dickfoster
Elite Member
I finally got my backhoe dolly to work. When I first made it, a basic T design, I couldn't get the hoe to roll back far enough to get the hooks to clear. I took it back into the shop and modified it a bit by hacking and patching the long bit to lower it and now it's working.
Thing is even with the large 6" caster wheels it doesn't roll worth diddly on the gravel in my shed. I'll have to put down a couple of sheets of plywood so I can roll it around. which is the whole point of having the dolly.
If anyone has a backhoe like mine I'd be happy to give you dimensions etc. and document it for you.
Here are the casters I used. 6 in. Rubber Heavy Duty Swivel Caster
I used two fixed and two swivel casters. I got these for the 600 lb load rating. I figure the backhoe weighs about 1000 lbs and I'm using four casters so I think I've got it covered. Thing is they do stand kinda tall so that makes getting the dolly under there a bit of chore as I have to jack the hoe up on the stabilizers to get the dolly to roll under. Now once it's under I have the required clearance so I can lift the stabilizers then roll the hoe out of the hooks and onto the dolly.
If at first you don't succeed.
Thing is even with the large 6" caster wheels it doesn't roll worth diddly on the gravel in my shed. I'll have to put down a couple of sheets of plywood so I can roll it around. which is the whole point of having the dolly.
If anyone has a backhoe like mine I'd be happy to give you dimensions etc. and document it for you.
Here are the casters I used. 6 in. Rubber Heavy Duty Swivel Caster
I used two fixed and two swivel casters. I got these for the 600 lb load rating. I figure the backhoe weighs about 1000 lbs and I'm using four casters so I think I've got it covered. Thing is they do stand kinda tall so that makes getting the dolly under there a bit of chore as I have to jack the hoe up on the stabilizers to get the dolly to roll under. Now once it's under I have the required clearance so I can lift the stabilizers then roll the hoe out of the hooks and onto the dolly.
If at first you don't succeed.
