Of course u cant leave things alone. Mfrs are in business to sell sell sell. You unuquely have the ability to see beyond how they mfr tools with your yrs of experience & exposure. You know exactly what applications are missing so you fabricate them in order to meet your needs. Thats a great gift. My daddy was a machinist so he knew all the basics of how things worked. He fabricated & altered tools & weaponry for improvements consistently in his lifetime. The mods are phenomenal Dave. You should be proud. I know u were just itching to try out all ur mods. Besides they just dint make things like they used to anymore either. Very cool. Enjoy the evening.
I have the same machine and have been thinking about putting wheels on it for a long time, This video is exactly how I imagined the end result. Thanks for the video.
If you contact Summitt Hydraulics , they can help with Engineering and prices for hydraulics are real real reasonable. Jut finished one myself. Works great and drives, Less than 500 invested
Awesome modification Dave! I think you came up with a brilliant solution. Digging the new yellow seat!😂 Looking forward to your next video. Continued blessings from San Antonio, Texas.
The main purpose of the plate on top is to keep the outrigger from sinking into the ground. It looks perfect for mounting a swivel caster on to me though, almost like it was built for it.
much needed improvements to an already cool machine. the seat makes it much safer and easier to work longer without getting beat to death. great fab work on the wheel brackets. i have years of metal fab experience and it always gives me greater appreciation when you design and build your own things. build it like you want it.
LOL Thanks Kez ...Actually ......after you see the move I do at the end of my road building video ...not sure I need the wheels lol coming out on Saturday :)
When you said. I'm not going to drive this thing to town. I got the picture in my head. Of Tim Allen tool man Taylor. Screaming down the mountain on it. Lol 😅😅😅😅
Look in your area about foam filling the tires. (Making them a solid rubber tire) They will add some weight, but you wont ever need to deal with a flat tire or the weight. Excellent mod!
Hello Sparky 👋 Great 👍 job on the 🚜 love your new wheels and seat . Looking good I think the tractor perfect for your property. Blessings from your Michigan neighbor 💕. Tell Cindy hello 👋.
Good proof of concept. I'd add some angle tied in around the caster to give some rigidity. They will over time rack to one side or the other because there is no side to side reinforcement.
I have a similar machine made in England from 1986. The name on the manufacturer plate says FYNE. I fabricated a 20 inch long root ripper tooth (5/8" plate) with big, sharp sawz-all style teeth for tearing out tree stumps. 2 pins and it swaps with the bucket. Also added an adjustable thumb made with heavy 4" C-channel. I like the wheels. 👍
Hi Dave loving the mods, great idea and execution in making those big castor type wheels. The new chair looks to be a much better option. I couldn't help but think that you are building a Transformer ......welcome to Optimus Backhoe.... robot in disguise 😁 peace and Blessings Sir
WOOOHHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! GO SPARKY GO!!!!!!!!! F'n AWESOME!!!!! You made my day, and it only started. Cant wait to get my kid to weld us up a set! WE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU DAAAAAAAAAAAVE!!!!!!!!!! ❤ 🇨🇦
Dont start cutting steel until you watch my " road building' " video at the end and check out how I move the machine lol It will be up saturday to view
@@sparkys506adventures4 Right on ... not a rush .. grad last weekend and three weeks of birthday's come'n. Is there something I can do to help you get the video up sooner? lol ... probz needs edits and you got shiot to do. I know alot of work goes into a channel. Sign me up for some live'z too ... we love learning and growing with you. :-) Canadian Content, I CHOOSE... yer one of the ones oure tax bucks SHOULD be going to, instead of the BSCBC mine got a new sticker today #HONKARMY
Those top plates are for digging in soft soil to help prevent outrigger sinking while digging... what those plates are really good for though is to attach some wood blocks to while digging from a paved surface such as concrete or blacktop or to add wider spreader boards to stop sinking while working in mud/clay
The only suggestion I would make is the brackets for the casters. Make them in an "L" shape. This would relieve the lateral forces while turning as tha boom and bucket still have considerable weight and would have considerable side pressure while turning
I have an older version of the Princess Auto towable excavator I bought it in 2015, I have done a lot of work with mine. The biggest issue I see with mine is the boom swing at 120 deg is not quite far enough and I haven't figured out a fix yet. They are a real workhorse.
