Moving stuff with a BX24's backhoe.

[Mike_V]

I want to dig up dirt with the backhoe and move it to another location.

The "normal" way to do it would be to make a pile with the backhoe and pick up the pile with the FEL to move it away.

There are some situations where that method is not desirable. One, for example, is when you are digging on a lawn and you don't what to have to scrape the soil out of the grass with the FEL. Another is when you are depositing the dirt on a slope or a bank of a pond and there is no real good way to pick it up with the FEL.

So, I was wondering if it would be practical to dump the dirt into a receptical of some kind (like a 55 gal drum, for example) that would have chains that you could lift with the backhoe teeth and carry away.

Is it even practical and safe to carry much weight with a backhoe? The manual implies that all backhoe work should be done with the supports down. Yet we see people transporting heavy logs with a thumb-equipped backhoe...

Who has moved dirt this way? How much weight, if any, would be safe to carry with the backhoe?

 

[mswlogo]

Lift the drum with the FEL.

 

[amigauser]

I would either dump the dirt into a trailer or use a tarp or use a board (plywood) to cover the lawn area before dumping the dirt.

Norm

 

[bx24]

The drum would work if you are only going to do this once or twice. If this happens more often, I would get a small trailer. Moving a drum around with either the FEL or the BH is way too much work

 

[blackmajicwoman]

I am sure this is probably a bit more than you need, but that attached pic is of a materials container that construction companies use when trenching near or on road ways. It contains spoil so it doesn spill onto the rode and it is dragged along by a backhoe bucket or excavator bucket.

 

[Mike_V]

I am sure this is probably a bit more than you need, but that attached pic is of a materials container that construction companies use when trenching near or on road ways. It contains spoil so it doesn spill onto the rode and it is dragged along by a backhoe bucket or excavator bucket.

Yes!

This is the kind of solution I had in mind. This particular container looks too big (and probably way too expensive) for me and the BX24, but the idea is perfect. Thanks.

Maybe one of those plastic garden dump carts would work. Working on a slope may still be problematic, though. It would either tip over or roll into the pond.

 

[LBrown59]

I want to dig up dirt with the backhoe and move it to another location.

The "normal" way to do it would be to make a pile with the backhoe and pick up the pile with the FEL to move it away.

There are some situations where that method is not desirable. One, for example, is when you are digging on a lawn and you don't what to have to scrape the soil out of the grass with the FEL. Another is when you are depositing the dirt on a slope or a bank of a pond and there is no real good way to pick it up with the FEL.

So, I was wondering if it would be practical to dump the dirt into a receptical of some kind (like a 55 gal drum, for example) that would have chains that you could lift with the backhoe teeth and carry away.

Is it even practical and safe to carry much weight with a backhoe? The manual implies that all backhoe work should be done with the supports down. Yet we see people transporting heavy logs with a thumb-equipped backhoe...

Who has moved dirt this way? How much weight, if any, would be safe to carry with the backhoe?

2 Ideas
Use BH to Load it into a pick up with a load handler installed in the bed.
Load a small trailer/dump cart with BH.

 

[LBrown59]

or use a board (plywood) to cover the lawn area before dumping the dirt.

Norm

I've went a step farther with this.
I put the plywood on a pallet lifted the skid with a set of forks and hauled skid plywood and dirt away with the tractor.

 

[escavader]

AN ATV and homemade dump trailer is what i use.
ALAN

 

[RedDirt]

AN ATV and homemade dump trailer is what i use.
ALAN

Got a picture of your homemade dump trailer?

 

[DesertRose]

The suggestion of an ATV and dump trailer is good. If you are digging on a lawn I wouldn't want to use any kind of skid container on it. Rubber tired ATV trailers are pretty cheap. I bought one years ago at Walmart for about $80. It has a removable end gate and is a manual dump. It holds about half a yard. If you were doing these projects daily it might seem very impractical to only haul half a yard at a time but if these projects are infrequent this solution makes sense. You don't have to drag a skid along the lawn and don't have to drive a pick-up on the lawn or turn a tractor around on it to use the FEL.

I use my tractor for the big jobs (like digging a trench) but use my ATV for all the other jobs it is better at.

Tom

 

[MOPAULY]

I have a 15cf dump cart I tow behind our old Toro, I pull that along side where I am digging and fill the trialer with spoil. Otherwise for mulch I'll fill the trailer by itself then connect it to the back of the BX and take it where I need it.

 

[California]

Has anyone ever put a trailer ball on the back end of the backhoe? Seems to me that would make it easy to fill then carry a small trailer with minimal disruption to the lawn etc.

 

[escavader]

Got a picture of your homemade dump trailer?

HERES ONE with daughter playing truck driver

 

[escavader]

Has anyone ever put a trailer ball on the back end of the backhoe? Seems to me that would make it easy to fill then carry a small trailer with minimal disruption to the lawn etc.

YES.Its a junk of i beam with a hole in it so i can use my diffferent balls that go with my reese hitch.Grab it with my thumb and go,works great.SIMPLE TO MAKE.
ALAN

 

[JerryJHarrison]

Alan,

That is a GREAT idea. I was considering welding a reese receiver on the back of the bucket, but this is a much better idea.

Thanks

 

[LBrown59]

I want to dig up dirt with the backhoe and move it to another location.
There are some situations where that method is not desirable. One, for example, is when you are digging on a lawn and you don't what to have to scrape the soil out of the grass with the FEL. Another is when you are depositing the dirt on a slope or a bank of a pond and there is no real good way to pick it up with the FEL.

*So, I was wondering if it would be practical to dump the dirt into a receptical of some kind (like a 55 gal drum, for example) that would have chains that you could lift with the backhoe teeth and carry away.

*How about this?

 

[Scrounger]

*How about this?

Wow, you could probably buy an ATV and trailer for the price of that beauty. Then go play on the ATV when you are done.

 

[Tom_H]

Here's a dump trailer that might interest you:1600 Utility ATV Wagon - Power Dump Cart, dumping ATV Trailer- Power RAM strongest, best, ultimate atv farm trailer, atv ranch trailer

Another (cheaper) possibility is to use what is known as a "stone sled" or "rock sled". If you do a search for these terms in the archives, you will find several threads. Many people just go to an auto salvage yard and find an engine compartment hood that has a shape like a snow sled. The "sled" is just dragged from place to place to move big rocks. The same thing might work to move soil. Depending on your circumstances, some welding modifications for reinforcement or to retain the soil might be worth considering.

 

[LBrown59]

Wow, you could probably buy an ATV and trailer for the price of that beauty. Then go play on the ATV when you are done.

Yep but a pretty neat wheel borrow.