towing with the backhoe???

[BruceWard]

I will take some pictures to post tomorrow. The 1/4 " thick 2.5" tubing is the same size as a truck trailer hitch receiver. It has 3/4" holes drilled at the same location as in a truck trailer hitch receiver. I use 5/8th grade 8 bolts and nuts to secure the teeth and forks. Trailer hitch receiver pins would work just fine but the bolts were a lot less expensive.

With the teeth all the way inside the bucket they block dirt from plugging the 2.5" tubing and stiffen the bucket. This seems to make it load loose material better. With the teeth out it breaks loose and loads shale well. I can load and move telephone pole sized objects with the teeth out. With 4' forks in place and a 2.5" strap I loaded and moved 8'x10' storage building.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Thanks, I look forward to seeing the pictures, you must have welded a chisel tooth to the 2" tubing too to keep the dirt out of those or do you let them fill up?

 

[BruceWard]

Here are some pictures, you are correct about having a piece of flat steel blocking the end of the 2" tubing at an angle.

I put the two side teeth out to move some utility poles last week. The center tooth is in. Each tooth has 2 holes drilled to allow it to be secured in or out. I have 4' forks that interchange with the teeth. The bucket was bent before I added the 2.5" tubing. The tubing has strengthened it and the bend has not changed.

This was a quick addition to attach a cart I used to haul two 55 gallon barrels of water for watering trees. I have not added a ball but the whole is 3/4" so a ball could be attached. I thought I would need to remove it to avoid hitting it with the backhoe but I have dug 300+ feet of trench and couple of small deer watering holes and have found that the trailer hitch does not get in the way of the backhoe. I may add one to the other side.

 

[Tom_H]

This post by KeithInSpace has some pics attached of the ball he welded to the side step of his bh.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...39-trailer-ball-woods-bh6000.html#post1178648

This post of mine has a bunch of links to previous threads on this subject. Within those threads, you will find numerous solutions and pics:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-terrain-vehicle-dump-cart-3.html#post1997560

 

[BX Tex]

With the limited space I have on my property, I'm always having to move my trailers around for mowing underneath or whatever. I made a hitch for my backhoe for this purpose and works great. I posted pics in another post here

I was gonna figure out some way to pin it in place, but ended up using a short piece of chain and a turnbuckle to cinch it up.