At long last my original backhoe is now repaired. I had a trip to Tractorama last Monday and picked up the new boom arm and fitted it the other day. Thank you very much!
The new arm is far more substantial than the original and has some severe bracing to stop it buckling again.
Backhoe with new boom arm fitted.
I’ve modified the stays on the hydraulic pump so that they are steadied by the top link of the 3PL - the same as my AGMAX backhoe does. This is much better than the original design that went around the tow hitch and dug into the ground when I got bogged - breaking the original pump.
I’m also going to weld a couple of stops on the boom arm to stop it coming any where near straight - although the new design is much stronger, it annoys the engineer in me that the disaster is averted by strength rather than design!
A bit of new paint here and there and I shall be putting it up for sale. Although it now works perfectly, I now have my AGMAX backhoe, for which I have bought two different bucket sizes - and the buckets are not interchangeable - I’ve tried - a shame because the OZ-QUIP backhoe bucket has replaceable tips.
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