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