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Auer, did you ever do standup comedy---some of the stuff you come up with!

Backhoe attachment
Kioti Tractors
Replies 4 Post by earthwrks

I bought a weld-it-yourself kit off ebay and was very pleased with it for about $180 out of Canada.

Be wary of overbuilt units as they weigh a lot which takes away from normal lifting ability. Even on my mid-size backhoe I could feel the extra weight when swinging or even digging.

I bolted my unit on the dipper stick with 3/4" bolts. No good. The unit kept slipping down the dipper stick from the bolts stretching and everything loosening up.

THUMB SIZE
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 33 Post by earthwrks

This won't help you, but when I was an automotive technical writer writing repair manuals, engineers were required to review and approve the info such as torque specs. We had a feeling they weren't reading the manuals especially torque specs. So in order to prove it to our bosses we started putting specs in like "Tighten until breaks then back off a half turn". We made our point when it came back approved.

Front Axle Torque
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 2 Post by earthwrks

The part that attches to the bucket is the holder and the tooth slides over it and is designed to be replaced easily. A good farm shop will have what you need. If not just tack weld the tooth back on. No biggie.

BUCKET TOOTH
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 3 Post by earthwrks

Frank I dug a hole the size of a regular schoolbus (not a short bus like you took to s'cool) using forks to lift out whole slabs of clay. Did it in a half an hour.

If you use one fork you can also trench with it. You need to clean it up by hand though.

New use for loader forks
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 4 Post by earthwrks

I've never seen a conical shaped bit, but then again you wouldn't want that as freezing would tend to squirt the post out of the ground

post hole digger for JD 1070
Operating and Attachments
Replies 5 Post by earthwrks

Car hoods, eh. And to think I have been buying and using trailers to move my stuff down the road.

I did see once a guy have large steel-tracked excavator still on the trailer digging ditches from the shoulder of the road.

DEAD BACKHOE
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 10 Post by earthwrks

I've got one of those power brooms---works very well. My is made by Shindiawa, but Echo makes one too. Mine is a dedicated broom; the other brands are attachments as far as I know.

Laneway Paving Question
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 12 Post by earthwrks

Using WD40 I have hunch is not so much the oil itself but the propellant.

ETHER---YES --OR--NO
Parts and Repair
Replies 21 Post by earthwrks

Murf I can only assume you're not necessarily pro-aftermarket tracks for skid steers only because skid steers see much, much more flexing/use compared to an excavator.

Used rubber tracks
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 24 Post by earthwrks

My Cat book says it could weigh 30,000 to 37,000. Then you're looking at getting over-width permits if the blade rotated is wider than 8 or 8'-6" depending on what type of road. Then you have tolls and possible permit costs. My guess would be $4-7 per loaded mile, maybe more.<br>
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You would be much better ahead to find a local with a machine. If it breaks, he has to fix it. If your buddy's breaks it sits there until you drop several thousand in it.<br>
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Thank your friend, but kindly turn him down.

moving a d6
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 9 Post by earthwrks

Done some reading on the T190's and guys are spending $3000 on each track for new rollers and as much as $5000 per drive motor when they break. Steel over-the-tire tracks are the way to go if you want economy.

so few private machines for sale
Articulated Tractors
Replies 13 Post by earthwrks

Bobcat brand makes a skid steer-mounted rock picker consisting of a bucket and "sweeper" all in one. They're about $4000.

I recently finish graded a lot for three baseball fields using my power rake aka harley rake. The backfill was composed of clay with rocks and boulders and concrete chunks and road base. I windrowed the debris in long rows then bobcatted all the rows and dumped it around the site filling in low spots.

Rock picker
Operating and Attachments
Replies 19 Post by earthwrks

The dealer would be the place to start. I use the messicks.com site. They have part diagrams and prices right there. Very few NH dealers have a site like them. Good people to deal with.

Hydraulic Housing
New Holland Tractors
Replies 5 Post by earthwrks

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Service manual for New Holland mashine
New Holland Tractors
Replies 5 Post by earthwrks

Murf these posts that you plant are they from seed or transplant?

Seriously though, the utility co's here simply drill a 4 foot hole a bit larger than the post and drop them in with little to no tamping. However on the Gulf coast where there is nothing but sand where they drilled post holes they use expanding foam as backfill.

The pea gravel idea sounds good on paper, but what if you have a high water table (as little as 12") like we do here? It would seem no gravel should be used otherwise it will create a soup bowl.

fencing
Garden and Landscape
Replies 26 Post by earthwrks

My blue 33HP can easily handle a 2-bottom in clay in 2nd range. Do you have 4 wheel drive? Mine does which may help overall.

Kubota L4310 handle 2 bottom plow
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by earthwrks

It's almost impossible to stall a hydro--first off the relief valve wll kick out. And your buddy is right, it will keep spinning to China.

1999 New Holland 1630 29hp Hydrostatic drive 3 speed
New Holland Tractors
Replies 25 Post by earthwrks

Sorry for your loss. This is sooooo easy to happen. Once I was operating a decent size excavator digging next to a basement. The hoe was several feet away from the house and raised when I went to exit the machine. My coat pocket got caught on the boom swing lever and swung back with full force into the house. The homeowners were in the house at the time and didn't say a word about it. Me, I about crapped my pants.

Man Dies in Skidsteer Accident
Parts and Repair
Replies 3 Post by earthwrks

Whether the engine is on or not has no effect on whether something stays put. It is in my opinion a poorly seated check valve that is the issue. Lowering your hoe like you do has no impact either--I do it all the time for the reason.

That said, only when the engine is running AND the contol valve is actuated and bucket or loader won't stay is purely a control valve internal leaking issue.

FEL Leak Down
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 29 Post by earthwrks