It's time; either get started or....

[NormL]

Looking great. I'm waiting to see it in action. Can't quite remember how many times I've had to take my backhoe apart. But I'm guessing I said somewhere around 100 times.

Before I got it back together for what I thought was gonna be the last time for awhile. I was digging in the yard and the tubing where I had the stick cylinder mounted snapped off and how weird it didn't break while digging but just while raising and lowering the stick up in the air. :confused2:

So I pulled the stick off and loaded it into the back of my pickup and headed to the shop where I have my welder at. Then I used a piece of 2 inch thick steel from an old hitch that had just the right size of hole in it for the cylinder pin and welded that down into the tube. I'll have to get a picture of how I made the repair. It actually made it better and stronger.

Chad

100 times?!?:laughing: WOW!! You can have that statistic all to yourself, young man! I hope to keep it limited to a couple dozen times, MAX.

"Better and stronger" ; the ONLY way to go.:thumbsup:

In the most recent posts here, the discussion has been about my outriggers. I took a hard look at the way I had them and what others with wisdom and experience had to offer in the way of advice and decided they were right. So now I am working at getting them set up so they are at right angles to the pivot and will still fold up close enough to pass through garden gates as well as deploy with enough downward thrust to raise the rear wheels of my tractor. With my record as an engineer to date, none of these objectives are a "given".:confused2:

 

[Short Game]

My trailer mount backhoe setup got sidetracked a couple of months ago by my mushroom log project. Both are now sidetracked by the three inches of snow that fell in the night. I guess I will just have to sit inside and stuff wood into the stove while I test various alcohol delivery systems and watch the playoffs.

 

[Aging TOO Fast]

Any updates on 3ph to towable projects? Or any New one being started?

 

[NormL]

Any updates on 3ph to towable projects? Or any New one being started?

No, I've not seen any. Every time I try to sneak past my build when I go to my "cave" for tools or parts, I feel guilty for having too many other things going on get back to work on it.:irked:

 

[Aging TOO Fast]

I feel guilty for having too many other things going on get back to work on it.:irked:

I know the feeling.... Mine been laying in wait forever, No shop to stay dry and warm over the wet season in the NW USA.

 

[Aging TOO Fast]

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The photos show the boom and dipper attached to the pivot to determine the amount of swing. I think it might be a bit limited but I will go with it for now. I have a way to increase it if needed. BTW, that pivot swings smoothly and I'm hoping it's as strong as it looks.

Your project is looking real good. If you think the outriggers are possibly to the rear too much??
< musing-crazy idea> The thought of making the outriggers with adjustable lockpin locations (to) rotate (swing) forward or back (like fighter jet wings)to gain best leverage in different soil conditions.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I think you should just go with fighter jet wings.

 

[chad22]

I think you should just go with fighter jet wings.

I agree. That's a great idea.

Chad

 

[Aging TOO Fast]

Hey chad ,......

Can you post pictures of your excavator backhoe.
Would luv to see what you did to it.

thanks

 

[NormL]

Hey chad ,......

Can you post pictures of your excavator backhoe.
Would luv to see what you did to it.

thanks

x2 :thumbsup: