Recent content by demigodofa

It is 96" in total. If I move the rear pivot point in the top arm I could get a lot more. But I'm kind of burned out on building this thing so I'm happy to just use it as is. Here is a project I finished today to run my rain gutter underground. Just need to dress up the yard and cut the drain...

Just a quick update, I've dug approximately 25' of trench approx. 3' deep in very rocky N.H. soil, dug around four 6" diameter maples and pulled the stumps with my truck. The backhoe is sized very well to my tractor. If there was more power in the backhoe I think I would use less finesse and...

Making a hole! I have to reroute some hoses, tighten some fittings etc. But it's stuff I can do as I go.

I put a 30' paint job on it and plumbed the hoses to the cylinders. I'm just waiting on the fittings to go from the valve to the hoses and I should be able to test run it.

Bucket teeth are on. Getting closer....

I've been building a small backhoe for my tractor that I thought people might be interested in. People have certainly built this backhoe before. But I just wanted to say that the CAD plans that I purchased from P.F. Engineering are amazing. And the gentleman that made the plans who's name is...

Built the bucket minus the teeth. Got it mocked up on the tractor.

Got the crowd arm done and temporarily mounted.

Put the boom on temporarily.

Thank you. Here is some recent progress. I'll start building off of the tractor at this point I think.

Getting the sub-frame finished up.

Starting to build a small backhoe for the tractor. I found a sketch of a 4pt subframe from Woods that I may try to fabricate to hold the backhoe. The plans I am using are from P.F. Engineering