Very nice mods, and Yeee Haaa…what a FANTASTIC new seat! I’m very happy for ya. I would bolt on a crank jack to get it on off your utility trucks ball hitch next. You should be able to now quickly pull the machine around nicely to just where you need it and unhook. Why is it that you must criss-cross the down-rigger arms, cant you just pull one out, and flip it? Enjoy, can’t wait to see what you do next. Thanks for the video. Be blessed my friend. ✌️😎👍
@@repairfreak By the way if you see the end of my video coming out Saturday " Road building " You will see I use a different way of transporting it and it works very well ...well enough I may not even use these tires that much ......
@@sparkys506adventures4 Fricken’ awesome brother! Don’t ever stop dreaming and exercising your creativity building cool things, and enjoying all you’ve been blessed with my friend. ✌️😎👍❤️
The plates on the top i beleve are to stop it digging in too far. I have the same one, and if they werent there, the downriggers would dig in really deep as you dig, especially on softer ground. Hopefully that makes sense :)
Now it could be me but since each tire holds 500lbs, the hydraulics are producing more force than 1000lbs. Also the "pointed "end of the arm is to hold it firmly in the ground. I guess if you look at a backhoe attachment on a tractor, it has hydraulic outriggers that stabilize it(like the pointed arms). Hopefully the tires won't blow. Looks good though.
The tires are only for transport ....only way the hydraulic force would have to be comsidered if I was to try to rip up a stump with the machine sitting on the tires ....
Why do you have to switch from left to right ? Isn't the hole center in the square tube ? Just a question as I really don't know !? I'd have tried to just flip them in their same holes !! But they do look sweet though !!
Damn good job it's got a severe case of "toe out" on the swiveling wheels, not to mention the strongest tendency to *caster* to keep it that way, that i've ever seen designed into a wheel mount, or it would roll away by itself without a moment's notice.
Thats because the plate doesnt sit parallel to the ground ...I didnt have the outriggers with me when I built the casters ...I need to bent the plates a bit to level it out ....and remove toe out
remember that the thing is on 4 wheels. It will roll if you are not attached to something or have the bucket on the ground. I cannot see if it is necessary to switch sides with the arms, but I can't see from the video what it looks like. I don't know if you could put brakes on one or two of the tires.
You are NOT a Davie dumb dumb that's for sure! Don't ever call your self that! You're incredibly talented! I'm happy that you and Cindy have each other! 🎉
I'm thinking about buying one but I'm just curious why not keep the tires in the front and put the outriggers in the back? I don't know it just in my head that seems like it would be a better configuration but I really don't know
its moved around by pushing down with the bucket to lift the front then roll on the wheels on the rear ...it the outriggers were on the back you couldnt move it anywhere ...
@@sparkys506adventures4 you know what that makes a lot of sense I was thinking you could like drag it on its front wheels not really lift it per se but I guess yeah it would be easier to lift it and drag it I don't know I've never used one so in my head it seemed like it might work
Hi Sparky, I bought the same excavator as you. When you grease the 3 pins, with zerk, do you have grease going out at both end ? On mine, grease get out only at one end, and pins stay dry half pin lenght. I am installing a second zerk on each pin. Let me know if you have better idea. Thanks.
