Recent content by Gus Osmium

Hi BFreaky, I hope you feel great when you are using your backhoe. Inspirational project, thanks for sharing. I have just bought a backhoe attachment, ex-Australian army, never used and stored inside in a machinery warehouse for 10 years. But it's configured for mounting on a skid steer and I...

Yes, I am pretty happy with the robust construction. The limitation is that there are no shear bolts, which may be fine for frequently cultivated soil but a bit of risk for my use. My thinking, and the only option I can spot is to replace these two horizontal bolts with shear bolts. Thanks, Gus

Here's the close up pics of the frame Thanks, Gus

How is this plough used? Here is a pic of the plough in use. It is pretty versatile, the ploughs can be set to face/turn soil inwards or outwards with a range of spacing widths between. Setting the frame with a single plough on the very edge of the frame facing/turning outwards (one side only)...

Re: Tractor backhoe - homemade Hi Renze, Thanks for your reply and for all your contributions on this thread, very educational for me. I've just been to the supplier of my tractor this morning, they had a backhoe mounted on an equivalent tractor to mine just about to deliver to a customer...

Hello tractor people, I have a plough and want to extend the width of the rectangular top frame to allow the moldboards to be set wider. I'm a little wary of just welding on additional mild steel to each end of the frame as the supplier claims the plough is heat treated (but can't tell me what...

Hi BFreaky, I hope you feel great when you are using your backhoe. Inspirational project, thanks for sharing. I have just bought a backhoe attachment, ex-Australian army, never used and stored inside in a machinery warehouse for 10 years. But it's configured for mounting on a skid steer and I...