Best Way to Adapt this plate to Skid Steer

[radman1]

With 2 bits and the auger head, I think the price was good. The price of bits alone has become very high. I have a bobcat model 15 and 30. My model 15 was used on my CUTs. However, it was fairly slow when used with flows of 7-8 gpm. The JD 110 has 12 gpm flow to the loader and 16 gpm flow to the hoe. The larger of the mini bobcat tract loaders has flow of 12 gpm. You may want to try to use the auger before you fabricate too much. You have good flow but the torque of the model 10 may be marginal in hard digging with the larger bit. My model 15 would struggle in wet or very hard ground on my CUT with the psi turned up to 2800. (psi on the JD110 is 3000) My model 30 will turn my 36" bit in any condition. My model 15 would not turn my 24" auger very deep under any conditions. With your flow rates, the Model 15 may have been more ideal for the JD110, especially on the backhoe.

You could buy an entire new mounting plate from bobcat, but the price could be prohibitive. If you want to mount it on the front, welding on a new plate would be the easiest and cheapest and still be very strong. You could off set the new plate to one side if you wanted better visibility. Mounting it to the hoe will give you more flow/turning speed, better visibiltity but the torque will be the same.

 

[CurlyDave]

How will you control the speed of the motor? Do you have a motor spool valve ?

On the front, I have what JD calls the "third SCV" which is currently used to open & close my 4-n-1, or the grapple on my rock bucket. It is already set up to control a motor. As radman1 notes 12 gpm is available.

On the rear, I have the thumb circuit which is 16 gpm and is controlled by a foot treadle. I know there is some kind of hydraulic valve, but don't know the details.

The rear also has 3 pairs of Quick Disconnects, controlled by the joystick, which are the same as the same as the hydraulic functions in the front. There is a rocker switch to shift from controlling the front to the rear and back again.

Lots of food for thought here. I don't need to use the auger for about a year. My primary use will be planting landscaping trees and shrubs, and this won't happen until I finish building the house in CA. What I like about the auger rather than the BH for planting is that I can dig a hole and then mix the dirt with some fertilizer right in the hole, using the auger. Most of our soil here is decomposed granite and anything other than weeds or poison oak needs a lot of help getting started. Once they get going, there are quite a few desirable plants that will thrive.

Possibly I will be setting poles for a pole building in the future, and I might want to pick up a smaller auger for a few posts.

When I went to pick it up, I had the seller demonstrate that it worked, so I don't have to worry about that. I would have liked a bigger unit, but this one is adequate, and Santa didn't put a bigger one on eBay. I don't foresee a need for anything bigger than the 18" auger I now have, and since my use is more personal than commercial, I can wait for the right ground conditions to dig big holes. Maybe even auger down a couple of inches and trickle a hose into it overnight to get a deeper 18" hole.

For mounting on the BH I like JohninCT's idea. The square tubing size would be 4 1/2" and I will get costs on drilling it, getting bushings welded in, and then mounting it on my existing 12" bucket. I had toyed with the idea of selling that bucket, but right now it is just sitting in my boneyard. I doubt I could get more than $200-250 for it, given that shipping would be pretty high.

I am really torn between a backhoe mount and a front mount. I have checked the view, and if I stand up, I could see exactly where the auger would hit the ground in front, but there is no doubt that visibility is better on the BH, and there is a lot of appeal to being able to swing the hoe to the side and drill holes.

 

[J_J]

CurlyDave ,



Here is a page of hyd augers, showing different GPM and motor speed, and size of augers recommended. The hyd motor about that size would cost over $1200, plus you got the extra augers. My 24 in auger cost about $800, and the 30 in cost $1000

BELLTEC Industries :: H-Series Auger Drives

Yes, I think you got a very good deal.

Planter drill head below, cost about $2000

These are used on a Power-Trac.