NormL

NormL · May 9, 2011

Hi folks: I decided to join today when I came across a thread about building a back hoe for a garden tractor. I am gearing up to do a similar project and hope to glean lots of useful tips from others who are looking on. I'm building this machine on the back of a Craftsman GT 18. It's an old tractor and retired from mowing the lawn. I call it my donkey because it can be stubborn and cranky, just like me. I have used it to haul stuff around the acreage but now it will embark on a new career - I hope!! I live in Manitoba, Canada and am a semiretired highway bus driver.

Muhammad · May 9, 2011

Welcome to TBN.

sandman2234 · May 9, 2011

Welcome!!
Keep digging, cause there are more than one hoe built here posts.
David from jax

NormL · May 10, 2011

Thanks Sandman 2235: I am doing the digging you suggest and enjoying the stuff I'm finding. I hope to find suggestions for suppliers for items like cylinders and control valves and Hydraulic items generally. I live in Manitoba, Canada, so the closer I find things the better.

sandman2234 · May 10, 2011

I think you will get plenty of suggestions for hydraulic parts suppliers if the guys on this board remain true to form.
David from jax

sandman2234 · May 14, 2011

I am really surprised that nobody has offered any hydraulics suggestions. I am still hoping but maybe you need to ask in the hydraulics section to get faster results.
David from jax

NormL · May 14, 2011

sandman2234 said:
I am really surprised that nobody has offered any hydraulics suggestions. I am still hoping but maybe you need to ask in the hydraulics section to get faster results.
David from jax

Not to worry, good friend, I am just getting started and I have time to let the right stuff find me at this point. Once I really need them, that's when I'm going to start stressing. One of the local sites I can advertise on is Kijiji. I have had good success there in the past.

NormL · May 15, 2011

sandman2234 said:
maybe you need to ask in the hydraulics section to get faster results.
David from jax

I'm hanging out on the build it yourself forum and getting lots of advice on a variety of aspects of my proposed (at this point) build. So the people on the forum have actually been quite forthcoming. The hydraulic section will be where I'll go if I run up against a wall in that department. Good suggestion, thanks!