Jabroni
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I use my tractor for mowing all summer, so in late spring, I set the backhoe at the edge of my woods where weeds begin to grow up around it. I often put off chores which involve using it only because it's pain to get on and off in the uneven terrain. So this year I decided to leave it on my large driveway apron when not in use. Despite its size, the hoe still takes up a considerable chunk of space, and you have to be careful not to accidentally back into with one of the vehicles. So when I saw the BXpanded backhoe dolly, it immediately interested me. I was initially skeptical of its ability to support the weight of the backhoe when looking at the pictures of it on the website. But the need for a dolly outweighed my doubts, so I decided to give it a try. The box arrived about one week after ordering. It was well packed, with a frame fully welded, requiring only the castors to be bolted onto each of the four pads. I immediately tried it out. I slid the frame under the back of the backhoe subframe just like the Youtube video demonstrates, but it wouldn't go all the under. It turned out my calcium filled rear tires were a bit underinflated...ok a lot underinflated. So after pumping them them to 17 lbs, I tried once again and this time it went under perfectly until it hit the stops on the dolly. Starting the tractor, I droped the hoe onto the dolly frame and applied just enough force to unweight the rear so I could remove the pins. Removing the downforce, the backhoe mount rotated out of the yokes, and that was it. While I wasn't as fast as the guy in the video, I had the backhoe off the tractor and onto the dolly in under two minutes. Next I tried to move the backhoe away from the tractor. I was amazed at how stable the dolly platform is. You have to have one raucous garage party in order to get this thing to tip. I was immediately sold on it. Attaching it back onto the tractor was as simply easy as getting it off. There was no horsing the outriggers around in order to get the holes aligned to slip the pins home.
The price was $179 + $40 bucks to ship to my location. Yes, you could probably cobble something together, but my time is limited as it is, and I felt it was money well spent.
What it can't do: You can't unload it on the lawn. The dolly wheels need a hard flat surface to roll on. Additionally, you probably won't be able to roll it up and over the lip of a concrete garage threshold. Perhaps some cardboard under the wheels would make enough of a "ramp" to get it off the asphalt driveway an into the garage. But, it's an extremely stable platform and I have no worries about it shifting on the dolly frame.
The hoe is presently on the dolly in a corner of my garage, and oriented sideways to the tractor, an impossibility before. If you find youself frequently trading the backhoe for a grass collector, or some other rear mounted implement, the BXpanded Backhoe Dolly is just the accessory.
I'm not associated with BXpanded in any manor except being a satisfied customer
The price was $179 + $40 bucks to ship to my location. Yes, you could probably cobble something together, but my time is limited as it is, and I felt it was money well spent.
What it can't do: You can't unload it on the lawn. The dolly wheels need a hard flat surface to roll on. Additionally, you probably won't be able to roll it up and over the lip of a concrete garage threshold. Perhaps some cardboard under the wheels would make enough of a "ramp" to get it off the asphalt driveway an into the garage. But, it's an extremely stable platform and I have no worries about it shifting on the dolly frame.
The hoe is presently on the dolly in a corner of my garage, and oriented sideways to the tractor, an impossibility before. If you find youself frequently trading the backhoe for a grass collector, or some other rear mounted implement, the BXpanded Backhoe Dolly is just the accessory.
I'm not associated with BXpanded in any manor except being a satisfied customer
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