This is one of the best diy excavator/backhoe that I’ve seen on TH-cam, and believe me, I’ve seen a lot of vids. Congratulations, very handy pretty little toy.
This is absolutely not a backhoe. Backhoes barely have 180° swing at best. And they are mounted on the back of another tractor. This is barely an excavator. It does not have motorized tracks or wheels under it. But it is a nice homemade project for very small jobs.
This is great! A fellow engineer I was an apprentice with showed me this video after I started describing the excavator I'm planning to make. We built a hovercraft from scratch in our apprentice school for our final project, and it worked lol. Well, like I was saying, when I started describing my plans for an excavator, he laughed and pulled up your vid, then asked me "oh, you mean like this one? Looks like someone beat you to it buddy. Lol!" I was admittedly a bit speechless, a bit frustrated, and most importantly, a double bit motivated. I was surprised how you went about it pretty much the same way I had planned, honestly you and I probably both think it wouldn't make sense any other way. So, I guess the situation is now I got to get one up on you Brother. I'm a tiny bit overwhelmed with other projects currently, but I'm determined to make it happen. Cheers Brother, thanks for the motivation and very good job!
Impressive, you win the award for the least herky jerkey mini excavator on youtube! Some seem to want to throw their operators off!! I can only hope to aspire to have my projects come out as well as yours! Thanks for the inspiration!
Excellent build, you said that the you used a Mondeo wheel bearing for the slewing pivot and it wobbles a bit, my suggestion is to fit another one underneath and extend the pivot shaft through both bearings.
Wow!! That is one very impressive, yet simple 'digger!!' Your attention to detail is outstanding!! Hooking the hydraulics up in series really 'cleans up' the hose routing. The homemade two valve, one stick controller is another brilliant idea!! The 360* slewing action....wow!! Great job young man!!!
Cheers buddy yeah it took a fair bit effort and stopping my self cutting too many corners but yeah im pretty happy with how its turned out. Planning on making a mini tractor next powered by six suffolk engines welded together shud be a bit of a challenge. Thanks for your comment man really appreciate it!
Been around engineering .....welding and mechanicing my whole life....have to say you are a v skilled engineer.... hope its gets you where you want to go with it....great quality work👍
really cool build! if you ever want to make the undercarriage moving on power, you could build it with electric weelchair wheels and a big lead battery inside and make it completely electric independent from the upper Arm and Seat unit. and then remote control it via a radio so you dont have to run ny cables from the engine down there... just my thought
My first impression was I had clicked the wrong link, because your machine is not what I was expecting for a home build, very impressive, serious design consideration and execution, in my humble opinion you could market this design, people will pay for plans of this quality, to sum up, superb job of engineering it does you credit
To me now I'm not saying that you didn't make that but it looks so professional that doesn't look like a DIY backyard thing it looks very well put together
Hi. Thanks for sharing the video, really impressed with your work. Back here these kinds of machines will be life saver during floods and cyclones. As we can't afford big excavators. Could you please make few more videos explaining the details of hydraulic connections. Or, share a schematic of it. We are planning to build one for the community with the help our community school.
@@councilhousecreations8035 i subbed off of your excellant creation. Im stuck out of the uk right now but i have some ideas for a machine you could build to help poor farmers.
Hi there! that Look's such amazing!.congrats!..i am from patagonia Chile and i've been working building trails for so long, never have the money to buy one... and this inspire me to built it.. Sick !
hi man! thanks very much! great to hear that my work is inspiring people to build their own projects, thats what its all about, good luck with your build man!!
That's an awesome machine I really think you did a great job on that it looks clean it looks like it works great thanks for sharing with us have a good day
hmmmm.... thats some fancy weldin n persices cuttin n little detail added for a young guy ..who help you huh .. as for your toy pretty impressive well done.
All me buddy not a parent or sensible person for miles 🤣 this project was a bit of turning point for me. Now i try and make stuff that lasts. Also im a fabricator thats fed up of doin nice jobs for everybody else lol 🤣 thanks tho buddy!
Hello.you have a great start young man. I am currently building a excavator and will have cleared rubber tracks on it with a motor spinning two hydraulic pumps which in turn will drive a hydraulic motor on each side. The hydraulic motors are two stage so it will have slow raw power and a faster speed for going from one place to another. Feel free to ask me questions. Have a good day.k
Nice work man! im trying to build my own excavator and i have alot of problems doing it. when i see the quality of your work it make my work look really bad hehe.. maybe I've gone too big from the beginning with building a 1600lbs excavator there can drive and works as a 180 degrees swing
Very sharp and professional build, a good downbudget homebuild that could easily pass the glance check as a manufactured design. Small enough to put on a small trailer, and I could see value in adding a lawn tractor trailer hitch,which would also give you some counterweight for heavier cutting
hey bud , yea can you do a video on about how you n where you put the stater like thingy n that fly-wheel , what rotor you use again ? tks ..cool built too im gonna over haul my towable excavator but you went to fast on your 360 set up hehehe
thanks man it took probably between 4 and 5 months just doing it after work and on the weekends but not flat out or anything, i recon if you really got to it you could smash one out in a couple weeks, it amazing what u can do with a stick welder and a angle grinder and a shed with a gravel floor lol!
