My 3 point scoop is proving to be a handy addition.

I bought a 3 point scoop to fit on the back of my 641 last weekend. I envy the folks with front loaders but this little attachment is proving to be a handy attachment for allot of my various chores on the new place.

The weekend before last I plugged 130 trees on the new place and this past weekend I started digging good top soil out of a mound towards the back of the place and used the dirt to create a birm around my young seedling trees in order to hold more water during my hose stretching episodes.

I think I'm only getting about 1/3 of a yard but I don't have far to go with the small place and I got dirt to the trees and working on filling low spots and holes around the place.

Anyway, here she is on the back of "Ginger" since she's a "red-head". How's that for a name? :wink:



The more I work with this little tractor the more I appreciate it and the more I'm starting to realize that despite the fact a brand new tractor with all the bells and whistles would be great, this 53 year old chunk of iron and rubber will do most of everything I need to get this place cleaned up and landscaped.

I have a feeling I'll be doing some restoration on this Workmaster someday because I don't think it's going to be easy to part with it anytime soon.

I have one just like yours and find it very handy.

A hydraulic top link is a great addition for use with a slip scoop and box blade.

Dean

when my grandfather bought the '62 2000 [newer version of your tractor] he bought a scoop...we moved many a yard of dirt over the years and dug a few ponds too...i still have both but have upgraded to a loader tractor and dump truck to move the dirt and a dozer to pile it up with.

Ginger (Rogers) was a blonde. The real redheads were Rita Hayworth, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen OHars, Susan Heyward, Jill St John, AnnMargeret,
and Tina Louise. You young guys can add the current crop. Lindsay Lohan a born red head? Reba?

Gordo

My first thought was that you had it on backwards. I see it is made to go either way. You'll be able to "pull" the scoop and fill it much easier than backing up trying to fill it. 'Might try it and see.

I didn't even think it that far. More in lines of Ginger from Gilligan's Island. :roll: You see Gordo, I'm just a simple man with a teenage mentality. :wink:

randallnMo, I have plans to do some scraping with it reversed, or opposite of how it's mounted right now. The mound I was cutting into for top soil had a tree there and it worked out fine to back up to it to collect my dirt.

We finally got some rain last night and more in the forecast. If the ground gets a little softer this thing is going to be well used this summer.

The added hydraulic sounds tempting. You guys teach me something with every post! Thanks!

If you take good care of that tractor, it"ll be around another 50 years. I had an NAA and it would do about anything I needed done on a small piece of property.
C. L.

Hey Dave,

I have seen those dirt scoops before, but none so heavy built like yours! glad you are enjoying it!

Will

I've got one like that, little small for moving quantities of dirt, but love it for stone picking. Can back right up to the larger ones and roll them aboard!

got one just like it, use it with the 420 jd, a few years ago when it didn't rain and the pond got real low. I used it pulling forward to enlarge my pond, and make it deeper. and yeah, I did get stuck a few times.