Mike Costello
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- Joined
- Nov 22, 2008
- Messages
- 423
- Location
- Dunnegan, Missouri
- Tractor
- Kubota L4400HST, R4 tires, L2228 Quick-attach setup
Amen to that--I turned 61 in July, so any way I can make life easier is welcome!
I was looking at swivel casters today at TSC, $10 each for 3". Right above them is a moving dolly with 4 swivel casters for $20, so I bought two of the dollies and got the casters and bolts for $5 each.
I decided to build a dolly for my rotary cutter in order to make it easier to hook up to my Kubota. I made it using 4X4's, 2X4's, and 4 fully rotating casters. What a difference in hookup! It took me less than 10 minutes to get the cutter hooked up including the driveshaft. With the fully rotating casters, I could easily move it to make minor adjustments in hookup. Removing the cutter was easy too, just slide the dolly underneath and unhook; then stow the cutter out of the way. Pics below give an idea of what it looks like, and can be built to suit various sizes of attachments. Mike
Are you referring to a backhoe with the subframe as part of the BH or the SF as part of the tractor? If you mean the latter, yes I have a Woods BH90-X chained down on a dolly. I use the hydraulic stabilizers ILO a pallet jack to raise/lower the BH for the off/on proceedure. Glad to offer my lumber and plywood build experience, back in my few threads there are two about the build. Not sure if this thread is the place to discuss this, you might want to start a new one or just PM me as needed. Even on a dolly they are sluggish but doable to move around-much easier than no dolly.Has anyone made a dolly for a subframe mounted backhoe? I've been thinking of making one based on a pallet and then get a pallet jack to raise and lower the backhoe onto the mounting hooks.