Backhoe Bucker tooth hitting boom on new Boomer 55 with 935GBH backhoe

Dave1953 · Nov 30, 2019

I was looking over my new TLB today, haven't got a chance to play with it yet, and I noticed that the center bucket tooth was about 1/16" from touching the boom with the boom & dipperstick and bucket in their full upright position. If I were to have cranked the tractor and gotten on the backhoe and tried to uncurl the bucket either the boom would have stopped the bucket from uncurling or it would have broke the tooth off. The only backhoe experience I have is with my former TC34DA and 758C backhoe combo and I know it was not possible for a bucket tooth to make contact with the boom in any position. It appears this bucket is too big for this backhoe, not wide (18") but long. I cannot imagine any scenario where the bucket should make contact with the boom. I plan to contact the dealer Monday but in the mean time can some of you more experienced BH operators venture to guess what the problem may be other than it not having the wrong bucket on it?

ruffdog · Dec 2, 2019

Many backhoes are like yours. Watch this video of a Deere 1025 at about 0:55 and you will see it is just like your BH bucket.

Industrial Toys · Dec 2, 2019

My hoe teeth scrape the dipper too. If it didn't you wouldn't be able to tuck the bucket in as nicely.

Dave1953 · Dec 2, 2019

I see it. Maybe it isn't as uncommon as I thought. The 758C backhoe that was on my TC34DA had a bracket stop at the top of the boom that stopped the dipperstick and kept the bucket from getting no closer than 4" from the boom. Even the 930GH which is the predecessor to the 935GBH had that bracket stop on it. I guess they figured that they could save a couple bucks by deleting it.