thanks buddy! it probably cost about £1500 + -- to build in parts and about 4 months in the evenings bought it all on ebay hope this helps buddy! pump: unknown displacement (100x100x100mm outer dimensions) cylinder 1: 80x40x250mm stroke cylinder 2: 60x30x250mm stroke cylinder 3: 50x25x200mm stroke motor: 400ccm (should have been 200ccm) valves: log splitter valves (open centre)
Mini excavator build would be neat along with a dozer blade. What thickness wall material did you use for all the boom square tubing and gussets? Thanks for sharing!
Nice unit the flywheel looks like it’s off an automatic trans has it held out ? If it’s a bit flimsy perhaps using a manual flywheel they heavier and thicker which might rectify things , other then that this looks like a professionally built unit , great job mate
Thanks bud seems to be holding out ok to be fair. Might add sum rollers to support the central bearing a bit but apart from that it seems ok. Dug out a 6x4x1 meter swiming pool with it!
cheers man. you should its a great little project to get into. probs took me about 4 months just doing it in the evenings in my shed with the grinder and stick welder. good luck man id love to see it!
Question? I'm in the process of building a mini tow behind excavator/backhoe.. My project is going to be a tow behind and it isn't going to rotate 360 degrees... Just a basic and small tow behind backhoe with a boom that is about 6-7 ft in length and a bucket that is about 12"x7" inches... Something to dig water lines and ditches with. I purchased a 4 spool 11gpm valve control manifold and also a new 6.5HP Horizontal engine... I'm looking at a hydraulic pump from a log splitter. Which is 2 stage.. 2gpm on the first stage and 9gpm on stage 2 when bearing a load... I'm wondering if this pump is to big for my 6.5hp engine? If so, what would be a more correct size? Also, I'm looking at hydraulic pistons that are 1.5" bore.. 1" inch rod.. and 300psi working pressure... In your opinion, Are all of these items compatible for what i'm making? If no, Could you please give me some info on what size pistons and pump that I need to purchase for my project. Thanks.
Hey bud! The control valves are good you'll just have to make sure they are open circuit. As in oil will flow though them and back to the tank when the levers are in neutral position. For the pump i would go with a single stage gear pump for simplicity. To be honest bud i dont know what size pump to go for i just used what i had its about 4''x4''x4'' externally but if your not getting enough flow you could change the pulley size. I would use rams with a slightly bigger bore between 2'' to 2 1/2'' that'll make them a bit more powerful! Good luck man!!
This is one of the best diy excavator/backhoe that I’ve seen on TH-cam, and believe me, I’ve seen a lot of vids. Congratulations, very handy pretty little toy.
hey man thanks very much!
@@councilhousecreations8035 hi friend!! do you sell plans to build this mini backhoe? will buy if you do, thanks.
@@iq4170 I need this
This is absolutely not a backhoe. Backhoes barely have 180° swing at best. And they are mounted on the back of another tractor.
This is barely an excavator. It does not have motorized tracks or wheels under it.
But it is a nice homemade project for very small jobs.
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This is great! A fellow engineer I was an apprentice with showed me this video after I started describing the excavator I'm planning to make. We built a hovercraft from scratch in our apprentice school for our final project, and it worked lol.
Well, like I was saying, when I started describing my plans for an excavator, he laughed and pulled up your vid, then asked me "oh, you mean like this one? Looks like someone beat you to it buddy. Lol!" I was admittedly a bit speechless, a bit frustrated, and most importantly, a double bit motivated.
I was surprised how you went about it pretty much the same way I had planned, honestly you and I probably both think it wouldn't make sense any other way. So, I guess the situation is now I got to get one up on you Brother.
I'm a tiny bit overwhelmed with other projects currently, but I'm determined to make it happen.
Cheers Brother, thanks for the motivation and very good job!
Impressive, you win the award for the least herky jerkey mini excavator on youtube! Some seem to want to throw their operators off!! I can only hope to aspire to have my projects come out as well as yours! Thanks for the inspiration!
Herky-jerky?
Excellent build, you said that the you used a Mondeo wheel bearing for the slewing pivot and it wobbles a bit, my suggestion is to fit another one underneath and extend the pivot shaft through both bearings.
Wow!! That is one very impressive, yet simple 'digger!!' Your attention to detail is outstanding!!
Hooking the hydraulics up in series really 'cleans up' the hose routing. The homemade two valve, one stick controller is another brilliant idea!! The 360* slewing action....wow!! Great job young man!!!
cheers buddy! Thank you very much!
