My pond ATE my Dump Truck!!

[pitt_md]

Very sneaky of that pond! Glad you could save it.
I have seen a dozer sink after being parked over night so that only the top of the roof could be seen. Not sure they ever fished it out.

[CurlyDave]

Eddie:

In the picture of trying to haul the truck out with your backhoe, I see you used the teeth of the hoe to pull on the chain.

Now, JD directly says not to do this because it is dangerous, but they don't say why it is dangerous.

After seeing your picture, I just don't see how there is a real danger, except of possibly overloading the hoe.

It looks like a very convenient thing to do. I am tempted to ignore their warning and just go ahead like you did, since it is convenient, and I don't have a draw bar for the TLB.

You have a lot more experience than I do. Is this something a relative beginner should do, or am I missing something an experienced operator can get away with, but a relative newbie will end up getting himself in trouble on?

[EddieWalker]

Dave,

I'm not familiar with JD teeth, so they may have their reasons.

On mine, there are two teeth. There are the harded ones that you see, which are hallow. Inside of those teeth are another set of teeth that are part of the bucket. The ones you see on the bucket are welded onto the the ones you don't see.

I use my teeth to break concrete, tear up stumps and anything else I can get ahold of with them.

Speeking of teeth, mine has four, but other backhoes of similar size have five. I've often wondered if five is better, or would it be better to have fewer, but larger teeth?

Eddie

[schmism]

man i would have been toast. with no backhoe to dig/pull it out.... would have been a long day to say the least.

[JerryG]

Dave,
I have seen a lot of teeth come off as well as a few shanks. I would guess that is the reason that JD says not to pull by them.

[PAB_OH]

Originally Posted by EddieWalker

Dave,

Speeking of teeth, mine has four, but other backhoes of similar size have five. I've often wondered if five is better, or would it be better to have fewer, but larger teeth?

Eddie

I had a toothbar that I made for my last tractor and it had 8 small teeth that were cut out of 1" steel on a laser. For my new tractor I ordered and installed a Markham that has fewer but larger teeth. Difference is night and day in favor of the Markham.

[jdmar]

Can I bring my truck to your pond? Mine blew it's engine and would be worth more "swallowed alive" than "dead" in my drive!

Peter

[EddieWalker]

I have a 1988 S-10 blazer that I'm canabolizing for diffrent things. My plan was to get everything off of it, then sink the body in the deep end of my big pond. Now that scrap prices have gone crazy, I'm donating it to the youth at church who are collecting scrap metal to raise money.

I thought it would make some good fish structure at the bottom of my pond, but with all the logs and stumps that I put in there, it's not something that I needed.

Eddie

[TBH_Farms]

Originally Posted by CurlyDave

Eddie:

In the picture of trying to haul the truck out with your backhoe, I see you used the teeth of the hoe to pull on the chain.

Now, JD directly says not to do this because it is dangerous, but they don't say why it is dangerous.

After seeing your picture, I just don't see how there is a real danger, except of possibly overloading the hoe.

Every operator I've ever seen (including me) has put the chain over the teeth to lift/pull/turn/dangle/yank. It is pretty much an accepted practice. Just because the maual says not to do it doesn't mean it don't work. I suppose if the chain broke you'd have a flying hoe tooth, but ya shouldn't be standing in there anyhow.