How to Hook Up a Dirt & Soil Scoop

A dirt scoop is a handy attachment for a garden tractor if you need to move piles of dirt. The tractor pulls the scoop over the ground, and as it does so, dirt flows into the soil scoop. The tractor operator then lifts the filled bucket of dirt and hauls it to the desired location and dumps it. This attachment typically has a three-point hitch that raises and lowers it on the tractor's sway bar. Depending on the size of the dirt scoop, it can haul between 8 and 10 cubic feet of dirt for each scoop.

Linchpins
Three-point hitch bolts

Instructions

- 1
  Back the tractor so its three-point hitch is as close as possible to the corresponding hitch on the soil scoop. Lock the tractor's emergency brakes in place. Turn off the tractor's ignition and remove its key before dismounting from the tractor.
- 2
  Remove the tractor's draw bar following directions for your tractor. In some cases, you don't remove the bar. Instead, you slide it forward under the belly of the tractor.
- 3
  Put the lower left link of the dirt scoop through the corresponding hole on the left-lower tractor arm. Slide a linchpin into the hole and snap it shut.
- 4
  Slide the lower-right link of the soil scoop into its corresponding hole on the lower-right tractor arm. Lock it in place with a linchpin as well. If the lower-right arm and dirt scoop hole don't line up properly, try moving the scoop manually to align the two. If the scoop is too heavy to move, or if you still can't get them to line up, use the draw bar leveling crank to raise or lower the tractor's arm.
- 5
  Attach the top of the three-point hitch bar to the dirt scoop with an attachment bolt and a linchpin. Pull the bar forward and align it with the hole on the tractor's control spring yoke. Slide in an attachment bolt and lock the bar in place with a linchpin.

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