhoe should have a separate tag. The backhoe is most
likely a 753 (13 foot) or perhaps a 750 (10 ft).
 

34022A
3 = 3000 series
40 = utility model
2 = Gasoline engine
2 = trans pto
A = 4x1 trans

7A16B = build date Jan 16 1967 day shift

Serial # C162107 is consistent with a 67 year model tractor built in the US

Looks like you have a 67 model 3500 utility
 
(quoted from post at 19:57:04 08/20/18) Model number 34022A: 3 is 3000, 40 utility version, 2 gas, 2
transmission PTO 540 RPM. Production date code 7A16B: 7 1967, A
January, 16 16th of January, B Day shift. C162107 is serial number:
C made in USA, 162107 is a 1967 serial number.

The loader and backhoe should have a separate tag. The backhoe is most
likely a 753 (13 foot) or perhaps a 750 (10 ft).

Thanks, that info will come in handy.
 
I would read that as a 3400 not a 3500.
The 3500 was an industrial and would have a
50 in the model # not a 40.
Looks like the wishbone front end too - from
what little I can see.
 
Yes, it's a 3400 with gas engine, 4 speed trans and non-live PTO. Left the assembly line on January 16 1967 during the day shift. Just about the least expensive Utility model offered at the time.

Does it have a handle on the left side of the transmission housing down below the steering column? If so, then it probably has the Sherman reversing auxiliary transmission as well. The reverser would make it a better loader tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 21:35:54 08/20/18) Yes, it's a 3400 with gas engine, 4 speed trans and non-live PTO. Left the assembly line on January 16 1967 during the day shift. Just about the least expensive Utility model offered at the time.

Does it have a handle on the left side of the transmission housing down below the steering column? If so, then it probably has the Sherman reversing auxiliary transmission as well. The reverser would make it a better loader tractor.

Is that the handle?


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Reason I called it a 3500 is because the info I was looking at said the 3400 wasn't introduced until 1968, his is a early 67 model so I determined it to be a 3500.
Farther search shows the 3400 starting in 65, with that info I'll retract the 3500 statement and agree with it being a 3400.
So much misleading info out there.
 

That's why I posted here... had trouble finding a good guide to decoding the serial on my own. When I started searching on the 3400, I kept coming up with information indicating that it started production in 1968.
 
Take anything you find on tractordata.com with a grain of salt. They claim the 3400 was made from 1968-1975, but the picture they have of a 3400 shows the pre-1968 sheet metal.
 
Here's some additional evidence. Go to the link below at
equipmentlocator.com. It shows a 1967 Ford 3400 similar to yours
that sold in 2012 with a higher serial number but still 1967. If
you click on "Show All Pics (12)" and look at the left side back-to-
front picture, nose, I think that says 3400 (although detail
lacking). You might try looking at the same place on your tractor
and maybe scrape the paint in that area if it's been repainted.

BTW your loader is probably a 730 but the bucket is funky for a 730,
I don't know what the story is there.
1967 Ford 3400 Equipmentlocator
 
I don't see anything in front of the clutch, just something behind...

SO no Sherman auxiliary trans then. That handle toward the rear of the tractor from the clutch is the PTO handle, which you can't really use because the backhoe is mounted on the rear of the tractor.
 
I wouldn't rule out using the PTO if a need arises because of the
backhoe. The 750/753 backhoe uses the Ford four point mounting
system and can be removed without a huge anount of effort (unlike a
true purpose-designed TLB). I have a previous generation
tractor/backhoe combo that uses the same mounting system (Ford 840
with 713 backhoe). Right now I have the backhoe demounted and am
using the PTO to drive my rock crusher.
 

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