Backhoe 2375 backhoe weight?

[ray66v]

The Red Sox and the Patriots are both playing today - and since the weather doesn't really lend itself to outdoor projects, that lineup seems like a pretty good afternoon of serious couch potato-ness.
Jay

That's why God created TIVO. Everything is now on your schedule.

 

[Airic]

Good stuff. It seem that all think the same as seasons change. I'm working on my ideas for a backhoe dolly myself. Hope to have it together next weekend. I'll post mine when complete.

 

[jaybrad]

One thing that I might do differently is to use slightly smaller casters. The BH would go on and off a bit easier if I could get a bit more tilt to help it angle off the tractor - and even an inch lower would make a nice difference. But since I will only be doing this a couple times a year, I'll probably just live with it.

I also intentionally made my BH dolly a bit longer than I need for the BH so it would fit the skid pads on the snow blower.

One nice thing about using pressure treated wood that's screwed together is that I can make modifications if/when necessary.

Airic, good luck with your project - I'll be interested in pictures and design mods you and others make.

Jay

 

[Airic]

OK, I cheated. Took me about 10 minutes to get mine built. I recently got a jet ski dolly someone was going to throw out and the light bulb in my head came on. Seems to work very well with little modification required. This dolly idea works much better than I would of thought and I'll be using it regularly now. Speeds up the time on putting the back hoe back on the tractor by not having line the tractor up just right. Roll in place and mount.

 

[bobzap]

I dreaded taking off the BH. (I'd never done it before) It was so easy and your right, the roll into place to install makes it childs play!

 

[jaybrad]

OK, I cheated. Took me about 10 minutes to get mine built. I recently got a jet ski dolly someone was going to throw out and the light bulb in my head came on. Seems to work very well with little modification required. This dolly idea works much better than I would of thought and I'll be using it regularly now. Speeds up the time on putting the back hoe back on the tractor by not having line the tractor up just right. Roll in place and mount.

Nicely done. Now are you going to push the backhoe to a place where you can give it a shower?

I used a bungy cord to keep the stablizer arms from settling, and locked the boom with the metal plate/pin, but I did not have the bucket swiveled all the way to the front when I took it off - and that has settled a bit.

It doesn't present a problem, just one of those things that I tell myself this year I should remember fore the next time.

But I won't.

Jay

 

[Airic]

I knew I'd get the backhoe needs a bath comment. Jaybrad, I see yours and it looks like it just rolled off the assembly line. My pressure washer broke so, I'm blaming it on that. I do recommend that you get those pins in. It would not be a pretty sight seeing you backhoe fallen over.

Anyway, I highly recommend that anyone with a backhoe build one of these for the ease of reinstalling to the tractor and roll away storage. I just wish I would of earlier.

 

[jaybrad]

I knew I'd get the backhoe needs a bath comment. Jaybrad, I see yours and it looks like it just rolled off the assembly line. My pressure washer broke so, I'm blaming it on that. I do recommend that you get those pins in. It would not be a pretty sight seeing you backhoe fallen over.

Anyway, I highly recommend that anyone with a backhoe build one of these for the ease of reinstalling to the tractor and roll away storage. I just wish I would of earlier.

Hey, I was going to say that it looked rather *orange*, but thought that would be considered hitting below the belt.