Tractor backhoe - homemade

[BFreaky]

Homemade 10 minutes hydraulic pipe bender; does not look pretty but it works great.


So I made all those metal pipes...



...and started mounting flexible ones...

 

[BFreaky]

Playin' around with metal pipes...

 

[ptsg]

Looking good! Hard lines really gives a nice touch on these projects.

 

[KubotainNH]

Your work always look factory. Keep the pics coming.

 

[BFreaky]

So I started at the bucket cylinder, added auxilary command (for rotator, jaw bucket, misc), it will be controled through emv witha a push of a button...







After that came the tricky part, kingpost "hosing" where all those lines + rotation, kingpost brakes and electric lines come together...there's the real party . Will post in few days...

 

[BFreaky]

Finished connecting left hydraulic distributor valve, moving on to the right.
By the way I'm checking every function with compressed air so I get those hoses in the best configuration and not messed up

 

[Xfaxman]

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

looking good!

 

[BFreaky]

First boom, upper and lower hoses connected. Also, lift cylinder done. There I installed hydraulic block valve for safety. Even in case my hoses break, this keeps the cylinder in place and prevents any boom movement

 

[Smokeydog]

Amazing craftsmanship! Enjoy your sharing of your build.

Excuse my ignorance but have trouble seeing the safety block valves. Could you show that in a little more detail?

 

[BFreaky]

Yes, so here are the details.

 

[KubotainNH]

The pictures are not coming through. I like the idea behind the valves though.

 

[BFreaky]

Really? It shows all the pictures when I open the page.

 

[logixjock]

Really? It shows all the pictures when I open the page.

Yeah, I'm just seeing a blue box with the imgbb logo

 

[LouNY]

Really? It shows all the pictures when I open the page.

Same here just blue boxes.

 

[BFreaky]

Ok so here are those pictures again.

 

[LouNY]

Working now

 

[BFreaky]

So I connected everything at the kingpost junction...

 

[Smokeydog]

Ok so here are those pictures again.

Thank you for the additional pictures and details on block valves. Be safe on Think more safety devises should be used and maybe retrofitted on older equipment. Any down side other than initially using it to cost?

Your skill set is definitely inspiring.

 

[BFreaky]

No problem. Those valves are not expensive, you can retrofit any cylinder. They cost 34 $ a piece. Simply adjust the lenght of those metal hoses and it works.