skidhoe

[wldrbob]

pic of my homemade skidhoe

 

[Ductape]

C'mon now.......... you can't just tease us with only one pic !

 

[brandoro]

Hi neighbour.
Looks like you had some fun building that. What did you use for an engine?

 

[wldrbob]

YouTube - DSCF4188 i hope this works im new to this stuff

 

[Matt_Jr]

Very nice. You saved the best for last..the hydraulic thumb. Again.. you've got some major bragging rights.

 

[rtdiggr]

That looks pretty neat.

I must say though you can't get away with "this is something i built" We need details.

Maybe some pics of the built, engine size, digging depth etc.

We need more

Shane

 

[wldrbob]

15hp gas and 2 hyd pumps chain drive hyd motors reduced 6 to 1 driving each side goes through a gear splitter 18 gpm and a 9gpm split to the boom and the blade 9.5x30 tires on 15 inch rims planing on adding tracks before spring it can push 1250lbs of steel on bare ground like its not there [a bundle of 8 inch channel iron] so the tracks are mostly for xtra flotation. 13foot4 reach and 185 degree slew i can pick up 200lbs at full reach so the 15 inch bucket should never weigh that much full of dirt. the thumb is run by a 2 inch hyd cyl and folds right up against the dipper. when the stabalizers are right down the tires are 15 inches from the ground and the blade goes down enough to keep it all level i only need that much travel doing beaver dams were its rough

 

[wldrbob]

this is the slew 100 r0ller chain and 2 hyd 2.5 x16 single acting cylinders i can pick up the skidhoe and move it around very easily from side to side the swing works a lot smoother when its not minus 24 lol

 

[wldrbob]

this is the hyd thumb

 

[wldrbob]

the chain drive system going to change the final drive chains to 100 roller as i broke one of the heavy 60s when i had a set of tire chains on so they might give trouble when i put on the tracks no trouble without the chains on though

 

[wldrbob]

15x24 bucket teeth are cut out of 1 inch mildsteel and hardsurfaced bucket is 1/4 plate as are all the wear plates

 

[wkheathjr]

VERY NICE!!!! Can you prettty please get a upclose picture of the pivot point?? I am really, really curious how you got your done!! Did you use the chain roller or what? I have a backhoe in my backyard but I am seriously consider building my own portable backhoe and then sell this one because I bought large land in Maine and I don't want to have to invest my money into dually truck and trailer suitable for 10,000lbs backhoe. The road toll would kill me!

Also, I am intriqued how you managed to get one motor to run two hydraulic pump. Did you use chaindrive to two pumps?

Thank in advance for answering!

 

[wldrbob]

hi i direct drive one pump i made my own pump bracket so i could have a40 chain hooked to a sprocket behind the lovejoy and that drives my big 60gpm pump( scavenged from a semie) its reduced 3 to 1 so i can only get about 18 or 20 gpm but i seem to get a lot more torqe i have 2000 series hyd motors 6700 inch lbs at 3000psi im only running them at 2000 then reduced 6 to 1 the motor never changes sound even spinning around on pavement but its only 2 mph thats enough to move around in the yard or bush and at 3500lbs you can use a carhaller to move it i will get a pic monday and post it for you

 

[wkheathjr]

hi i direct drive one pump i made my own pump bracket so i could have a40 chain hooked to a sprocket behind the lovejoy and that drives my big 60gpm pump( scavenged from a semie) its reduced 3 to 1 so i can only get about 18 or 20 gpm but i seem to get a lot more torqe i have 2000 series hyd motors 6700 inch lbs at 3000psi im only running them at 2000 then reduced 6 to 1 the motor never changes sound even spinning around on pavement but its only 2 mph thats enough to move around in the yard or bush and at 3500lbs you can use a carhaller to move it i will get a pic monday and post it for you

60GPM pump?? ****, did you purchase it new or used? Or just happen to have it laying around and decided to put it to use??

I have a 16HP vertical B&S engine that was sitting in my "abandoned" riding mower. I switched to MF 240 three years ago and it end up sitting in the shop not moved for three years. I decided I was going to build a sawmill and realized that my budget is really limited. So after thinking about some things for a while, I realized I am better off first building a towable backhoe that can dig 10-15 feet deep (I still have stumps to be removed on my 55 acres down here) and then sell my Ford 4400 backhoe to get the money for sawmill project. I have plenty of steel laying around but unfortunately they won't be suitable for sawmill project however it is suitable for a small pullable backhoe trailer. I happen to have odd box steel where it is 10" in diameter (square) on one end and run down to 4" on other end, and it is 12' long. I know it would make good supporting brace from the pivot point and then I can use 4"x4"x3/16" (or 5/16") for other brace with bucket on it. Right now I am just thinking and my design isn't final.

I see a new 2-stage hydraulic pump at Northern Tools for $360 and it is 28GPM. I will check with bailey.net and surplus website to compare price but ****, your is 60GPM!! hehe

 

[wldrbob]

i dont think you want a 2 stage pump those are mostly for log splitters but maybe you could make a high and low range with one. you need a double pump thats what i was going to buy but the fun was in devising my own system from parts i already had .

 

[David Devuono]

Excellent project. I too would really love some kind of bulldozer but don't need a 10 ton machine.

 

[vic4news]

Wow, that's a nice piece of engineering!

 

[wldrbob]

hi i used 1045 shaft 1.5 inches and 2 pillow blocks and ran the shaft through the frame wall inside 2 inch dom with 2 angle braces and welded on hubs to make a drive axle the grease helps keep out water i was going to cut an inside grove to put in an o ring but got in a hurry and hadto much welding done when i remembered oh well the next models always better lol

 

[wldrbob]

this is the stabalizer 2x3x.250 the gussets are cut with a milwalki metal cut saw best buy ever makes plate cut like plywood

 

[wldrbob]

hi everyone havent been on for a while just thought id put on a pic of the tracks i made for my homemade skidhoe