What's your hoe doing?

[casey518]

Been working on repacking the boom, dipper, and bucket cylinders. Got the dipper done, went to cycle the dipper to check for leaks. Uppon raising the dipper in the air a couple gallons of hydraulic oil showered all over the rear of the cab. I guess the extradig cylinder had been leaking for a while, sneakily filling the dipper with oil just waiting to get me! I cycled it and saw that it was hemorrhaging fluid. Guess I'll be rebuilding that one for sure now. Think I'll weld some shim on the inner dipper while i have it apart. Its very worn out with lots of slop and clanks all over the place.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Thanks to this forum, my backhoe is back up and running. I used it this past weekend to remove about 2000 feet of fence and rotting wood posts, then when dumping said posts in the woods for the rabbits to hide in, I buried the front end in the mud. When using the loader to help push me out, I heard a pop and then a firehose sized spray of hydraulic fluid started spraying out of the back of the machine.

I got it unstuck and limped it back to the house. Took the floor plate off and luckily I could access both ends of the hose from the top. $80 hose and $150 dollars in fluid and she is back to work.

 

[rumblecloud]

It's been a minute since I was last on. The Beast has been sitting quietly next to the barn somewhat sheltered from the elements. I did end up adding another battery to it for the winter. I stole the one out of my tractor and rigged a temporary platform to stack them on. I ended up not using it at all. Today I swapped the batteries back where they belong and cycled it few time. I found a leak in the right side loader lift cylinder (it's the lower one - not sure what to call it). I sourced the parts and will prolly order em up later this week. Maybe I can get it fixed before the ground dries up enough to where I can use it.

 

[NH575E]

I found a leak in the right side loader lift cylinder (it's the lower one - not sure what to call it). I sourced the parts and will prolly order em up later this week. Maybe I can get it fixed before the ground dries up enough to where I can use it.

I did a video on the left side. To loosen the nut on the right side you would strap the wrench and pull on it rather than the push method I used.

 

[rumblecloud]

Thanks NH!
It's amazing the things we go thru to figure stuff out. I don't have time to watch the whole thing right now, but promise I will later tonight when the wife isn't hovering around wondering what we're gonna do toady - bless her heart.

 

[freudianfloyd]

My wife asked me to redo our garden. She wanted me to clear all the topsoil out, level it (not my best skill) and prep it for raised beds. It is supposed to storm tomorrow so I had to get it done today. I am by no means an experienced operator, and it was a lot of trial and error to figure out the best way to do it, but I think it turned out pretty good.

 

[Swetz]

She wanted me to clear all the topsoil out, level it (not my best skill) and prep it for raised beds.

Looks good to me!

Where are all the rocks??? LOL, In Northeast PA, rocks are the topsoil. I am always amazed at how different the ground is by location.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Looks good to me!

Where are all the rocks??? LOL, In Northeast PA, rocks are the topsoil. I am always amazed at how different the ground is by location.

Any rocks would've been removed years ago. We bought this land from the family when my grandpa died, and he worked this area as a garden for decades, so he had it pretty well cleared out. When building the house, there were rocks everywhere. I still find them when mowing all the time.

 

[Tyler d4c]

Any rocks would've been removed years ago. We bought this land from the family when my grandpa died, and he worked this area as a garden for decades, so he had it pretty well cleared out. When building the house, there were rocks everywhere. I still find them when mowing all the time.

Theres fields around here if you picked all the rocks youd be to bedrock how they grow anything in them is suprising

 

[Deere500a]

I put my rocks to work safety frist

 

[edgephoto]

I am building a house. Due to topography and my budget we had to build close to the property line. Not real happy about it but the 15 acres we bought is very rough. Nobody thought it could be built one.

All those rocks are from digging the foundation.

 

[Swetz]

All those rocks are from digging the foundation.

That's more like what I would expect...that, and bigger.

 

[edgephoto]

The bigger ones are not visible. The smaller ones are holding everything back.

 

[casey518]

I am building a house. Due to topography and my budget we had to build close to the property line. Not real happy about it but the 15 acres we bought is very rough. Nobody thought it could be built one.

I feel your pain, my lot is anything but flat.

 

[casey518]

Wish i was digging like you guys! I tore apart the leaky extradig and I can see why it was hemorrhaging fluid. Rod is badly bent near the eye. That bend caused galling on the gland that consequently caused gouging down the rod. Ugh. Not really sure what caused the bend. Maybe all the slack in the extradig assembly allowed the ram to bend? If I can press most of the bend out, does anyone know a shop in the ny/vt area that re-chromes these things? Or is there any chance it would be ok for occasional use as is if straightened?

 

[materthegreater]

Wish i was digging like you guys! I tore apart the leaky extradig and I can see why it was hemorrhaging fluid. Rod is badly bent near the eye. That bend caused galling on the gland that consequently caused gouging down the rod. Ugh. Not really sure what caused the bend. Maybe all the slack in the extradig assembly allowed the ram to bend? If I can press most of the bend out, does anyone know a shop in the ny/vt area that re-chromes these things? Or is there any chance it would be ok for occasional use as is if straightened?

Might be a little farther away than you were hoping, but check out NH hydraulics. They will know how best to repair that. Top notch shop in my experience.

 

[casey518]

Might be a little farther away than you were hoping, but check out NH hydraulics. They will know how best to repair that. Top notch shop in my experience.View attachment 359130

Thank you

 

[Deere500a]

Casey wear bars need to be replaced & glad maybe egg shaped getting rod straight may not fix leak might check a parts hoe swap'em out

 

[Willie B]

Might be a little farther away than you were hoping, but check out NH hydraulics. They will know how best to repair that. Top notch shop in my experience.View attachment 359130

I have not had great experience with them.
John Deere backhoe valve was manufactured by a defunct company, no parts available. John Deere offered a whole valve substitute, cost more than the value of the tractor. NH Hydraulics were able to sell pieces to replace the whole valve. Took ?25? phone calls & several months, but they supplied me a 6 section valve for $1400. Each section was 1/4" narrower than the old valve. I had to build a new mount & joystick assembly to make it work. In the end, only the long time it took made me complain.
I've had cylinders needed more than repack, they are always months out on that work. This is also true of all the other hydraulic repair shops.
I met a one man shop American Hydraulics, can't think of the town in Western NH, he says NH Hydraulics sub cylinder work to him.
I've heard good things about Cylinder Services in Rochester NY.

 

[Willie B]

Vermont has new laws will make it very expensive to build a home in any rural town. They go into effect July 1. Any road construction longer than 200 feet will bury you in permit Hell for years.
I have a wet spot on the road into my upper meadow. Plan was to dig down to ledge, put drain pipe in, and fill with stone. Raise the road a couple feet higher than the surrounding land.
I lasted about 15 minutes before I lost a tooth. Had to go home for a metal detector, new tooth, and other tools. Turned out the ledge is only 8" deep in part of the road. Drain tile won't be an option. I'll have to settle for a rock road base to firm things up.