Post Hole Digger and a Novice

alexsbuddy · Dec 25, 2016

I hooked up my new Speeco 65 post hole digger to my LS XG3037 today, but not sure this is correct:

As you can see, the bracket on the boom of the PHD (2" wide) will not fit inside the top link mounting bracket (inside clearance is 1.75") which forced me to offset it. Is this normal or am I missing a piece that should do between the boom bracket and the tip link mounting bracket? Any help would be greatly appreciated. First time hooking up and using a PHD. Thanks.

tman1020 · Dec 25, 2016

Can you post a pic of complete setup?

k0ua · Dec 25, 2016

alexsbuddy said:
I hooked up my new Speeco 65 post hole digger to my LS XG3037 today, but not sure this is correct:
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As you can see, the bracket on the boom of the PHD (2" wide) will not fit inside the top link mounting bracket (inside clearance is 1.75") which forced me to offset it. Is this normal or am I missing a piece that should do between the boom bracket and the tip link mounting bracket? Any help would be greatly appreciated. First time hooking up and using a PHD. Thanks.

Alex, most PHD upper booms just have a single piece to fit within the ears of your top link connection point. Yours has two, probably to keep the top boom from flopping around as much.. I cannot see any other way you could hook it up, so I say "carry on".

MF283 · Dec 26, 2016

tman1020 said:
Can you post a pic of complete setup?

My thought's, backwards?

MF283 · Dec 26, 2016

tman1020 said:
Can you post a pic of complete setup?

My thought's, backwards?

alexsbuddy · Dec 26, 2016

Here's a picture of the full set-up:

I have verified the set-up with the pictures in the manual and it all looks correct to me.....other than having to offset the boom bracket on the top link bracket. I did a test hole right before taking this picture and everything seemed to work okay.

Looking4new · Dec 26, 2016

Can you not grind 1/8" off the outsides of the top link bar to make it fit? 2 x 0.125"= 0.25"

Gary Fowler · Dec 26, 2016

You could grind off a bit of the U shaped bracket to make it fit, BUT it will work just fine as it is. The mfg. made a little error in fabrication when he bent that bracket, but it seems you got around it OK.

alexsbuddy · Dec 26, 2016

Grinding both sides of the boom u-bracket down by 1/8" would certainly be possible. Have to go in to my local farm supply store today to pick up some feed and thought I would check to see if there was a bracket adapter that might also work.