Mike_V
Bronze Member
I want to dig up dirt with the backhoe and move it to another location.
The "normal" way to do it would be to make a pile with the backhoe and pick up the pile with the FEL to move it away.
There are some situations where that method is not desirable. One, for example, is when you are digging on a lawn and you don't what to have to scrape the soil out of the grass with the FEL. Another is when you are depositing the dirt on a slope or a bank of a pond and there is no real good way to pick it up with the FEL.
So, I was wondering if it would be practical to dump the dirt into a receptical of some kind (like a 55 gal drum, for example) that would have chains that you could lift with the backhoe teeth and carry away.
Is it even practical and safe to carry much weight with a backhoe? The manual implies that all backhoe work should be done with the supports down. Yet we see people transporting heavy logs with a thumb-equipped backhoe...
Who has moved dirt this way? How much weight, if any, would be safe to carry with the backhoe?
The "normal" way to do it would be to make a pile with the backhoe and pick up the pile with the FEL to move it away.
There are some situations where that method is not desirable. One, for example, is when you are digging on a lawn and you don't what to have to scrape the soil out of the grass with the FEL. Another is when you are depositing the dirt on a slope or a bank of a pond and there is no real good way to pick it up with the FEL.
So, I was wondering if it would be practical to dump the dirt into a receptical of some kind (like a 55 gal drum, for example) that would have chains that you could lift with the backhoe teeth and carry away.
Is it even practical and safe to carry much weight with a backhoe? The manual implies that all backhoe work should be done with the supports down. Yet we see people transporting heavy logs with a thumb-equipped backhoe...
Who has moved dirt this way? How much weight, if any, would be safe to carry with the backhoe?