BSnow
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Thanks for the Welcome Brandi! My unit has the Model 485 backhoe. Removes with ease as you likely know. Not the most powerful, but does what I need it to do. Hugs back at you!
Mahindra: Nothing but problems
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Sysop
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- Mahindra 4035HST purchased 2013 - Husqvarna TS348-D purchased 2019 - Craftsman 42" HST purchased 2003
It may not be the most powerful out of everything available, but it is ideally suited to the 4035. My Bradco 485 backhoe that shipped with my 4035 can toss the tractor around with ease and lift either end of the tractor off the ground; you can push the bucket against the ground to lift the rear, or reach down in a hole with a 16" bucket and grab too much solid material to pull up out of the hole and cause the front to come off the ground even with the loader and bucket in place and with loaded rear tires... I wouldn't want a "more powerful" hoe on this unit...
bindian
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So the BH bucket loaded full will lift the front tires and the loader bucket off of the ground, overcoming the whole weight of your tractor? What would your pivot point be? The stabilizers or the rear wheel? The stabilizers were down, right? Sounds like you need your front tires loaded. Maybe even dig with a bucket full of dirt.
Wow, I would like to see a photo of your front tires off the ground while digging.
hugs, Brandi
Sysop
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Not just a full hoe bucket, but reaching down into a hole and grabbing too much to lift. It really scared the crap out of me cause at the time I was sorta straddling the corner of a large hole and was trying to wrestle a large rock loose in the hole. I lifted up on the side of the rock as much as it would and felt the back end hunker down as I pulled up on it, and I tried to work it side to side a little bit to free it. When I did that the front of the tractor swung around about a foot to the side and that's when I realized the back didn't hunker, the front was in the air. As for what it pivoted on I have no clue, the stabilizers were down but the ground was very soft and I was at the edge of a deep hole. I'd like to have seen a picture of it myself, but in fear I quickly let go of the rock to get the front back on the ground so all the weight wasn't on the edge of the hole. I proceeded to make the hole larger to free the rock rather than wrestle it...
bindian
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BSnow
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I've not found a situation where I had enough "dig" force to lift the front end of my 4035 off the ground. Of course I have not been on the edge of a deep hole either. Again ... not the most powerful I have ever used, but adequate for what I need. (Powerful, in my statement above, perhaps draws to a comparison with a Case 580C I ran for a number of years. Not a fair comparison for sure ... !)
