ZippoVarga Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Found this today while I was tinkerin around on youtube. Pretty Impressive if you ask me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YmkEtxGtzI
xenon172 Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 That is really cool. Glad I don't have one the back yard would look like a WW1 battlefield.
Kent Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 Not trying to be negative in any way, but watch the video closely, paying attention to the "flex" between the tractor's frame and the frame and stabilizers of the backhoe... IMO, while this might be satisfactory for a few hours use at a time by a homeowner, it is a recipe for destroying the tractor if you're not careful, or if used extensively. There's simply too much force generated by the backhoe's hydraulics that is getting transferred, at least in part, to the frame of the tractor. Just as he demonstrates using the boom to lift the rear of the tractor off the ground and move it from side-to-side, there's a subset of this amount of force being transferred to the tractor almost constantly while the backhoe is being used. I'm just trying to be a bit cautionary... that's all! Similar to putting loaders on these small machines, you're adding far more stress than normal gardening use, and you have to cognizant of that...
plastikosmd Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 yea, i couldnt see if that was flex...or if in the way it couples..that it is able to move upward by some amount. If that is a solid mount....that is a lot of movement...it is good to note that..have seen quite a few postings of snapped tractors on tractorbynet site over the years...kent is right..it is good to pay attention
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