Backhoe Added a ripper to my Woods BH90x: Trees beware

[kattywumpus]

Actually, he has a 72" bucket so only needs a tarp for rainy nights.

Too short by 2"! :laughing:

Well, if it happens I will have to upgrade the dog house to the tractor shelter. I can open up backhoe and hang a hammock. I sure my little buddy will appreciate it, more places to lay.

 

[IslandTractor]

I sure my little buddy will appreciate it, more places to lay.

You are saved. I have several somewhat reliable witnesses who observed your "little buddy" peeing on the transplanted blueberries. So, if they don't survive it was clearly his fault. Banish him to the dog house instead.

 

[kattywumpus]

You are saved. I have several somewhat reliable witnesses who observed your "little buddy" peeing on the transplanted blueberries. So, if they don't survive it was clearly his fault. Banish him to the dog house instead.

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Perfect solution, she will forgive our “little buddy” before me.

 

[bironacad]

I have been thinking about a stand for the ripper and bucket. It would need to have easily changed height as it is fiendishly difficult to move the backhoe up or down 1/8 inch. I thought about using one of those HF hydraulic lift carts but that would seriously dent the budget. Maybe just using a screw jack will do it.

I'll post more photos of the ripper tonight. On the road now.

On post and beam or steel girder work I have seen used a tapered pilot pin that they hammer in to align the holes. hope this helps.

 

[IslandTractor]

On post and beam or steel girder work I have seem used a tapered pilot pin that they hammer in to align the holes. hope this helps.

I've been looking for one of those pins or spud wrenches but all I find are very expensive costing more than 50 bucks. Too bad HF doesn't carry them.

Thanks for the tip though.

 

[bironacad]

Not a problem:thumbsup: If you have a friend with a lathe it would not take a minute to turn one up.
I watch that mega structures program from time to time and you see the steel riggers use them. Soft malleable iron so as not to chip when hammered also less wear on parts being aligned.

I was pulling some old Jack Pine stumps with my Woods BX-80 on the weekend, first time using it, that ripper of yours would be a blast for sure.

 

[IslandTractor]

I was pulling some old Jack Pine stumps with my Woods BX-80 on the weekend, first time using it, that ripper of yours would be a blast for sure.

I had my regular bucket mounted yesterday and decided to pull up some relatively small stumps with it. Boy, what a difference from using the ripper! What would take two or three swipes with the ripper then reposition and a couple more swipes before digging the ripper point into the stump and yanking it out turned into a twenty minute dig fest with the standard bucket. This was the first time I tried a stump with the bucket after having used the ripper last fall to remove >50 trees. Major difference and obviously in the ripper's favor.

I took a welding class over the winter and decided to add a couple of ripping hooks/points further up the shaft on front and back. I haven't got a photo yet and haven't remounted the ripper yet either. The idea was to take a chunk out of any root that the ripper could not break in one pass so that the ripper had a better chance the second or third time. I was planning to use "teeth" as in a triangular structure welded to the blade but my welding instructor pulled some hardened drilling pipe out of his truck that he uses as wear pads on big excavator buckets. We cut a couple of two inch lengths and I welded them on. The edges are round but sharp so they will gouge not slice. We'll see how they work shortly.

 

[jake98]

I've been looking for one of those pins or spud wrenches but all I find are very expensive costing more than 50 bucks. Too bad HF doesn't carry them.

Thanks for the tip though.

That's called a drift pin, no?

 

[bironacad]

That's called a drift pin, no?

Sure looks like one, lol.

My father use to say don't get caught up in my words try to understand what I am saying, lol. Well you get the idea..lol.

 

[bironacad]

I had my regular bucket mounted yesterday and decided to pull up some relatively small stumps with it. Boy, what a difference from using the ripper! What would take two or three swipes with the ripper then reposition and a couple more swipes before digging the ripper point into the stump and yanking it out turned into a twenty minute dig fest with the standard bucket. This was the first time I tried a stump with the bucket after having used the ripper last fall to remove >50 trees. Major difference and obviously in the ripper's favor.

I took a welding class over the winter and decided to add a couple of ripping hooks/points further up the shaft on front and back. I haven't got a photo yet and haven't remounted the ripper yet either. The idea was to take a chunk out of any root that the ripper could not break in one pass so that the ripper had a better chance the second or third time. I was planning to use "teeth" as in a triangular structure welded to the blade but my welding instructor pulled some hardened drilling pipe out of his truck that he uses as wear pads on big excavator buckets. We cut a couple of two inch lengths and I welded them on. The edges are round but sharp so they will gouge not slice. We'll see how they work shortly.

Your welding teacher will set you up to make a "Drift Pin", lol. I am sure there is a lathe close by.