Backhoe operation - tractor tires off the ground, only the rear, only the front, NONE

[Diggin It]

So, are we putting this angle iron on one plane, inner/outer, fore/aft? I'm thinking about making a 90 with it to catch one side and one fore or aft.

 

[4570Man]

I put mine on the front and back and left the sides open to minimize clogging up.

 

[chesternator]

I think I would do front and back because for one that is what I have seen and I think it will make it easier to align a board between the 2 channels parallel the outrigger as it lowers from the outside rather than trying to fight against the channels as they come down adjacent to the outriggers. Thinking ahead in case I'm in mud or soft pavement and need to increase contact with the ground.

 

[ovrszd]

I put mine on the front and back and left the sides open to minimize clogging up.

Yep...

 

[Gary Fowler]

I put mine on in a U pattern (leaving the inside edge or bottom edge of the raised stab open to allow dirt to fall out easily) to assist in keeping the tractor from moving to the side also. Sometimes I end up digging from the side of the tractor also and if you just put the angle (I used 1.25"x1/4" flatbar that I had in stock) on front and back then it has no grip on side to side slip.

 

[Diggin It]

if you just put the angle ... on front and back then it has no grip on side to side slip.

That's exactly my thinking with the L pattern.

 

[4570Man]

That's exactly my thinking with the L pattern.

I don’t experience much slip sideways. Most of the work is straight off the back and when it’s not it’s probably not pulling very hard.

 

[ovrszd]

I don’t experience much slip sideways. Most of the work is straight off the back and when it’s not it’s probably not pulling very hard.

Yep. Really want to be careful digging at a 90 degree angle to the machine. It has it's most structural strength digging straight back.

 

[Industrial Toys]

A commercial TLB is well designed to be in the air. Remember a three legged milking stool is more stable than a four legged one. I would say that it is best to reduce stresses on most 3ph hoes by engaging stabalizers only enough to provide stability.

I was looking for a 3ph hoe for our JD 6200 years ago. When the dealer told me that people were ripping the rather heavy top link casting off the tractor, that was the end of that idea for me.

 

[Diggin It]

I don't come close to that. But when digging stumps and swinging to 45 or so each side of the stump, I've pulled myself sideways a a bit.