Chris2520
Platinum Member
Well , As i told yall the other day , I had some yellowbell trees that had gotten out of hand. So i figured it was time for me and Johnny D to go to work. 
I thought i would need the backhoe. but that was not the case at all. I just used the bucket to pop them up , didn't even have the toothbar on. thay came up easier than i thought. even though some did have about 2 inch roots. So after i got them up i knew i had some concrete block i been taking down on the old wall behind the garage to get ready for the add on. and some other debree i needed to get rid of. so instead of hauling all that mess off. i decided to dig a great big hole. witch means i would get to play with the hoe.. seat time is always a good thing. so i went down to the bottom of the property. and found me a spot. and started digging. my big hole. as you will see in the pictures its. not a pretty hole. . I never claim to be a expert backhoe operator. But for a little less than 2 hours. i thought i did pretty good... its 10 feet wide and 8 1/2 feet long . I learned a trick while doing this. the 46 hoe digs about 6.7 inches deep. on flat ground. I found a way to cheet a little.... , If you take the loader and jack the front end up about 10 inches. and dont lift the rears off the ground. you can get right around 7 1/2 foot flat bottom. or 7.4 is what i mesured. a little uncomfortable. as you are leaning foward. but it can be done. i was just testing to see what the most depth i could get. I dug from two different directions. and moved back twice. so not to bad for a hour and 45 min work. I stuck the boom down in the hole and climbed down in it. the pictures dont do it justice at all. its alot bigger than it looks. I put alot of crap in it . and its no where near filling it up. i should get to keep some good dirt. to fix the front yard. in one picture. you can see the block wall behind the garage we are tearing down and putting in the hole. the bigest problem i have. is when you back up and keep digging. dirt clods fall in your hole. once you dug back about 7 feet. your boom is not long enough to reach the center of your hole anymore to clean it out.. I really had a good time digging and moveing debree today.... all went well. except. about 5 foot down i did hit a huge rock on one of the corners. with the bucket. it sounded like a shotgun blast. I knew i just ripped a tooth off. but it didnt.. But one of my outsude teeth was bent....... Not bad. But Johnny D now has a wound... i wont worry about it till it breaks. then get new ones. I hear JD teeth on hoes are known to break. so i will get some spairs , All in all a nice sunday worth or good seat time. and i had fun... And i did post a picture of the tractor dirty. .. yall say i never get it dirty. but tomorrow afternoon. it will be clean again... and as always here is some pictures of the days activities..
Chris....
I thought i would need the backhoe. but that was not the case at all. I just used the bucket to pop them up , didn't even have the toothbar on. thay came up easier than i thought. even though some did have about 2 inch roots. So after i got them up i knew i had some concrete block i been taking down on the old wall behind the garage to get ready for the add on. and some other debree i needed to get rid of. so instead of hauling all that mess off. i decided to dig a great big hole. witch means i would get to play with the hoe.. seat time is always a good thing. so i went down to the bottom of the property. and found me a spot. and started digging. my big hole. as you will see in the pictures its. not a pretty hole. . I never claim to be a expert backhoe operator. But for a little less than 2 hours. i thought i did pretty good... its 10 feet wide and 8 1/2 feet long . I learned a trick while doing this. the 46 hoe digs about 6.7 inches deep. on flat ground. I found a way to cheet a little.... , If you take the loader and jack the front end up about 10 inches. and dont lift the rears off the ground. you can get right around 7 1/2 foot flat bottom. or 7.4 is what i mesured. a little uncomfortable. as you are leaning foward. but it can be done. i was just testing to see what the most depth i could get. I dug from two different directions. and moved back twice. so not to bad for a hour and 45 min work. I stuck the boom down in the hole and climbed down in it. the pictures dont do it justice at all. its alot bigger than it looks. I put alot of crap in it . and its no where near filling it up. i should get to keep some good dirt. to fix the front yard. in one picture. you can see the block wall behind the garage we are tearing down and putting in the hole. the bigest problem i have. is when you back up and keep digging. dirt clods fall in your hole. once you dug back about 7 feet. your boom is not long enough to reach the center of your hole anymore to clean it out.. I really had a good time digging and moveing debree today.... all went well. except. about 5 foot down i did hit a huge rock on one of the corners. with the bucket. it sounded like a shotgun blast. I knew i just ripped a tooth off. but it didnt.. But one of my outsude teeth was bent....... Not bad. But Johnny D now has a wound... i wont worry about it till it breaks. then get new ones. I hear JD teeth on hoes are known to break. so i will get some spairs , All in all a nice sunday worth or good seat time. and i had fun... And i did post a picture of the tractor dirty. .. yall say i never get it dirty. but tomorrow afternoon. it will be clean again... and as always here is some pictures of the days activities.. Chris....
