What's your hoe doing?

[NH575E]

Good explanation NH, thank you! Yes, the through bolt I was talking about was one of the three bolts holding the starter to the machine. In the picture below, right in the middle of the picture you can see the socket attached, I think that's the negative, with some grounds on the back side of the starter attached to that bolt... Anything special about that bolt? It's just a steel nut and bolt, right?

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That is a single ground cable with a P-strap behind it to hold another harness in place. It's just a regular bolt.

 

[Tinkerer]

If that strap is in fact under the bolt head and it has a plastic coating on it you have a poor ground connection.
Only one side of the threads are making the ground.
One side of the threads you may wonder.
There is a thing about threads and the secret of the inclined plane.
Add grease or oil to the threads and the ground is weaker. IMHO

 

[aighead]

It kind of looks like it but no, it's cut back away plenty, but yes, to the oil and grease!

 

[aighead]

IT'S WORKING!!!

 

[aighead]

Phew! Surprisingly easier to put back on than take off. It ran like a champ!

 

[materthegreater]

Good job! You must be quite pleased.

 

[aighead]

I really am. I feel fairly incompetent with this kind of stuff and I'm happy I got it figured out.

It's sad that I waited months to spend 5 hours to get the backhoe running again.

 

[Willie B]

Atta Boy! Your first real success as a mechanic! From here on it just keeps getting easier, confidence is the essential tool.

 

[aighead]

Thanks again for the help guys!

My first job back was to go pick up a fuel tank from the neighbor, so I slapped the forks on and got it. I've got to say that my idea for the reverse camera in the bucket with forks on is a pretty good one, especially if you are setting down with plenty of room. It makes it very easy to see where the fork tips are.

 

[aighead]

I think I've mentioned it already but my property is long and narrow. We have our main yard which is all mowed, then a couple acres of back field. We've determined that it's nice to have some distance to our view and this mulberry tree, though still alive and lovely, was a better door than a window. My lovely wife suggested taking it down. I suggested waiting until all the leaves were off.



Since the ol' backhoe starts and runs like a champ now, I got her out and pushed just a bit up high and got to sawing. It came down beautifully with just a slight push cracking the hinge.



I proceeded to limb it and all that, then the wife wanted some emergency firewood so I bucked to reasonable sizes using the forks to raise branches up and slice them apart. I also kept the trunk and a crotch, in hopes of making something out of it, so I moved that to the log pile.



Then I ran around the yard a bit and did some fire pile clean-up and stuff like that. I also used the forks to rip some of the logs for a garden idea we had, I'll show that later.

This is the view now, and after moving some big heavy stuff, making life sooooo much easier, and giggling like a little girl while I did it I realized how much I've missed the backhoe!

 

[stinky64]

Look at all the quality thread content you were missing out on with that bum starter.

 

[Swetz]

Looks great aighead!

 

[T-town]

What a nice view now...... !! great job.

 

[Swetz]

My hoe is Working!!

Proud to report that the broken hand has healed enough to allow work, and my hoe was ready, willing, and able . 72 loads of dirt moved, spread, and tracked in, in the last 2 weeks...Thank god for good hoes!!!

Still have more to go, but making great progress.

I really cannot believe the weather in the northeast...amazing...We are going to have to pay for this later!!

 

[stinky64]

Pretty fancy all terrain dirt dumping apparatus ya got there.

 

[aighead]

This is the first time, maybe ever, that I haven't heard you mention rain Swetz! Looks great, and I agree with you about the weather, if you are getting similar to us. It's been dang beautiful for weeks and weeks now. I feel like I'm living in San Diego but we still have some seasons.

 

[T-town]

been out camping....
Hey Swetz !!!! Great job..... glad to hear dirt is 'movin'!
That pad looks pretty big.... how big will that shop be?
Ditto on the weather..... got to do a lot of landscaping.... a 'head start' on next year for sure.
......I'll get some pics up later......

 

[Swetz]

My plan is for a 40x60 shop with a 12 foot wide lean-too on one side. Not sure if full length of partial. This lean-too is for my generator, compressor, and fuel tank. Can never have too much space, but the $$ are limited too.

Pad is going to include some nice level space. Something we don't have much of here.

Camping, nice! In PA?

Looking forward to the pics.

 

[T-town]

Went south to DE..... I'm native to that area... @ cape henlopen..... I could see NJ from the beach Last 'fling' of the season.... the temp held up into Nov.... could go longer??.... save on the old heating bill and get some stuff done outside.
Now to winterize the camper...

Are you sourcing your fill dirt on site??

 

[Swetz]

Are you sourcing your fill dirt on site??

Yes. I am digging a hole at this point. Once the weather is back to normal it will fill up with water. It is ~15' deep. Not sure if I will leave it as a pond, or fill it in. Time will tell. If I fill it in, it will be from the rocks and organics I removed from the pad prior to filling it. I also have an additional pond onsite that I want to enlarge. This too will provide fill, if I decide to fill it in. The reason that I am contemplating leaving it as a pond is that it is right next to where I want to establish a garden, and would provide a great water source for irrigation as needed.