M59 Question

[buck1974]

I just received my New M59 about two weeks ago. I have something happen when I started using my Backhoe for the first time. About 10 mins into digging a stump I heard something clank and I look down and I see a threaded cap laying on the ground all new and shiny of course, right under the base of the backhoe, where it connects to the body. It looks like a cap that was be on the end of a Hydraulic line. I picked it up and all seem to be normal nothing leaking. 5 mins later started digging again and I hear it again and now a second one fell on the ground both are the same. I still have no leaks but I have two threaded caps. Is it possible for both caps to be in the arm of the hoe and they vibrated out from possibly the factory from installation? Would any hydraulic lines inside the hoe arm be capped off for any reason, cause that is where from the best of my knowledge it come from. I understand everyone wants to make sure the hydraulic system is as strong as it is rated. However, I have not been impressed with the backhoe and the strength it has since I purchased it. Its just been ok for me, it gets in the slightest bind and the hydraulic system hums loudly. I know several have complained about the hydraulic system doesn't seem to be strong and thats another subject. My main concern is the threaded caps that have backed off from somewhere.

 

[KennyV]

I doubt they ' backed off ' .If they were on anything with fluid, there would be a Lot of fluid everywhere...
I suspect they were laying inside from assembly... KennyV

 

[rScotty]

I just received my New M59 about two weeks ago. I have something happen when I started using my Backhoe for the first time. About 10 mins into digging a stump I heard something clank and I look down and I see a threaded cap laying on the ground all new and shiny of course, right under the base of the backhoe, where it connects to the body.

Have you lifted up the hinged plate that your feet sit on when backhoeing? See anything suspicious in there? Or send a picture and I'll see if it looks like any part on mine.
rScotty

 

[ManAtArms]

Can you take a picture of the caps?

Regarding the power of the backhoe, which function of the hoe seems weak? Bucket curl? Crowd force? Boom lift? What RPM are you running it at while digging?

It's also possible your pressure is set too low.

Or maybe everything is in spec and your expectation/reference point of how powerful the hoe should be comes from a larger machine. The M59 weighs about 9k and there's only so much power you can put into digging before you just drag the machine around, something from my experience the M59 backhoe will already do rather easily.

I just received my New M59 about two weeks ago. I have something happen when I started using my Backhoe for the first time. About 10 mins into digging a stump I heard something clank and I look down and I see a threaded cap laying on the ground all new and shiny of course, right under the base of the backhoe, where it connects to the body. It looks like a cap that was be on the end of a Hydraulic line. I picked it up and all seem to be normal nothing leaking. 5 mins later started digging again and I hear it again and now a second one fell on the ground both are the same. I still have no leaks but I have two threaded caps. Is it possible for both caps to be in the arm of the hoe and they vibrated out from possibly the factory from installation? Would any hydraulic lines inside the hoe arm be capped off for any reason, cause that is where from the best of my knowledge it come from. I understand everyone wants to make sure the hydraulic system is as strong as it is rated. However, I have not been impressed with the backhoe and the strength it has since I purchased it. Its just been ok for me, it gets in the slightest bind and the hydraulic system hums loudly. I know several have complained about the hydraulic system doesn't seem to be strong and thats another subject. My main concern is the threaded caps that have backed off from somewhere.

 

[rScotty]

Can you take a picture of the caps?

Regarding the power of the backhoe, which function of the hoe seems weak? Bucket curl? Crowd force? Boom lift? What RPM are you running it at while digging?

It's also possible your pressure is set too low.

Or maybe everything is in spec and your expectation/reference point of how powerful the hoe should be comes from a larger machine. The M59 weighs about 9k and there's only so much power you can put into digging before you just drag the machine around, something from my experience the M59 backhoe will already do rather easily.

I agree with ManAtArms about the M59 backhoe power. Mine has the standard size bucket, and the power is awesome. As he says, the backhoe will easily drag the rest of the machine around in any direction. Frankly it feels like the backhoe boom could lift the whole machine up off the ground and put it up onto a flatbed truck if it could find something sturdy enough to hook onto. There's been times the boom won't move at all when digging roots or hitting buried rocks and I just back off of the lever before something breaks. Normally run it about 15/1800 rpm when digging.

Better run a pressure check and compare that with the shop manual while it is new.
rScotty