Pedal Tractor Backhoe

Pedal Tractor Backhoe AG WORLD 30-3-23 My grandchildren really like playing with it," says Eric Meyer, Hinsdale, N.Y., who bought an old Murray pedal tractor, cleaned it up and repainted it, and then mounted a backhoe on back of it. The pedal tractor's seat can be turned around to face backward in order to operate the backhoe. "Facing backward, the child can grab a pair of levers to operate the backhoe right from the tractor seat. When he's done playing, he can turn the seat around and use the pedal tractor normally," says Meyer. A friend gave him the pedal tractor, which came without a seat. The plastic seat that's now on the tractor is off the backhoe, which is designed for playground use. The seat was originally designed to slide into a metal flange and was secured by a snap lock. Meyer cut off the snap lock, then unbolted the seat and flange from the backhoe and screwed it onto the tractor's original seat mounting bracket. "I cut off the snap lock so the seat can be quickly slid either forward or backward," says Meyer. After mounting the backhoe, he noticed that it was stretched out too far for a child so he cut about 6 in. off the backhoe linkage. "The backhoe seat was originally located directly above the backhoe's swivel point, but when I fastened it to the tractor the swivel point was moved 6 in. back behind the seat," says Meyer. "The pedal tractor has a fake motor, with plastic panels that attach to both sides of the tractor so that when you look at it from the front it looks like a V-8 engine," he notes. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Eric Meyer, 1228 Flanigan Hill, Hinsdale, N.Y. 14743 (ph 716 557-8378).

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