i love mine. i hate mine :) um. here in australia, baumrag. "bum-rag". the HF of australia... "german engineering..." lol bh620 or something? too light to break in, and then it drags around and yeah. spend a lot of time wriggling back and forth doing nothing. sometimes i contemplate a set of ground screws up front, if anything. iirc, there was a set of pegs in that box i threw out? once youre in and can pull up rather than back... shes fine. sometimes it helps to sink a post hole digger in first, give yourself something to bite into. same time, it was useful for getting a Hbeam down from on top of a shipping container... cant prop a typical excavator up on blocks like that! spent years with that thing balanced across the doors, wondering how the hell i get it down... without dropping it. still dropped it :) the last two foot. better than two metres. hook for lifting and pulling fence posts, and also... picking up the tines from the tractor, "mega rake". reminds me i meant to buy some more tines... anvil in the elbow for a log splitter. can have the machine weight assist. got some motors, contemplating adding slew... dont feel the need for driven wheels, its plenty maneuverable. more than an excavator at times. it is a bit too wide for some spots but you can still deal with it... you dont HAVE to use the legs it comes with! but slew would be nice. in fact, its almost necessary... you have to face the hole. then you have the issue of dumping OUT of the hole. youre limited to this particular orientation simply to deal with the dirt. having just 180 of rotation would cure that. im not sticking to mere trenches! i threw a diesel on mine first, with a 6kva genset. and stuffed up on the overcenter slip belt clutch for the hydraulics. ummm. after actually using a calculator last night, i came up with needing FIVE belts for the "10hp" at "3000rpm"... no wonder the poor lil a23 is getting shredded after a few hours! better fix that now. dammit. was a real nice overcenter. use a chain and dog clutch i guess. just dont wanna pump oil unnecessarily when generating. and... a major thing im musing over... flipping the arm pivot over, having the ram backwards to how it is. i always prefer my rams to be extending when under load, rather than contracting. just like they do in the real ones... it doesnt look like it will be terribly hard. and possibly hacking out all the side plates, and welding in some more to bring the pins on the rams up to 3 bearing surfaces rather than one... again, more... "industrial". and tighten them all up cus its got the slop when new of a fifty year old excavator thats never had a holiday... oh yeah... counterbore all the grease nipples into the pins. strap the hoses down tighter... theres a freaking oil strainer in that lower hose mounting block flange thing! and it is NOT a standard size, from what i could find... yeah, i TOLD myself... "pop off the flange BEFORE hitting it with the plasma cutter... BEFORE"... do i ever listen? ffs
Why bother switching sides when you flip the casters over? Won't they fit into the same hole upside down?? It'd save ya a bit of (useless) lugging from left to right all the time.
You know what LMAO Thats a damn good point lol Its a big Davey Dumb Dumb lol thanks for picking that out...when the wheels go from front to rear they have to be switched because of the way they are built ...not the outriggers lol :) I think I had that in my head
Of course u cant leave things alone. Mfrs are in business to sell sell sell. You unuquely have the ability to see beyond how they mfr tools with your yrs of experience & exposure. You know exactly what applications are missing so you fabricate them in order to meet your needs. Thats a great gift. My daddy was a machinist so he knew all the basics of how things worked. He fabricated & altered tools & weaponry for improvements consistently in his lifetime. The mods are phenomenal Dave. You should be proud. I know u were just itching to try out all ur mods. Besides they just dint make things like they used to anymore either. Very cool. Enjoy the evening.
If you add a pintle hitch to the bucket, you can hook onto it as the trailer hitch to move it around
I have the same machine and have been thinking about putting wheels on it for a long time,
This video is exactly how I imagined the end result.
Thanks for the video.
I have the Harbor freight one, for 7 years, use it very often, they are very capable machines.
Pretty ingenious. Can't wait to see them in action.
Dave, you're no less than a genius. Great mods!
If you contact Summitt Hydraulics , they can help with Engineering and prices for hydraulics are real real reasonable. Jut finished one myself. Works great and drives, Less than 500 invested
When I watched your assembly video, I was thinking all the while about a similar wheel setup. Thanks for doing that and showing it to us.
