Building a Small Backhoe

[demigodofa]

It is 96" in total. If I move the rear pivot point in the top arm I could get a lot more. But I'm kind of burned out on building this thing so I'm happy to just use it as is. Here is a project I finished today to run my rain gutter underground. Just need to dress up the yard and cut the drain line of and put a grate on the end.

 

[farm boy00]

Could u get some pics of those bushings u were talking about???

 

[demigodofa]

It is called DOM tubing. If you look online or call a place that sells steel. It looks like pipe but with heavy walls and is available in specific sizes. So if you have a 1" round stock for your pins, order oversized tubing for your bushings so everything will slide together nice.