Tractor backhoe - homemade

[BFreaky]

Main boom assembly started yesterday... Renze, these few pictures might answer your previous question about how do I intend to align and assemble the boom plates perfectly...so, here it is

 

[Renze]

ah, dowels...

 

[Kaliburz]

Wow....that's all I can say. Lot more thought then I would have ever done....and pretty too! As someone said, I'd end up seeing what "scrap/salvage" steel is available then work backwards....

Sorry, but I didn't go through the 20 pages of posts.....but how much will this attachment weight when all said and done??? Just wondering....

 

[BFreaky]

Wow....that's all I can say. Lot more thought then I would have ever done....and pretty too! As someone said, I'd end up seeing what "scrap/salvage" steel is available then work backwards....

Sorry, but I didn't go through the 20 pages of posts.....but how much will this attachment weight when all said and done??? Just wondering....

Hopefully around 1000kg or 2200 lbs. I'm trying to keep it as light as possible. This boom looks heavy but it's actually not. One man alone can deal with it, turn it upwards etc.

 

[KubotainNH]

Very cool.

 

[cycle_gator]

Who says tractor owners cannot be artists? That backhoe will be too beautiful to use/abuse. This is truly more like a piece of art than a piece of machinery. However, I have no doubt it will be as functional as it is beautiful. Nicely done.

Did you drill the two side plates for the alignment dowels at the same time to ensure they remain parallel? I may have missed that step. I also assumed that you squared up the dowels to the surface of the first side plate before you tacked them in?

Great build and thanks for sharing.

 

[BFreaky]

Yes, I tacked the side plates togetherwith 3 of the reinforcement plates and then drilled through everything. I aligned the dowels to 90 degrees in all directions and then tacked them on opposite sides to avoid tilting caused by welding heat.

Almost done...

 

[Yooper75]

Very nice work, you've actually inspired me to attempt building a loader and backhoe for a 300 series Deere Lawn Tractor. If everything goes as planned I want to start my build sometime in late November or December this year.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Looking good Bfreaky. Your wife/girlfriend/significant other is a fine welder.

 

[BFreaky]

Yes, hahahhahahah!

Well, after doing most of the welding I wanted to clean up a bit and try out the boom, just to get a feeling of the size of the whole thing. So here's how it looks.
Tomorrow I'll start assembling the dipperstick...