Stanley B
Bronze Member
I've not had a chance to use my new backhoe very much since I bought it a month ago......I was fitting my new trailer to my "new" dump truck today and was pulling the tractor up on the trailer both forwards and backwards to check tongue weight and trailer levelness.....when I tried to disengage the parking brake, it wouldn't release when I tapped the brake pedal.....I climbed under there and ended up taking the BXpanded belly plate off (like the easy latches that hold that on) so I could see how the brake lock pedal interacts with the brake pedal...under the floor where the brake pedal is, was a piece of metal with notches on it that I think are supposed to lock onto a plate on the brake pedal....looked like it was out of alignment, but I'm not sure...I was able to slide it sideways so that the brake pedal jumped back up to the off position....I was loosing daylight fast and didn't take time to get a pic of it......does anyone here have a pic of how those parts are supposed to contact each other?.....here's a pic of my set-up...I bought DOT grade chains with ratchet binders to use to cinch it all down before I start hauling it on the road.....I'm not really wanting to use the straps they used to deliver it to me with....I may need to cut my chains short again to tighten the backhoe end down or buy some of those brackets that go under the stabilizer......
Here are some pics from the day it was delivered......
Here's a pic from today.......
Here are some pics from the day it was delivered......
Here's a pic from today.......
