What's your hoe doing?

[baxter28]

Pushing down trees

Then moving them around

 

[Ando]

Mine is sitting in the shed and looks at me funny, cos' I haven't finished the rebuild.

 

[colson04]

Mine is chilling out behind the barn, waiting for me to have time to do some work with it. I haven't used it much since I got the Bobcat running again. And then spring hit and I've been in the fields.

 

[Joe H]

No I believe It was made in Japan by Hinomoto under the Massey name, It has a Toyosha 2.0L 35hp 3 cyl diesel. I hope it never breaks cause parts come dear if at all! Been a good machine though. Put it through hell and she never gives me crap. Now that I have the jcb though I'm a little easier on her. Hope she doesnt go getting soft on me!

Casey, how about some pics of that boom/crane on your bucket ?

Joe H

 

[Welder Dave]

Mine is sitting outside waiting for things to dry up. It's outside because I didn't want to track mud into the shop. I tilted the front bucket down because it's packed with mud from backsliding the soup off the driveway. I hate the rain but maybe it will soften the hardened mud some. I'm pretty sure I'll have to use the pressure washer and a prybar to get the concrete like dried mud off. Don't need to work it into the bucket pins.

 

[colson04]

Mine is chilling out behind the barn, waiting for me to have time to do some work with it. I haven't used it much since I got the Bobcat running again. And then spring hit and I've been in the fields.

I spoke too soon. I ended up using it today to drag a broken truck out of the weeds this afternoon. I didn't even think about taking pictures to share. My brother popped by and we just got the job done.

 

[Welder Dave]

You always think about the pictures 10 minutes after it's done.

 

[cosmaar1]

I had mine buried in about 2 1/2 feet of mud today. 90 minutes later I got it out….. what a waste of time that was.

 

[colson04]

I had mine buried in about 2 1/2 feet of mud today. 90 minutes later I got it out….. what a waste of time that was.

You need to teach @jimmynoshow your techniques for getting out of the mud. Where you able to pull yourself out with the hoe?

 

[aighead]

90 minutes seems about right.

 

[cosmaar1]

You need to teach @jimmynoshow your techniques for getting out of the mud. Where you able to pull yourself out with the hoe?

The mud on the front end was almost even with the top of the tires. I have mud clear up through the bottom foot pegs on the hydraulic and fuel tanks.

The hoe wouldn’t pull me out, even with it in 4wd with the transmission engaged.

I was able to lift it up high enough with the outriggers to get a couple pieces of wood under the rear. I then lifted the front up with the bucket and was able to get some under the front tires. Tried again and didn’t work.

My last ditch effort was putting a bunch of wood under the front bucket as it was also 2+ feet under mud when I was trying to use that. Luckily when i got the wood under the bucket, it gave me enough height to break the seal of the front end. By using the hoe again and engaging the transmission I was able to finally pull myself out.

I’ve been stuck a lot over the last 5 years but that was up there with some of the worst. I honestly thought my next call was to my tow truck friend using his wrecker.

 

[colson04]

The mud on the front end was almost even with the top of the tires. I have mud clear up through the bottom foot pegs on the hydraulic and fuel tanks.

The hoe wouldn’t pull me out, even with it in 4wd with the transmission engaged.

I was able to lift it up high enough with the outriggers to get a couple pieces of wood under the rear. I then lifted the front up with the bucket and was able to get some under the front tires. Tried again and didn’t work.

My last ditch effort was putting a bunch of wood under the front bucket as it was also 2+ feet under mud when I was trying to use that. Luckily when i got the wood under the bucket, it gave me enough height to break the seal of the front end. By using the hoe again and engaging the transmission I was able to finally pull myself out.

I’ve been stuck a lot over the last 5 years but that was up there with some of the worst. I honestly thought my next call was to my tow truck friend using his wrecker.

