Not another HFPB topic!

GeneV · Dec 14, 2019

dodge man said:
I saw a video of someone complaining about how there tractor was bad at moving snow. Then the show him moving snow out of his driveway using a small backhoe on the back of his tractor. It was pretty funny. Use it to clear your driveway, good practice.

That's pretty funny! I did do some tasks with the backhoe before where I was thinking, this is good practice. Like pushing a big boulder forward, it took coordinating the boom/dipper stick/bucket curl to keep it level with the side of the boulder.

Oldpath05 · Dec 14, 2019

("the only other modification I have planned is a bigger hydraulic pump, going from stock 2.7 to around 3.5gpm flow.")<<<<<<Why?

Imold · Dec 14, 2019

Oldpath05 said:
("the only other modification I have planned is a bigger hydraulic pump, going from stock 2.7 to around 3.5gpm flow.")<<<<<<Why?

With the bigger flow pump you are able to use two controls at the same time where as with the stock pump it is one movement at a time.

Oldpath05 · Dec 14, 2019

Wow I couldn't stand a one control at a time machine, why would anyone make or want a BH that way.......

Jstpssng · Dec 14, 2019

GeneV said:
That's pretty funny! I did do some tasks with the backhoe before where I was thinking, this is good practice. Like pushing a big boulder forward, it took coordinating the boom/dipper stick/bucket curl to keep it level with the side of the boulder.

After purchasing it I had my tractor delivered to my mother's house, where I put on my father's 750 Woods, then had the whole setup trucked to my home. By then I'd had the tractor for 2 weeks and a list of projects which needed to be done. The first night I had it I went into the garden and dug my potatoes with the backhoe and work light... it was easier than taking it off so that I could putthe potato plow on then reverse the process when I got done.

Imold · Dec 14, 2019

Oldpath05 said:
Wow I couldn't stand a one control at a time machine, why would anyone make or want a BH that way.......

It is built this way because it is mostly sold to people that have no clue how to operate a trencher/backhoe so with the slower flow pump it moves slow so those few idiots that get their hands on one won’t damage or hurt anyone AND for the rest of us it is just a pain that we can overcome with a bigger flow pump and the know how.

Imold · Dec 14, 2019

Think I will order a 18” bolt on thumb for it, I just remembered that I have a 4 foot chuck of a tree that weighs around 250 pounds next to my garage/shop and I could practice using the thumb, put on the snow suit and go at it.