Backhoe What you diggin?

TallaBota · Jan 24, 2012

Well I got some seat time today on my new BH77!

! Took it out on the back side of the place an just started diggin, you know just trying to get the hang of it and all. So i get about 4ft down and BAM... I hit a rock... not just a small rock this was a big boy the bh77 would not even budge it...

so I start digging be side it, all was going good and i get about 6ft down a i see something funny looking in the hoe... Hop of the bh to have a look and WTH:confused2:.... BONES... Ok Only have 16ac's but out of all the places I pick to dig i find bones... lol

I thought it was a funny story and it got me to thinking WTH have you guys dug up with your backhoes??

More than likely its cow bones but I did not put the down there.:thumbsup:

corey9212 · Jan 25, 2012

Well I don't have a backhoe (sometimes I wish I did) but I did dig up a lot of interesting things with the FEL. I have dug up an old house that was burnt and buried in my riding arena over 10 years ago. I have also uncovered 3 full emu skeletons (full body) in my pens.

Jay4200 · Jan 25, 2012

I had a rock at the top of my driveway that stuck out of the ground just enough to catch my snowplow blade (ATV) and flop it over. Drove me crazy. So, when I got a backhoe, the first thing I did was dig up that rock. It just kept getting bigger and bigger. I finally got it out, but it was quite the monumental dig. I could barely move it, much less pull it out of the hole. I ended up cracking it into pieces in the hole, then pulling the chunks out. It doesn't look all that big in the pic, but keep in mind that my tractor's rear tire track is almost 6 feet.

JayC

TallaBota · Jan 25, 2012

Jay4200 said:
I had a rock at the top of my driveway that stuck out of the ground just enough to catch my snowplow blade (ATV) and flop it over. Drove me crazy. So, when I got a backhoe, the first thing I did was dig up that rock. It just kept getting bigger and bigger. I finally got it out, but it was quite the monumental dig. I could barely move it, much less pull it out of the hole. I ended up cracking it into pieces in the hole, then pulling the chunks out. It doesn't look all that big in the pic, but keep in mind that my tractor's rear tire track is almost 6 feet.

JayC

So how did you bust it up?

RaydaKub · Jan 25, 2012

Jay4200 said:
I had a rock at the top of my driveway that stuck out of the ground just enough to catch my snowplow blade (ATV) and flop it over. Drove me crazy. So, when I got a backhoe, the first thing I did was dig up that rock. It just kept getting bigger and bigger. I finally got it out, but it was quite the monumental dig. I could barely move it, much less pull it out of the hole. I ended up cracking it into pieces in the hole, then pulling the chunks out. It doesn't look all that big in the pic, but keep in mind that my tractor's rear tire track is almost 6 feet.

JayC

First, how did you break it? Second, once broken, couldn't you just turn it over and bury it safely?

Third, did you have a dig permit?

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