Backhoe Attachment Project

Scotty370 · May 9, 2009

"Not the Lawn!!!!!" Oh, Mothers Day Tree Planting, I get it! Nice, all the way around! ~Scotty

JDeerekid · May 9, 2009

I say he did a real nice job as he was rolling up the sod so he could refill the hole and cover it up like he didn't even touch the nice green lawn

Great work and you will get better at it real fast!!

rbutterfield · May 9, 2009

Guess I should explain how I had the nerve to dig a hole in the lawn and even ask my wife to record it. Truth is, it was our horses lawn (pasture) and they didn't care as long as I covered them back up and gave them some extra grain

Hey, a guy needs a place to practice right? and I need a lot of it.

Zick · May 12, 2009

Very nice work!

rbutterfield · May 12, 2009

Being the type of person who can never seem to leave "well enough" alone I have decided to also make the BH 3 point attachable as well. Never know when the need may arrise to hook it up to a different tractor.
Maybe I'll never have to do that however, it will at least have the capability. Of course I will have to remove the subframe but that's only 6 bolts.
I'll post some photos when mounted on the 3 point.

Scotty370 · May 13, 2009

Don't do it! (3ph) You'll end up with 10 friends with 3PH tractors that you never knew you had! Ya know what that means?? Lots more 'pasture holes'!

~Scotty
(When I bought my JD47 BH on e-bay, the bidding was brisk 'til someone asked if it mounted on a 3PH. When the answer was "No", the bidding stopped!! 'Cept for me!

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rbutterfield · May 14, 2009

Scotty370 said:
Don't do it! (3ph) You'll end up with 10 friends with 3PH tractors that you never knew you had!

I hear what you're saying.
Well, I un-bolted the subframe and hooked it up to the 3PH. Drove around a bit, made a few runs out back to dump some horse manure just to see how it handled. That lasted about 1/2HR . Proved to myself that it would work but the difference in 3PH -vs- Subframe is like day & night.
Anyway, it works but will probably never use it as a 3PH backhoe again.
At least it has the capability if the need arrises.

J_J · May 14, 2009

rbutterfield.

Very nice job on the BH. How much swing do you have? Could you post a picture of the swing cylinder and bottom of boom mount. I have been slowly building a BH for a while now, and I don't like the position of the swing cyl on my plans, and it only calls for 160 degrees of swing. I would like to be able to come up along side a ditch and clean it out with a wide low profile bucket/ditch bucket at a 90 degree stop point.

Do you have a built in stop to keep you from damaging your cylinder. One design I saw, had a frame built around the cyl.

rbutterfield · May 14, 2009

J_J said:
How much swing do you have? Could you post a picture of the swing cylinder and bottom of boom mount....
Do you have a built in stop to keep you from damaging your cylinder.

JJ-
I'm not certain how much swing I have, I would guess in the 160-170 range. I will measure it tonight.

Let me know if you would like a different photo.

No, I have not installed stops however, I plan on doing so. Will post photos when installed.
I suppose I would have prefered dual swing cylinders but was getting anxious to get it completed and didn't get it designed. I was going to mount them behind and to each side of the pivot point but never got it worked out to my satisfaction. I am surprised how well it works with just one though.