Awesome modification Dave! I think you came up with a brilliant solution. Digging the new yellow seat!😂 Looking forward to your next video. Continued blessings from San Antonio, Texas.
Good job. You've made some good mods to it. Can't wait to see it perform.
looking good, keep up the good work
Nice job. Looking forward to seeing the machine being towed. Good choice on the new seat. Thanks for the video.
The main purpose of the plate on top is to keep the outrigger from sinking into the ground. It looks perfect for mounting a swivel caster on to me though, almost like it was built for it.
That's exactly what I was going to say.
great job on the mods. excellent wheels. great channel
Thanks Brent glad you like it
@@sparkys506adventures4 Definitely showing off your engineering talents Sparks
@@alexs3447 Thanks Alex :)
much needed improvements to an already cool machine. the seat makes it much safer and easier to work longer without getting beat to death. great fab work on the wheel brackets. i have years of metal fab experience and it always gives me greater appreciation when you design and build your own things. build it like you want it.
Absolute legend I was hoping you could modify the beast with front wheels. Super can’t wait to see in action. Great job mate.
LOL Thanks Kez ...Actually ......after you see the move I do at the end of my road building video ...not sure I need the wheels lol coming out on Saturday :)
When you said. I'm not going to drive this thing to town. I got the picture in my head. Of Tim Allen tool man Taylor. Screaming down the mountain on it. Lol 😅😅😅😅
I was thinking of adding some counter weights near or under the motor on mine, love the casters, geat job
It could definitely use counterweight on the rear
Look in your area about foam filling the tires. (Making them a solid rubber tire) They will add some weight, but you wont ever need to deal with a flat tire or the weight. Excellent mod!
Gotta love Princess Auto. Great upgrades u did there.
Hello Sparky 👋 Great 👍 job on the 🚜 love your new wheels and seat . Looking good I think the tractor perfect for your property. Blessings from your Michigan neighbor 💕. Tell Cindy hello 👋.
Thanks so much ...Cindy says "Hi "
Nortrack still sells them, i used a hitch extension and an trailer jack ( with caster) to move around
Good proof of concept. I'd add some angle tied in around the caster to give some rigidity. They will over time rack to one side or the other because there is no side to side reinforcement.
I have a similar machine made in England from 1986. The name on the manufacturer plate says FYNE. I fabricated a 20 inch long
root ripper tooth (5/8" plate) with big, sharp sawz-all style teeth for tearing out tree stumps. 2 pins and it swaps with the bucket. Also added an adjustable thumb made with heavy 4" C-channel.
I like the wheels. 👍
That's awesome MacGyver can't wait to see them in operation
That's a great idea , I can't Waite to make some!
Awesome! And yellow is my favorite color.
yes i agree, cool mods ...thumbs up !!
Very nice upgrade with the wheels .Don't let princess auto steal the idea .
Princess doesn't design or make these. Some poor slave in China does.
