Spade/Trencher for M59

[caballero59]

I'm needing to dig a shallow ditch for electrical and don't want to use the 24" bucket. Does anyone know of a company that makes a ripper/ditcher/spade attachment that replaces the bucket? It appears that Bro-Tek is only building wheel spacers now...

 

[Peter 315]

How deep and wide? Maybe make something with angle iron to attach to the backhoe bucket...

 

[caballero59]

Just wide enough so the dipper stick clears the trench.

 

[Peter 315]

Ok that's wider then I was thinking....

 

[woody]

are you putting in conduit or direct burial wire and what size?

 

[caballero59]

are you putting in conduit or direct burial wire and what size?

I'll put it in conduit. I see some rippers available but none that I've found for the M59. Great tractor by the way.

 

[Smokeydog]

Be interested in what you come up with.

Need a ripper for both the m59 and b26. Bought the qa ears for b26 for fabrication. Mainly for roots and rocks. BroTek design had a flatbar on the back of the ripper that helped open the ripper trench if I recall correctly. An option I like.

Have laid some direct burial cable with a subsoiler and J-tube. Thinking something like that. Rip the ground first, attach the J-tube and lay cable or pipe. Still on the drawing board.

Have/had 12” buckets on the Ford 4500 and b26. Still a lot of spoil to deal with and clay soils with head size rocks like to pack narrow buckets.

There is company that fabricates rippers for $1200 for backhoes I see advertising in CL. My m59 bucket is pin on. I think the bucket yoke and change to qa ears to get quick attach. The qa on the b26 is the best I have ever seen.

If not going deep maybe something that attaches to your bucket?

 

[rScotty]

I never did understand what a ripper tooth could do that a narrow bucket couldn't do better, but there must be some reason they are sought after...
A friend built a ripper for his M59 and was surprised to find out how much $$ he had into it when done. Here's a photo of one of the QA ears he ordered from Kubota for the project.

 

[caballero59]

I never did understand what a ripper tooth could do that a narrow bucket couldn't do better, but there must be some reason they are sought after...
A friend built a ripper for his M59 and was surprised to find out how much $$ he had into it when done. Here's a photo of one of the QA ears he ordered from Kubota for the project.

Nice build! The primary (and weighty) reason to steer away from a narrow bucket is the difficulty of unloading them in sticky soil.

 

[Smokeydog]

Kubota Backhoe BT12 Quick Attach Bucket Ears Attachment BT4581 BT4582 BT4583 | eBay

Not sure how these compare to Kubota OEM bucket ears.

Not very often see municipality special utility buckets on auction. Narrow, low sided, the highly hooked backhoe buckets for sale. Would have to install appropriate bucket ears or hangers.