Backhoe Operating the BH92

[TO_Bud]

My older brother just purchased a new L3940 with the air conditioned cab and a BH92 backhoe. I'm a New Holland TC40D owner myself but I must admit how nice of a setup he has. There is nothing that compares to a brand new tractor of this quality in the stable is there? I have a question with the operation of the BH. I have a frame mount Ford BH on my NH and my hoe experience begins and ends there. On my hoe I have two joysticks just as does his BH92 and they operate nearly the same. My right hand joystick controls the booms crowd and extend functions as well as the bucket curl and dump which I'm assuming is a normal configuration. His BH92s right hand joystick also controls these maneuvers except to operate the crowding you have to push the joystick rather than pull the joystick. Is this normal on this hoe? Mine is just the opposite and it feels counter intuitive to push your hand away when you want the dipper to come toward you. Sorry for the long narrative and I hope it is understandable. Any advice out there?

Bud

 

[Willl]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...hoe-joystick-configuration-wrong-counter.html

I think there's 3 different setups.

 

[TO_Bud]

Thanks Will, I read through the thread. Being somewhat of a novice on the BH wasn't sure if hoses could be reconfigured if desired. My brother wants to re-connect the dipper hoses so as to pull in for crowding. I'll have to see if I can figure that out next time I'm at his place (2 hrs away).

 

[Willl]

Shouldn't be to difficult to swap, might be a little tight to get at.

One you wouldn't want to swap would be the boom. Or at least on mine cause it's has a float function on boom circuit.

 

[TO_Bud]

Wanted to update this old thread. Never got a chance to go to my Brother's place to specifically work on the hoses for the BH in the last couple years. A few weeks back however his dealer sent a mechanic out to reconfigure the hoses. Seems kubota issued a service bulletin detailing how to change the hoses around. Now he has to learn how to use it all over again .