Build it yourself towable backhoe opinions

[jaotguy]

special bucket for clay ... finger is stationary in relation to the pin ( in the middle of bucket ), sides and bottom move forward to make a bucket as you curl the unit... when you uncurl, the finger pushes the clay out ... hope it explains it...

 

[notme]

ferrrari check out youtube caddigger has some videos with all there products doing some action. the 821 is there bigger unit 728 is an older smaller unit.

 

[ferrari99]

ferrrari check out youtube caddigger has some videos with all there products doing some action. the 821 is there bigger unit 728 is an older smaller unit.

Thanks will have a look

 

[stuckmotor]

special bucket for clay ... finger is stationary in relation to the pin ( in the middle of bucket ), sides and bottom move forward to make a bucket as you curl the unit... when you uncurl, the finger pushes the clay out ... hope it explains it...

Thanks for the explanation. It sounds like a good idea.

 

[RBA50]

I found my pictures. I scanned a couple of the parts as UPS delivered them, then the completed digger, before its first use, and a couple of the ditch and drain line that were the first 2 projects for it. Hopefully they load properly.
First is the parts pictures. UPS guy had to love that delivery! Bundle of raw tubing banded/duct taped together, 5 gallon pails of parts, big flat cardboard box with the flat parts and a couple boxes of hydraulics and wheel hubs. About 700# altogether.

Next is the completed Digger, just towed out of the shop for the first time AC Orange was a perfect match for the Power King. Outriggers lying on the ground.

Ready to dig! wheels moved back and outriggers attached, bucket all the way up to show the loading height possibility.

first project cleaning out the ditch on the up hill side of the property My very first time running a backhoe. I thought it came out pretty well. I checked during the first rain after I dug, it drained all the way, no puddles!

second project, a drain line next to the garage Ready for backfilling.

 

[ferrari99]

I found my pictures. I scanned a couple of the parts as UPS delivered them, then the completed digger, before its first use, and a couple of the ditch and drain line that were the first 2 projects for it. Hopefully they load properly.
First is the parts pictures.View attachment 358941View attachment 358942 UPS guy had to love that delivery! Bundle of raw tubing banded/duct taped together, 5 gallon pails of parts, big flat cardboard box with the flat parts and a couple boxes of hydraulics and wheel hubs. About 700# altogether.

Next is the completed Digger, just towed out of the shop for the first timeView attachment 358943 AC Orange was a perfect match for the Power King. Outriggers lying on the ground.

Ready to dig!View attachment 358944 wheels moved back and outriggers attached, bucket all the way up to show the loading height possibility.

first project cleaning out the ditch on the up hill side of the propertyView attachment 358946 My very first time running a backhoe. I thought it came out pretty well. I checked during the first rain after I dug, it drained all the way, no puddles!

second project, a drain line next to the garageView attachment 358945 Ready for backfilling.

Thanks it is good to see real pictures not factory ones.

 

[buickanddeere]

Just purchase a tractor mounted backhoe. You can't purchase the parts for the cost of a decent used machine.

 

[Kernopelli]

Just purchase a tractor mounted backhoe. You can't purchase the parts for the cost of a decent used machine.

This is a good point. I don't know what it would cost to build a CADdigger but I see hoes ( particularly skid steer mount) on Ebay for $1200-$1500 almost every time I look. Add a Chinese engine, hydraulic pump/reservoir, frame, seat and axle/wheels and you'd have a very substantial unit for probably under $2500. May be a different story in Australia though?

 

[ferrari99]

This is a good point. I don't know what it would cost to build a CADdigger but I see hoes ( particularly skid steer mount) on Ebay for $1200-$1500 almost every time I look. Add a Chinese engine, hydraulic pump/reservoir, frame, seat and axle/wheels and you'd have a very substantial unit for probably under $2500. May be a different story in Australia though?

I just looked on eBay cheapest decent backhoes are $3000+ and if you do that then you still have the trailer part cost on top of that.
They estimate you can build them for less than $3000 and then you have the pleasure of operating something you have built.

 

[jaotguy]

most of the boys down south of Canada have it good ... parts/ units are 1/2 the cost of what we pay up here ...

the rest of the world pays thru the nose ... ( gov import duties / taxes etc )

that's why the rest of us are still looking for cheaper ways to build things we don't have ( and want badly :thumbsup: ) ... I built a small backhoe / FEL from standard steel tubing and flat plate from the wreckers.... hydraulics came from a surplus store .... built on an old 10 HP estate tractor ... less than 1500 Canadian ...

to buy new would be over 6000 for just the cheapest Backhoe unit. ( used ones around here would cost more to repair than buying new )

for light duty work (non commercial) we sometimes need/want a special tool and can't justify buying / building a full proper unit. A smaller one works well and saves our backs ... the other factor is: not all of us make good money (or access to cheap credit) and can just go out and buy what we need... especially those just starting out.

I applaud ferrari99 for trying BIT ( build it yourself ) very satisfying when it works, and you still learn a lot when it doesn't. ... all those that didn't quite make it now become spares for the next project.