Homemade Backhoe 4
I have now put about 12 hours on the backhoe and its working fairly well. Could use stronger stabilizers but will make do with 1.5 inch cylinders for now. All cylinders working quickly except the bucket curl seems kind of slow but it otherwise its probably better that things are not fast enough to get myself in trouble or break the machine.
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wow…you sure did a nice job on your backhoe.
Nice hoe, in your earlier video you questioned if it would be strong enough to hold up? looks strong in action, how is it holding up so far? any structure problems?
Its nice to see that you fixed it over the number 3 video you made. That was way to slow to watch. Nice job.
The pump on my tractor has not been serviced in 40 years. I think if I took the time to check it out and rebuild it would do fine. If it moves your loader at a reasonable speed, it should be fine for a small backhoe. Mine takes forever just raising the 3PH.
Ive been researching the same project. I have a satoh 630 4×4 with a loader. My factory pump is iffy too, in fact I just ordered a new one, but ive been shopping those prince PTO pumps, the have A PTO thru type construction that allows a PTO extension so that you can have the pump operating while still using the PTO for other stuff, by the way Great job on the backhoe!
very cool nice job
Great job! I’ve run dozens of hoes and they are ALL are very jerky! It’s because of the high hyd. pres. and weight of the boom. Just learn to run it smoothly. Don’t sweat it! U might beef up ur pivot/main mount area, but the rest it sweet!
nice job on that unit!!
Thanks for the comments. I have put many hours on the unit now. Before I do any reworking of the linkage I am going to build a PTO pump. The 40yr old tractor pump is iffy and the whole thing operates with a jerky motion, Same as when lifting the 3PH with a rear blade on. Best thing done so far is moving the exhaust to a stack from a rear exit. No more headaches!
If you take the bucket off and make a trianguler shaped bracket on the back of the bucket ,shorten up the linages, bring the base mount point for the bucket cylinder forward and use a shorter one you will still have the same digging force but less travel time for the extension and contraction of the bucket cylinder this will also save some weight so you can lift more with it. The force of a cylinder is only measured by its diameter not its length. It does look cool and you did a great job.
Nice machine ya built there, though your bucket problem might be sorted by a shorter cylinder on the bucket and changing the geomatry.
Top Marks.
hell yeah dave , she digging now . good job buddy
5 stars