New Branson BH250 Backhoe is here.

[lowriderb]

Dealer just delivered it. Looks heavy duty. Ill post specs soon. Subframe is massive. I,m a welder. Thank you paul at D+D Equipment in Ephrata WA. 103" Digging depth, 4435lbs? Breakout force. Cylinders look impressive. A lot of 1/2" steel.

 

[AndyMA]

Looks Great. Of the 5 backhoes I've had I only mounted one, That was on a Deere 650. Tiny compared to yours and that was heavy enough by myself.

Looking forward to pictures mounted and in use.

Andy

 

[Resurrected1]

That does look good, man. Congrats. So, based on what I can tell.....the BH760 was re-badged/named the BH200 (the 2 have the exact same specs), and the BH860 was re-badged/named the BH250 (those 2 also have the exact same specs). Maybe there was a bit of redesigning/strengthening of parts like the frame, etc... Regardless, that is a good looking tractor/hoe combo. That does look much "beefier?" than mine.

 

[lowriderb]

Not sure told this new one has locking legs, heavier mount system, Improved hydraulics [what I have no idea?], steps are different?, heavy duty bucket ? There is a Bh860 down the road, Im gona stop tomorrow and take a look. Its all together. Not sure if the top link is suppose to be installed? Anybody know?

 

[Warsign]

Dealer just delivered it. Looks heavy duty. Ill post specs soon.View attachment 564868View attachment 564869View attachment 564870View attachment 564871 Subframe is massive. I,m a welder. Thank you paul at D+D Equipment in Ephrata WA.View attachment 564876 103" Digging depth, 4435lbs? Breakout force. Cylinders look impressive. A lot of 1/2" steel.

That is AWESOME! Mind if I ask how much you paid for it?

 

[Resurrected1]

lowrider.....the toplink on mine was connected (from the dealership), right up under the seat, by the floor boards. It took a long 6"+ pin.

 

[lowriderb]

Dealer said don't put the top link in. Lockpin fits just below the seal support base. Its a odd size, a little bigger than my top link ball ends. Thing is the toplink fits other than a oversized end is needed. I paid 6695.00 plus tax. I got a deal.7235.00 total. The subframe is massive, putting power and water lines today. Thing has plenty of power to dig. The pine tree stump I worked on for a hour is another story. Im going to make/fabricate a ripper to fit in place of the bucket. Also get a smaller bucket than the 16" bucket it came with. 8-12" for trenching. Today were digging. I have no idea what size bucket would work best. Or if I would need to get into the ditch. I will know soon. B

 

[WillBuc59]

How easy is this to take on and off in case you wanted to bushhog or something?

 

[lowriderb]

Pull 2 pins at the front of the frame. Move the tractor fwd 6", disconnect 2 hoses [quick disconnects] ..drive away. Reinstall [hard part] all the 3 pont lower arms back on [15 minutes]. I cracked the bucket after 90' of ditch the first use. Bad weld on it. Dealer is going to get me a 13" new one. Our dirt is almost rock free and farmland soil. Hoe worked great. Good power, smooth hydraulics. And the top link is suppose to be installed I guess but not one pic shows this in the manual.

 

[LindenBruce]

So no 3 point implement use with the sub-frame connected to the tractor? Hum.... Those welds on your bucket were too cold and there was no penetration into the steal plates. Not a good sign. B.

 

[lowriderb]

YEP, you cant use the 3 point on when the frames installed. Sub frame attaches to two lower three point mounts. The back of the backhoe bucket [currently as designed] is 2" x 8" welded box made out of 3/16" plate [thin steel] the sides of the bucket are 3/8" Sorta opposite of what it should be. The back needs to be MASSIVE! 3/8" sidewall 4" x 4" Tubing [side to side] and 1/2" Plate for the whole back side. The 6.5ft woods 12" bucket we saw use a Large 4"x 4" 1/4" or 3/8" boxed square tube ran from one side of the bucket to the other. FAIL PROOF Imo, And it had what looked like, 20 years of use. Branson dealer is replacing the bucket as soon as tomorrow. There on the ball on service I must admit. They will get these fixed I bet immediate like. New model blues. Great hoe, looking forward to 1600 ft of digging we ordered 400 more ft of water line].

 

[Stimw]

I made a 6" bucket for my last hoe for digging trenches for water/electric/sewer.
It worked really great during many projects.
I made a cardboard template of the sides of my regular bucket and cut it out with my plasma torch and fab-ed the mount bracket.
I sold my old hoe but kept the bucket but now I need to change the mount to fit my new hoe. It's on my list. ??