Good job on getting it out. I don't bother firing up the hoe when it's wet out. Between the clay and hills at my place, it just becomes a giant skating rink for my 2wd hoe.

 

[Welder Dave]

Get a track loader with a hoe weighing over 10 tons stuck if you really want an adventure in getting unstuck. I'm talking when the hoe can't pull you out and the tracks are full of mud. Even worse when the mud in the tracks and around the sprockets is frozen stiff. All a D5M could do to get it out but I had to lift the back end with the hoe. Then had to put a tarp over the machine and use a torpedo heater for about 9 hours to thaw the mud out.

 

[Deere500a]

She may be older damn sweet too bad somebody got rough with her rear end

 

[Willie B]

Get a track loader with a hoe weighing over 10 tons stuck if you really want an adventure in getting unstuck. I'm talking when the hoe can't pull you out and the tracks are full of mud. Even worse when the mud in the tracks and around the sprockets is frozen stiff. All a D5M could do to get it out but I had to lift the back end with the hoe. Then had to put a tarp over the machine and use a torpedo heater for about 9 hours to thaw the mud out.

Worst I've seen was a FUBAR house site on a steep mountain side. Owner was prone to doing stupid stuff. They dug a hole big enough for the foundation with no attempt to cut the ground behind the house. As construction progressed, mud accumulated behind & rose above the concrete foundation. No money in the budget to fix it right, so the builder borrowed a John Deere 350 dozer with winch, put the homeowner in the seat. In no time he was burried well above the top of the tracks in thick mud. They dug until they got to the winch & hooked to a giant Maple tree. It just stalled the winch. They dug by hand many hours to free the dozer.
This was years ago. Last I knew mud had found its way around the house to the cellar windows on the end walls. It broke the glass & oozed into the cellar.

 

[HarleyHappy]

What is it with people that don’t understand the concept of gravity?
I always want to be on the high side cause the low side gets all the crap.
When I built my house, it’s 20 yards below the peak, I put 2 loads of rip rap around the outside perimeter of the build site before we started, cost me 800 bucks.
Cheap insurance.

 

[Willie B]

A proper cellar hole on a steep hillside isn't real deep. Uphill side of a building needs some bit of flat behind the foundation.
Ideally there should be extensive drainage installed. I would NOT want my home on a steep hillside, if I did it'd include a swail somewhere above to flow off surface water to the side, a curtain drain below ground uphill from the foundation, & footing drains.
This one was a hole in the ground 8' Deep on the uphill side. From the downhill side, there were steps downhill from the basement floor. In my opinion, not a good site. Several blunders were made in digging it. A lot of material could have been pulled down to make the ground surrounding the house more nearly level.

 

[aighead]

It was finally the day for me to attempt to get back on the hoe-rse. I went out tried the key a time or two, to no success.

I cracked open the battery compartment and found 12v, I cracked open the hood on the sides and couldn't exactly tell where the starter was, so back up to the house for a flashlight, that funnily also didn't tell me where the starter was. Looked around at some stuff and wiped a bit of grease off a few things.

Next, I hopped in the cab, made sure I was in neutral, and through the modern miracle of not doing anything, she fired right up. I drove up to the garage to add a can of diesel, almost shut her down to grease up the hoe side a bit, but decided against it. Went out and moved some logs around and condensed the fire piles a bit, drove her back into the barn and shut her down. Now she won't start again...

Weird stuff. I didn't open the dashboard to look at wiring and I'm not sure how to get into the f/n/r stalk to see if something is fishy in there.

Everything behaved the same pre-start as it did when it started, then again when it didn't start. I'm now wondering if there is a short in the ignition when turning to go...

At least I got a little done and was pleased with its running after a few months of not running.

 

[Welder Dave]

I'd check the neutral safety switch. If you moved the shifter a bit the 1st time and it started makes the most sense if you couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

 

[aighead]

There'd only be one in the F/N/R, right? I don't recall ever having to be in neutral on the moving speed shifter.