small backhoe

[bubenberg]

nice professional job, good luck and many digs.

 

[Iceman]

See post below

 

[bubenberg]

Iceman, i think you want to say this to pfnz, not to me. sorry

 

[Iceman]

Looks very professional, can't believe you were able to mount that to the Cub.

What HP is your Cub and how much can you lift with the loader?

 

[gerard]

<font color=blue>Three cylinders between the tractor and the bucket! Interesting. Don't think I've seen more than two before</font color=blue>
There are always 3 macher - just not always obvious - sometimes partially hidden inside the boom arm etc but you need three. One moves the whole unit up and down, one "crowds" the dipper stick, and one curls the bucket. The you need a way to swing the unit back and forth. Thats' why you have two joysticks, each of which controls 2 functions for a total of 4.

 

[pnfz]

iceman, the Cub is a 14HP kohler with hydro trans.

the loader is running 2" bore cylinders at 750psi, this puts lift capacity over 500lbs, which is more than my little tractor should reasonably attempt. i have lifted heaping buckets (.21 cu.yd.) of trap rock gravel with no problem, my guess 350lbs, that is with the hoe for counterweight.

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

Nice job! looks Great! !

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hi,

Me:

<font color=blue>Three cylinders between the tractor and the bucket! Interesting. Don't think I've seen more than two before</font color=blue>

Gerard:

<font color=red>There are always 3 macher - just not always obvious - sometimes partially hidden inside the boom arm etc but you need three...</font color=red>

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Yes, obviously true! How many times have I greased those pins on mine?

Guess it just looked different with all three exposed�cincluding the one that is normally hidden�c/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Now that I think about it, I was still technically correct. I said I didn't think I had <font color=red>seen</font color=red> three cylinders before...

Yea, right.../w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Bill in Pgh, PA

 

[gerard]

/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif It DOES look unusual at first glance!!

 

[ljh2]

Real nice project there. Both the hoe and the loader look like you put some thought into it. They ought to serve you well.

Have fun... get 'em dirty!

larry