Comments on: Tool Pr0n: Backyard Backhoe

By: John

John — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:39:54 +0000

Don,

any luck finding a mini- light weight backhoe?

i have same problem in Florida.

thanks

John

By: Don in LA

Don in LA — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:16:06 +0000

Anyone have any experience using any of the mini-backhoes? I need a small lightweight model to mount on a small barge for cleaning out my boat slip. Mostly silt and clay in the slip. I’m also looking at the Gopher mini out of Oregon. Thanks for any help.

By: Coach James

Coach James — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:47:12 +0000

I had to go back and look at the other pics again, but you’re right about single shear. How much more would it have cost to make it a double? Couldn’t be that much. Wonder how many hours that takes off the life of the ram?

By: KMR

KMR — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:27:32 +0000

The bucket linkage at the end of the ram is mounted in single shear. NICE! That’ll last a long time…

By: Rembreto

Rembreto — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:48:59 +0000

Does the ‘model’ have a cigarette in his mouth?

By: fred

fred — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:46:17 +0000

Re eschoendorff Says:

Amen to needing to know the specs.

Our lightweight machine is a Daewoo 140 only good for 19,000 lbs - but its a “lightweight” at 15tons.
Swing torque is also useful to know

By: eschoendorff

eschoendorff — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:25:24 +0000

Problem is that, if you go to the Collins site, they leave out a lot of essential detail in their specifications… like breakout force, for instance.

I would be very skeptical of this machine….