herdfan
Gold Member
I finally took delivery of my new 3045 TLB with the C50HL and C86 hoe. I'll try and get some pics up later today (after it gets a bath).
This is a dirt-eating machine!
The hoe and loader mountings make this a seriously useable backhoe.
I dug out some wet mud/clay from some hillside slips with little resistance on either the hoe or fel side. The mud is heavy enough, but it takes some power to get past the suction holding all that muck together. I only wish I had a dumptruck to drop the loads into from the backhoe.
I bought 2 backhoe buckets - 18" and 36". The 36" has to make 1 scrape into dry turf before it can start taking bigger bites out of the ground. No problem getting started with the 18" bucket though. The buckets are very easy to swap around too - took around 10 minutes or so to do.
The FEL is very heavy although I already put a little dip in the bottom on some rock ledges up under the mudslide. It's no big deal (and kinda looks like little smile). The loader control stick is very easy to use and is in the perfect location.
My question regards the backhoe.
I had used the hoe around an hour and noticed that one of the hydraulic hoses entering the bottom of the boom was being pinch off when I turned the hoe to the right. A couple of zip ties fixed that problem, but I noticed that there is a small cut in the hydraulic hose. There is no leak (yet) and it looks like there is an inner layer to the hose, which is intact. I plan to give the dealer a call. Hopefully it won't be a problem to replace. Should I not use the hoe until the hose is replaced? Has anybody had this happen before? I would think that this could have been prevented at setup.
(Pics to come soon)
This is a dirt-eating machine!
The hoe and loader mountings make this a seriously useable backhoe.
I dug out some wet mud/clay from some hillside slips with little resistance on either the hoe or fel side. The mud is heavy enough, but it takes some power to get past the suction holding all that muck together. I only wish I had a dumptruck to drop the loads into from the backhoe.
I bought 2 backhoe buckets - 18" and 36". The 36" has to make 1 scrape into dry turf before it can start taking bigger bites out of the ground. No problem getting started with the 18" bucket though. The buckets are very easy to swap around too - took around 10 minutes or so to do.
The FEL is very heavy although I already put a little dip in the bottom on some rock ledges up under the mudslide. It's no big deal (and kinda looks like little smile). The loader control stick is very easy to use and is in the perfect location.
My question regards the backhoe.
I had used the hoe around an hour and noticed that one of the hydraulic hoses entering the bottom of the boom was being pinch off when I turned the hoe to the right. A couple of zip ties fixed that problem, but I noticed that there is a small cut in the hydraulic hose. There is no leak (yet) and it looks like there is an inner layer to the hose, which is intact. I plan to give the dealer a call. Hopefully it won't be a problem to replace. Should I not use the hoe until the hose is replaced? Has anybody had this happen before? I would think that this could have been prevented at setup.
(Pics to come soon)
