1720 auxiliary hydraulic pump

Although I have never done so, I would think that mounting a crank driven pump to the front of the tractor would be difficult and prove to be not worth the trouble. Also, while you could draw from the reservior, you would face two problems: 1) finding a suitable inlet, both large enough and in the right spot and 2) there is no hydraulic cooler on these tractors, so heat generation could be a problem unless you run some VERY generous sized lines.

I would look into the PTO pump option again, preferably with a remote reservoir. I think this would be the easiest and most practical.

I would be VERY leery of cranking up the relief setting on that backhoe above rated, unless you like to weld frames and repack cylinders.

As for the relief setting, what's the b-hoe rated to take as per the manual for it? If it's only 22-2300, I don't see a big problem with bumping up a 2000 PSI PTO pump just a tad.

I don't know what kind of b-hoe you have, but we here sell alot of those little things, both Fords and Woods. 90% of them run on the tractor hydraulics.

As far as turning up the PTO pump, this is something I've never done on one of these, but I can't imagine it would be too tough. Likely either shim or adjustment screw adjustable however. I wouldn't go more than 2-300 PSI however. Keep looking for a higher rated pump though, I know they're out there. It would be preferable to buy a higher rated pump and have to turn it down, as opposed to vice-versa.

Hope this helps. I have to duck out of here for the rest of the week.