I noticed today that if I try to drive the backhoe bucket in the ground with any force to grab a deep scoop it won't do it. The arm goes down slowly and will only dig in when I rotate the bucket. Is this normal?
Backhoe 3039 backhoe operation question
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Curl is where most of the digging force should be applied, but you should be able to get enough downforce with the arm to move the tractor around some. Sounds like perhaps the hydraulic control valve may be closed slightly slowing down the hydraulics. Some tractors the knob in front of the operator seat controls both the rate the 3pt will drop, as well as the flow to the remote ports the backhoe feeds from. Some backhoes will have their own control knob that adjusts the hydraulic pressures also. Make sure they are all opened up all the way.
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go with what sysop noted first...
do you have everything extending out boom and dipperstick and bucket? if so try and bring everything closer to you,
if you are using a wide bucket on hard compacted more so dry ground, you may not be able to bust through initial couple inches, on the surface easily.
a tooth bucket and less width of a bucket, more likely to breakup and dig down easier.
it takes some time to learn to move boom, dipstick, and bucket all in one motion.
RPM's of tractor, for myself i rarely go above 75% of RPM's, and prefer a lower RPMs, kinda of a high idle, it is a little slower, but it allows my accuracy. i still get all the same pressures at running at PTO rpms. once i get warmed up and things start clicking, i may raise the RPM's on the tractor to meet my own abilities, but again i try to avoid high RPM's when operating backhoe, it makes things to "jerky" causing tractor to bounce around some. *shakes head no* not with a hole i can flip over into
do you have everything extending out boom and dipperstick and bucket? if so try and bring everything closer to you,
if you are using a wide bucket on hard compacted more so dry ground, you may not be able to bust through initial couple inches, on the surface easily.
a tooth bucket and less width of a bucket, more likely to breakup and dig down easier.
it takes some time to learn to move boom, dipstick, and bucket all in one motion.
RPM's of tractor, for myself i rarely go above 75% of RPM's, and prefer a lower RPMs, kinda of a high idle, it is a little slower, but it allows my accuracy. i still get all the same pressures at running at PTO rpms. once i get warmed up and things start clicking, i may raise the RPM's on the tractor to meet my own abilities, but again i try to avoid high RPM's when operating backhoe, it makes things to "jerky" causing tractor to bounce around some. *shakes head no* not with a hole i can flip over into
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Ryan and Sysop. Though I'm not the OP. I myself really appreciate you two taking your time to explain things like this. I'm a brand new LS XR3032H tractor owner with FEL and BH. I've never operated a backhoe before - needed it for pond work and a rental garage I have.
So, I'm going through a steep learning curve. I'm not going to operate the backhoe until I've finished reading all my manuals and stopping to pick up little tidbits like this.
Gentlemen (and ladies if you happen to post :cool2: ), thank you for the great information. It is greatly appreciated.
BTW, did you know that tractors can't swim? :laughing:
I had that unpleasant event happen to me with my JD 322 and the Haban sickle bar mower. The sickle bar mower got caught on the through the dam drain pipe, and as I kept driving forward, it caused the front wheels of the tractor to curve downhill right into the water.
Fortunately, the operator presence switches did their job and killed the power to the tractor just as it started into the shallow water. Had to get my Farmall Cub out to pull the JD back up on dry land.
Lesson learned.
So, I'm going through a steep learning curve. I'm not going to operate the backhoe until I've finished reading all my manuals and stopping to pick up little tidbits like this.
Gentlemen (and ladies if you happen to post :cool2: ), thank you for the great information. It is greatly appreciated.
BTW, did you know that tractors can't swim? :laughing:
I had that unpleasant event happen to me with my JD 322 and the Haban sickle bar mower. The sickle bar mower got caught on the through the dam drain pipe, and as I kept driving forward, it caused the front wheels of the tractor to curve downhill right into the water.Fortunately, the operator presence switches did their job and killed the power to the tractor just as it started into the shallow water. Had to get my Farmall Cub out to pull the JD back up on dry land.
Lesson learned.
Thanks for the info. I'll check for the control knob, I haven't touched that. That sounds like the problem. I can move the tractor with the hoe, it has power and can dig with the curl like mentioned but is slow going down. If it went down quicker I think it will help. ( 16" bucket) I also like lower RPM most of the time, especially using the hoe, like mentioned , jerky, but seems like with practice it can improve. Not sure but I thought it had more power at higher RPM. Still new at this. I have rented a few compact size excavator/ back hoes/ tractors over the years but not in a while.