Great job on the digger Dave. Awesome idea hope it works good .keep it going
thanks Rich !!!! Glad you like it
Hi Dave loving the mods, great idea and execution in making those big castor type wheels. The new chair looks to be a much better option. I couldn't help but think that you are building a Transformer ......welcome to Optimus Backhoe.... robot in disguise 😁 peace and Blessings Sir
Its a transformer Steve lol
WOOOHHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! GO SPARKY GO!!!!!!!!! F'n AWESOME!!!!! You made my day, and it only started. Cant wait to get my kid to weld us up a set! WE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU DAAAAAAAAAAAVE!!!!!!!!!! ❤ 🇨🇦
Dont start cutting steel until you watch my " road building' " video at the end and check out how I move the machine lol It will be up saturday to view
@@sparkys506adventures4 Right on ... not a rush .. grad last weekend and three weeks of birthday's come'n. Is there something I can do to help you get the video up sooner? lol ... probz needs edits and you got shiot to do. I know alot of work goes into a channel. Sign me up for some live'z too ... we love learning and growing with you. :-) Canadian Content, I CHOOSE... yer one of the ones oure tax bucks SHOULD be going to, instead of the BSCBC mine got a new sticker today #HONKARMY
Those top plates are for digging in soft soil to help prevent outrigger sinking while digging... what those plates are really good for though is to attach some wood blocks to while digging from a paved surface such as concrete or blacktop or to add wider spreader boards to stop sinking while working in mud/clay
The seat and the wheels looks like a great modification
the seat stayed and is great !!!! The wheels were never used after I found a better way to move it around even quicker also
The only suggestion I would make is the brackets for the casters. Make them in an "L" shape. This would relieve the lateral forces while turning as tha boom and bucket still have considerable weight and would have considerable side pressure while turning
To use the flat side you have to swap the out rigger from left to right. Thes machines are sure fun to modify toys ;)
Looks just like the Northern model which I have,they are nice machines just make sure you grease the wheel bearings
Looking good Sparky
Picking mine up today at PA . I will grab that seat also. Nice upgrade.
Good luck ...only thing Id recommend is a seat upgrade right away ...the stock one is not good at all ....
I looked at the factory seat. Lol. That’s a one cheek seat. What Hydro oil are you running. I don’t want to open up packaging to read owners manual.
hydraulic 32 oil ...they have it at princess auto also
Thanks. I have lots at home.
I have an older version of the Princess Auto towable excavator I bought it in 2015, I have done a lot of work with mine. The biggest issue I see with mine is the boom swing at 120 deg is not quite far enough and I haven't figured out a fix yet. They are a real workhorse.
Im liking it so far :) Thanks for watching
Nicely done.
For most uses, I would just use 3 greased washers, not a thrust washer, but thrust bearings is ok.
Instead of thrust bearings I used 2 layers of teflon on my pivots, the seat looks like the John Deere on my tractor. from NZ
Pretty slick!
Really nice!
Love it I would have done the same by the way....I love turkey....with gravy lol 😆
I've found that if you flip the out riggers you get extra 1 to 2 ft deeper when digging.
Good thinking Dave😊
Great video!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice mods, and Yeee Haaa…what a FANTASTIC new seat! I’m very happy for ya. I would bolt on a crank jack to get it on off your utility trucks ball hitch next. You should be able to now quickly pull the machine around nicely to just where you need it and unhook. Why is it that you must criss-cross the down-rigger arms, cant you just pull one out, and flip it?
Enjoy, can’t wait to see what you do next. Thanks for the video. Be blessed my friend. ✌️😎👍
Thanks Mike ....youre not the first one to point out that about teh outriggers lol Its a Davey dumb dumb lol
@@sparkys506adventures4 Take care…have fun! 😎👍
@@repairfreak By the way if you see the end of my video coming out Saturday " Road building " You will see I use a different way of transporting it and it works very well ...well enough I may not even use these tires that much ......
@@sparkys506adventures4 Fricken’ awesome brother! Don’t ever stop dreaming and exercising your creativity building cool things, and enjoying all you’ve been blessed with my friend.
✌️😎👍❤️
Great video ❤💯
Saw one with a lawn tractor fabricated on the back he drove it around
Beautiful engineering
It sure is!
The plates on the top i beleve are to stop it digging in too far. I have the same one, and if they werent there, the downriggers would dig in really deep as you dig, especially on softer ground. Hopefully that makes sense :)
Cool, thanks
Pretty good congrats
Weld on triangle gussets on both sides where the wheels mount
Good job!!
Nice.. Should have given a demo of moving it around on the wheels.
Good idea.
Great idea
great idea. thanks.
Great idea, thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Now it could be me but since each tire holds 500lbs, the hydraulics are producing more force than 1000lbs. Also the "pointed "end of the arm is to hold it firmly in the ground. I guess if you look at a backhoe attachment on a tractor, it has hydraulic outriggers that stabilize it(like the pointed arms). Hopefully the tires won't blow. Looks good though.
