Any Heavy Equipment guys here?

As some of you know I sold my Kubota and all it's attachments with it. This time I went with an older, larger, stronger, and more importantly less expensive machine. This is my new to me 1985 John Deere 210C 4x4 Loader Backhoe.

It's in nice shape with all glass good and a little over 3200 hours on a working meter.
So I have a couple of questions for anybody who knows heavy equipment or can find something out for me.
Anyone know what will work with my Loader Backhoe's front loader quick-attach bucket system?

By pulling the handle on the left, it pulls both pins on the bottom of the bucket at the same time and then you can curl out from under the heavy duty hooks on the top of the bucket. With hooks and then the pins on the bottom it is like a Euro J.D. "style" system. But I don't know them very well. And the pins look larger than the Euro style attachment pins look like I have seen on the internet for sale.

These pins are like 1.5" on my machine. There is about 27-3/4" between the hooks on the top of the bucket. And 27-1/4" between "ears" for the pins at the bottom of the bucket. Sorry for not knowing the right terminology. Wondering if it is more of an Industrial system. Looks like it is a nice, heavy duty system. And I am trying to figure out what I might be able to get that will fit it and where I can look. (Forks, Grapple) Not a lot of information out there on the older 210Cs quick attach loader system. Any information would be appreciated.

It also has one auxiliary hydraulic line on the right loader arm. I am use to seeing two auxiliary lines. Any idea as to why that would be?

So far it seems to be a good work horse.

 

That's a nice 210 gas! Looks to be in very good shape. Finding attachments for that style quick connect is gonna be tough though. Most companies only make stuff for the skid steer type plate.

 

mighty fine looking tractor you got there!


Quite a large upgrade.

 

Thanks. Yes. I may have to find something heavy duty and used and then pay someone to manipulate it to fit my Q/A system. Forks would be great.

 

Thank you. Kubota was 35 horse and about 7,000 lbs to this being 55 horse and over 10,500 lbs. I will be interested to find out what it weighs for sure some day. Not sure if that is with full cab or not.

 

I followed the one line back. And there is a separate lever in the cab that controls it. But I can not tell if one of the lines were capped from that at that hydraulic distribution or not.

 

I think your correct. Prolly been bent.

 

I know. I will need to look into it further when I have time. Maybe I can have a return line run along side that one and be all set for a grapple!

 

Here is an interesting question. If I don't need the center hydraulic ram of loader(which dumps/levels bucket) in order to run grapple. Just use that to hold lower half of grapple level. Could I make a quick connect on one of its lines and use that for a return line when using a grapple?

 

Any attachment manufacturer worth their salt will ask for the serial # of the machine if they are already not familiar with the coupling. I'll bet that's pretty standard being a Deere.
I've bought some attachments for my Coyote loader from Blue Diamond and they had to call Coyote with the serial # to get the coupler specs. Was no big deal for them. Great sales and customer service I might ad as well as top notch attachments.

 

We had a couple jd 304 and 324 mini loaders. Same setup as you have. John Deere makes an adapter that hooks into the machine and converts it to a typical skid steer mount. You can get either electric hitch or manual. I know they were a little pricey but made the machines much more useful you could hook to anything. I can get the jd part # if it's something you're interested in.

 

Auxiliary lines are for any hydraulic attachment and there are tons of toys you can hook up to that one

 

Thanks. I already found a company that makes a heavy duty conversion adapter to skid steer q/a. But that is just another $1000 you have to spend and then buy the attachment(s). It doesn't take long to spend some serious cash. And I'm trying to spend as little as possible.

I may end up buying some clamp on paynes debris forks and call it good. More that I want to spend, but I have a chit load of brush, branches, stumps, logs etc. to move. The problem with these is the restriction of line of site with your bucket still on.

 

Yes. But there is only one here. There is usually two. Supply and return. Oh well, we'll figure it out.

 

I had a guy on the Heavy Equipment forum respond to the same questions I posed over there.

He said he believes my quick attach system is JRB. Time to try to verify that. That may make it easier to get a set of heavy duty forks used. That would be nice!

 

Yep. Lots of used JRB on market.
JRB is common if that's what it is. I'm not familiar enough with the different tool couplers to identify.