Installing a thumb on a Harbor Freight Backhoe Trencher
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Details on adding a universal bolt on thumb to a Harbor Freight Backhoe Trencher.
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I'm trying to save up for one of these backhoes this is an absolutely outstanding upgrade One of the best ones I've seen so far
One modification I found extremely useful is to get some 22x11-10 high load 4ply atv tires with 10x10 on 4on4 pattern rims... The added width of the tire tread helps to prevent getting stuck while walking it in muddy or soft soilsand the extra inch of clearance aids in walking over stumps/logs/rocks
Thank you for posting this! I just assembled my backhoe, and am very pleased with it's performance. I purchased a similar thumb, and am glad to see how it works.
After pricing small tractors and finding out adding the backhoe attachment would be $8000., no matter the brand of tractor, I spent less than $4000. on the Harbor Freight machine. I've watched many, many videos, joined a Facebook group, and generally soaked up all the knowledge I could find about this backhoe. I love this thing, and look forward to many years of cool, and fun, work with it.
The Billie’s do all the heavy lifting 😊
I have the exact same thumb for my HF backhoe and I love it. You actually don't need to remove the, "brace piece," when switching to digging. It's designed to flip up between the plates and thumb and held in place with the same pin that holds the thumb.
Great video, short and to the point with good instructions. I decided to drill the dipper and bolt my thumb on so I can totally remove it when not needed. My thought was the extra weight of the thumb may put some extra wear on the main pin over time. You are right, the thumb really adds to the usefulness of the trencher.
I upgraded this as well. 3/2/2024 I'm planning on welding the plate before I start building my cabin this summer. This fit exactly as you said. Great video.
I looked on your profile to see if you posted a video on it, interested in seeing the cabin build
At 1:37 I thought there was a deer in the background, but rest assured people it was only a goat.
don't let the goats chew the hoses.😊
If this is Susan B, THANKS! Great video.
Jonathan J Nan
Your videos are very well detailed AND AWESOME
The goats will make short work of that seat lol
They *love* eating the seats on all our machines. The worst is the older machines that are already torn up a bit because then they can really get at it. I need to get covers for them all. :)
Very nice!
Nice upgrades. I did the same, welded backplate of thumb. Used it to pulled up a cement slab. Did you gusset the outrigger? Mine was not and ripped apart. I eliminated the joint, and welded 1/4" wall square tubing in it's place. Hard to find a good metal scrap yard around me. One cylinder bent, replaced so far digging deep hard dry trench. Curious if the wheels could just flip u, use as foot rests as well? LOL Great job!
Yup, I did gusset the outriggers after tearing one digging a large rock out of the ground. Also tore the bucket (on a different project) and welded extra support on the replacement bucket I ordered. I'm in the process of rebuilding the old torn bucket into a narrower trenching bucket.
I've never tried flipping the wheels up, I suspect it might not fit in at that angle without pulling out the outriggers.
Thanks for watching!
@@stickwallfarm Nice, it took so long for my replacement bucket to ship, I found a kubota bucket on craigslist. I had to cut off and reweld the mounting tabs to fit the machine. Very happy with it.
We added the same thumb to ours. Have you had any issues with the using the thumb and messing up the or breaking the bucket. We don’t know for sure but are thinking that is what caused our bucket to break at the welds from squeezing to tight.
We did tear our bucket but I'm having a hard time remembering if that was pre or post thumb. When we got the replacement bucket I welded on reinforcements to hopefully prevent it in the future. Working on turning the old torn up bucket into a narrower trenching bucket
Outstanding
Great video! Thank you! I can't find dimensions for the assembled machine! I need to know them so I know what size shed to buy to store the trencher in! I was looking at 10 x 10 sheds but my wife doesn't think that will be big enough? Would you be able to help us with this? Length, width and height would be helpful. I imagine the boom could be "folded" to save room? We would really appreciate your help! Don't want to leave a brand new machine out in the weather! Thank you!
It fits with outriggers off just inside a 5x12 utility trailer with bucket curled and boom turned at an angle but there is no room to spare a 10x14 shed is the minimum I'd recommend
@@dodgeme1986truck Thank you for the update! As it turned out, we ordered (and installed) a 10 x 15 shed in preparation for ordering the Harbor Freight trencher. Only to find out that when I went to order it, it was marked "Currently Unavailable - Check back later"! Well, at least we have a nice shed!