The tires are only for transport ....only way the hydraulic force would have to be comsidered if I was to try to rip up a stump with the machine sitting on the tires ....
Why do you have to switch from left to right ? Isn't the hole center in the square tube ? Just a question as I really don't know !? I'd have tried to just flip them in their same holes !! But they do look sweet though !!
You should be proud of them wheels
I'm trying to figure out how to get a pc01 , not having any luck just looking at Google. Looks like it's going to be expensive
Damn good job it's got a severe case of "toe out" on the swiveling wheels, not to mention the strongest tendency to *caster* to keep it that way, that i've ever seen designed into a wheel mount, or it would roll away by itself without a moment's notice.
Thats because the plate doesnt sit parallel to the ground ...I didnt have the outriggers with me when I built the casters ...I need to bent the plates a bit to level it out ....and remove toe out
Great Video
Try just flipping the legs for the casterv wheels over, instead of changing sides, just to see what the difference would be!
Where I use mine, 4 wheels and No Brakes might be too much fun!!!!!!! I know put the bucket down to stop works...
You need to watch some newer videos ....the wheels didnt last long ....I have a better way to move it around now and much faster
Good idea with the bogie wheels. Same size as the rears to get around easier. Maybe patent it? Lol
remember that the thing is on 4 wheels. It will roll if you are not attached to something or have the bucket on the ground. I cannot see if it is necessary to switch sides with the arms, but I can't see from the video what it looks like. I don't know if you could put brakes on one or two of the tires.
Yep - brakes would now be a safety requirement - - - if only to keep the thing out of ditches, rivers and ponds.
I understand why you have to switch sides on the wheels on the hitch side but why on the casters side?
I'm just going to make level travel arms that will be stored where the landing gear already store
They will be a better angle with same wheels tires those are awsome
The flat part is for blacktop or concrete so you don't dig it up when moving
Any further videos
I don't know why you had to swap left and right. Was it the pin holes?
You are NOT a Davie dumb dumb that's for sure!
Don't ever call your self that!
You're incredibly talented!
I'm happy that you and Cindy have each other! 🎉
very clever
just remember if you lift the boom went on all 4 wheels that thing is going to roll away your brake is the boom
Get locks for your castors and you are set.
I'm thinking about buying one but I'm just curious why not keep the tires in the front and put the outriggers in the back? I don't know it just in my head that seems like it would be a better configuration but I really don't know
its moved around by pushing down with the bucket to lift the front then roll on the wheels on the rear ...it the outriggers were on the back you couldnt move it anywhere ...
@@sparkys506adventures4 you know what that makes a lot of sense I was thinking you could like drag it on its front wheels not really lift it per se but I guess yeah it would be easier to lift it and drag it I don't know I've never used one so in my head it seemed like it might work
Hi Sparky, I bought the same excavator as you. When you grease the 3 pins, with zerk, do you have grease going out at both end ? On mine, grease get out only at one end, and pins stay dry half pin lenght. I am installing a second zerk on each pin. Let me know if you have better idea. Thanks.
I haven't noticed mine doing that ...ill have to check
They must have seen your video. My new one doesn't have holes in the plates on outrigger 😂
No way!
Mines from harbor freight that's probably why lol
Spider Trencher :o)
i love mine. i hate mine :)
um. here in australia, baumrag. "bum-rag". the HF of australia... "german engineering..." lol
bh620 or something?
too light to break in, and then it drags around and yeah. spend a lot of time wriggling back and forth doing nothing. sometimes i contemplate a set of ground screws up front, if anything. iirc, there was a set of pegs in that box i threw out?
once youre in and can pull up rather than back... shes fine. sometimes it helps to sink a post hole digger in first, give yourself something to bite into.
