rScotty
Super Member
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2001
- Messages
- 9,574
- Location
- Rural mountains - Colorado
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
Having a backhoe with a thumb has been a real eye-opener. A thumb really expands what a backhoe can do.
I've been thinking about another type of attachment that would also add a lot to the things a backhoe can do - but I've never seen such a device.
It would be some sort of spoon or fork (spork?) that would either mount to the bucket or use the same mounting pins but it would project in the opposite direction from the curled bucket. It would then stick out the back of the boom and work opposite to what a bucket does. The existing pivots and hydraulics would give it the right motion, so getting the motion right would be the easy part.
Instead of digging it would be for lifting and placing.....a sort of small forklift for a backhoe. And would be real handy for placing fragile things accurately into tight spaces.
But I've never seen such an attachment....has anyone? Who makes it? What's it called?
thanks,
rScotty
I've been thinking about another type of attachment that would also add a lot to the things a backhoe can do - but I've never seen such a device.
It would be some sort of spoon or fork (spork?) that would either mount to the bucket or use the same mounting pins but it would project in the opposite direction from the curled bucket. It would then stick out the back of the boom and work opposite to what a bucket does. The existing pivots and hydraulics would give it the right motion, so getting the motion right would be the easy part.
Instead of digging it would be for lifting and placing.....a sort of small forklift for a backhoe. And would be real handy for placing fragile things accurately into tight spaces.
But I've never seen such an attachment....has anyone? Who makes it? What's it called?
thanks,
rScotty
