Backhoe LS backhoe

[Jesse Shoemaker]

I'm gonna get some work done outside this week and dig up a few more stumps. It's been so hot down here in Sc that when I get home from work it's all I can do to go cut grass. Yesterday was 104 at the house with 50% humidity. Dog days of summer.
I'll also make a video of digging up one and also a vid showing how to detach and reattach the hoe as soon as I can. Too dang hot for all that extra work until I gotta hook up the finish mower or something.

 

[Supraman0614]

I just bought an XR 4145 with the LS hoe attachment. Under the seat post, there is a spot to attach the top link, and there is plenty of clearance to attach the top link to the tractor. There is no mention in the manual about using the top link but I have seen some posts on here about cracked hoe frames because they are only supported on the bottom. What is the current school of thought here? It seems to me that it would stiffen the mounting up considerably.

 

[Woodshaver]

A digging video would be great! Nice to see some good techniques with LS hoe.

 

[Jesse Shoemaker]

I don't know how good the technique is gonna be, but the stumps come out all the same. Lol

 

[Woodshaver]

Sound about right. That's my experience the come out but not always pretty, Taking on and off backhoe is great also, like to see. Always like to get other peoples input!

 

[Jesse Shoemaker]

Went to go dig a small ground level stump this afternoon. It did a great job on it, the stump had shallow roots and the dirt on this part of my property is very fine with no grass. It took about 20 minutes from the time I sunk the teeth in to when I was locking the boom back down and raising the outriggers so I could backfill. I did notice a couple of bolts had worked a little loose on the supports under the seat. I believe it's something to do with the powder coating. I had that problem with the loader frame bolts not long after I got the tractor. I ended up removing the loader completely and grinding the powder coat off at the bolt holes to bare metal then shot a little ford blue engine paint on it then bolted everything back up. I haven't had a loose loader bolt since. I'll probably be doing that before I use the hoe again. Figured I would share

 

[BlessedMess]

It's really not that hard to take off. I removed it just to see how hard it was. The manual explains it pretty well. Only advice I would off is to remember when you start to pull forward after you pull your two pins, after you stop to disconnect the hydraulics, use the bucket to make the front of subframe lower so it clears the rear mounting bracket on the tractor. Took about 15 minutes to unhook the first time. Hooked it back up a week later in about 10 minutes.

Thanks for sharing this, and in advance for any videos you post. They may help when it comes to reconnecting. Nailed the detach, and with a little more practice I think 5-10 minutes is a good time estimate on the XU series BH... maybe 2 minutes with a buddy who knew what s/he was doing and 28 more to brag about it! I'll try to post pics of the detached BH for those who have interest, and compare/contrast to the XR series BH.

It has been a hot summer indeed, but man is that better than the cold winter!

 

[Jesse Shoemaker]

Thanks for sharing this, and in advance for any videos you post. They may help when it comes to reconnecting. Nailed the detach, and with a little more practice I think 5-10 minutes is a good time estimate on the XU series BH... maybe 2 minutes with a buddy who knew what s/he was doing and 28 more to brag about it! I'll try to post pics of the detached BH for those who have interest, and compare/contrast to the XR series BH.

It has been a hot summer indeed, but man is that better than the cold winter!

Bring on the Fall though, College Football and hunting and cool days on the tractor.

 

[Jesse Shoemaker]

 

[Jesse Shoemaker]

This is the biggest stump I've dug to date. I just figured out how to post pictures. So stand by for more. Took about and hour and a half to get this dug out and about 20 minutes to backfill