What is this?

[mculik5]

Relatively new B2650 owner. Removed the backhoe and hooked up the three-point hitch for the first time today. Noticed this thing hose-clamped to the lower part of the ROPS. What is it? I tried searching, but I don't even know how to describe it other than "hose clamped bracket," which didn't yield any results. I thought it might be to hold back my backhoe hydraulic line when it's looped with the backhoe off, but it doesn't work well for that at all.

Thanks!

 

[nbryan]

It's a support for the hydraulic hose for when its running without the backhoe on, and just looping back to the tractor. I bring the hose up in front of the rops post after detaching it from backhoe, loop it back inside and down around the rops post and into that clip, and connect it back to the tractor. Then when needed again for the backhoe, it has to go back around and outside of the post and down to reach the backhoe connection. With the BH77 on, that clip is not in use.

 

[mculik5]

Thanks! I guessed correctly, but need to reroute my hose so it works better. Appreciate the help.