same time, it was useful for getting a Hbeam down from on top of a shipping container... cant prop a typical excavator up on blocks like that! spent years with that thing balanced across the doors, wondering how the hell i get it down... without dropping it.
still dropped it :) the last two foot. better than two metres.
hook for lifting and pulling fence posts, and also... picking up the tines from the tractor, "mega rake". reminds me i meant to buy some more tines...
anvil in the elbow for a log splitter. can have the machine weight assist.
got some motors, contemplating adding slew...
dont feel the need for driven wheels, its plenty maneuverable. more than an excavator at times. it is a bit too wide for some spots but you can still deal with it... you dont HAVE to use the legs it comes with! but slew would be nice. in fact, its almost necessary... you have to face the hole. then you have the issue of dumping OUT of the hole. youre limited to this particular orientation simply to deal with the dirt. having just 180 of rotation would cure that. im not sticking to mere trenches!
i threw a diesel on mine first, with a 6kva genset. and stuffed up on the overcenter slip belt clutch for the hydraulics. ummm. after actually using a calculator last night, i came up with needing FIVE belts for the "10hp" at "3000rpm"... no wonder the poor lil a23 is getting shredded after a few hours! better fix that now. dammit. was a real nice overcenter. use a chain and dog clutch i guess. just dont wanna pump oil unnecessarily when generating.
and... a major thing im musing over... flipping the arm pivot over, having the ram backwards to how it is. i always prefer my rams to be extending when under load, rather than contracting. just like they do in the real ones... it doesnt look like it will be terribly hard.
and possibly hacking out all the side plates, and welding in some more to bring the pins on the rams up to 3 bearing surfaces rather than one... again, more... "industrial". and tighten them all up cus its got the slop when new of a fifty year old excavator thats never had a holiday...
oh yeah... counterbore all the grease nipples into the pins.
strap the hoses down tighter...
theres a freaking oil strainer in that lower hose mounting block flange thing!
and it is NOT a standard size, from what i could find...
yeah, i TOLD myself... "pop off the flange BEFORE hitting it with the plasma cutter... BEFORE"...
do i ever listen?
ffs
The weld on My Machine broke at the Neck,took a year to get a new body.
couldn't it be rewelded by someone ?
Nice
Awesome!!!!
Why bother switching sides when you flip the casters over? Won't they fit into the same hole upside down?? It'd save ya a bit of (useless) lugging from left to right all the time.
You know what LMAO Thats a damn good point lol Its a big Davey Dumb Dumb lol thanks for picking that out...when the wheels go from front to rear they have to be switched because of the way they are built ...not the outriggers lol :) I think I had that in my head
The Plates are to stop it digging itself into the floor.
Hi, have you a problem between main swivel pin (left-right) and oil tank (under)? Mine is broken...
(Oil leak)
no issues at all yet with this one
Coffee cup holder and Roll Over Protection?
Exactly !!! A seat belt may be a good idea actually
No seat belt you would be trapped? 3 Inch pipe modified like a stock car
You need to find a way to use the hydraulics to drive the wheel.
So is that the intention of the manufacturer for that plate and hole to buy castors from them???
Cant be purchased as far as I know Jimmie
@@sparkys506adventures4 then what's the manufacturer intention of the hole and plate???
@@jimmieburleigh9549 I think the plate is to keep the outrigger from sinking into soft ground possibly ..not sure about the hole though
@@sparkys506adventures4 👍
Need brake?
That'll work
In AMERICA, we don't have 'princess' stores.........
harbor freight is very similar
@@sparkys506adventures4 OK, you got me......
So when did it take off on you cause you eliminated the "brakes"
they were never used actually ....seemed like a good idea at the time lol i have a much easier and faster way to move it now
Won’t you have to flip them over every time to dig? Seems like you would just roll forward when you try to dig anything
If you watch some newer videos you will see I never used them I found a much faster way to move it around
I dig beaver dams trench dig stumps and rocks
They are a very useful machine for sure