@@councilhousecreations8035 could I get the specification details
Amazing skill and engineering brain,very impressive,why not put this into production and give the big digger boys a run for their money..
This is an unbelievable build. so much thought and then effort put into it well done lad
Cheers buddy yeah it took a fair bit effort and stopping my self cutting too many corners but yeah im pretty happy with how its turned out. Planning on making a mini tractor next powered by six suffolk engines welded together shud be a bit of a challenge. Thanks for your comment man really appreciate it!
@@councilhousecreations8035 Very cool, that tractor sounds like a hell of a project. well done. i will be looking forward to seeing that
Really nicely engineered and built. You attention to detail is admirable!
Brilliant!! Surely you've patented this my good Sir!! Thanks from West Texas!
Thank you kindly!
The joystick control is ingenious use of cheap components. Love this part of the design.
I think you did a great job on that little. I like the way you did the house to turn like it does
You actually built that it looks like the one I just rented last week
Been around engineering .....welding and mechanicing my whole life....have to say you are a v skilled engineer.... hope its gets you where you want to go with it....great quality work👍
Thanks very much man! Cant wait to chomp into the next build! 👍
Very impressive work! I love the way you scoot it along with 2 wheels and the bucket!
really cool build! if you ever want to make the undercarriage moving on power, you could build it with electric weelchair wheels and a big lead battery inside and make it completely electric independent from the upper Arm and Seat unit. and then remote control it via a radio so you dont have to run ny cables from the engine down there... just my thought
That's a well thought out and well executed machine. Well done! I'm impressed by it's digging capability.
Thank you very much!
Schematics for the hydraulic would be awesome man. Nice work.
Awesome job man!
To add some weight to the bottom, place a flat water tank on it.
Good idea and cheap!!
You clever dude!! The log splitter valves with the u joint! Genius af!
thanks man! its amazing what you can come up with when your sat on the loo!! No Joke!
My first impression was I had clicked the wrong link, because your machine is not what I was expecting for a home build, very impressive, serious design consideration and execution, in my humble opinion you could market this design, people will pay for plans of this quality, to sum up, superb job of engineering it does you credit
To me now I'm not saying that you didn't make that but it looks so professional that doesn't look like a DIY backyard thing it looks very well put together
Its all in the paint! Lots and lots of paint!!! 🤣👍
Hi. Thanks for sharing the video, really impressed with your work. Back here these kinds of machines will be life saver during floods and cyclones. As we can't afford big excavators. Could you please make few more videos explaining the details of hydraulic connections. Or, share a schematic of it. We are planning to build one for the community with the help our community school.
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Hello from Finland. Very inspiring video. I think the implementation is very clean and functional!👍👍👍👍 Regards Tuomo
Very impressive Design,Engineering ,and build
"Oh no! I've started making a digger!" Hahahaha.
Nice work fella.
cheers buddy! yeah that happens a lot...
Hahaha cracked me up!!!
Very cute and useful. A bit light the base but as you day can be enhanced to be a bit more heavy and steady.
Ok..seriously! That is awesome!!! I wonder what this costs retail
Thanks man! Well... it cost me about 1500 smackeroons just in parts!
No idea how i got here but thats absolutely genius! Ive got ideas for oddball farming machines that you could easily build.
Thanks bud! Might have to build a little tractor next!!
@@councilhousecreations8035 i subbed off of your excellant creation. Im stuck out of the uk right now but i have some ideas for a machine you could build to help poor farmers.
This is so professional , i want to build one
thanks buddy, u should! al u need is a grinder a stick welder and a hand drill and ur away!
very nice, I think it's better than some of the ones they sell on the market. You should sell plans for this.
Yeah, I think I'll just use a shovel....
Jokes aside, that looks amazing, great job!
🤣 lol! Your nearly right! Its at least 1.3 times faster. Totally worth it!!..😅 thanks tho bud! 👍
this is awesome!! you should sell plans on how to build it!
Thanks man! Plans are defo in the pipeline!
This was built smart, very nice job.
Love that you made the bucket first...😄
Great job any estimate on overall cost?
awesome build and something I would be needing, Guess your not much up for sharing plans ?
Good job of explaining . How deep can it dig . Really like the turntable setup
Nice work, add tracks will move quicker
Fantastic bit of engineering... most enjoyable video.
Hi there! that Look's such amazing!.congrats!..i am from patagonia Chile and i've been working building trails for so long, never have the money to buy one... and this inspire me to built it.. Sick !
hi man! thanks very much! great to hear that my work is inspiring people to build their own projects, thats what its all about, good luck with your build man!!
That's an awesome machine I really think you did a great job on that it looks clean it looks like it works great thanks for sharing with us have a good day
Thanks mate i appreciate it! Still a few things to improve but it does work surprisingly well!! Take care buddy!
Can you say your total expense on this creation very impressive job like if you included instructions plans love to make one myself kudos buddy
Well done you are a pretty good engineer!
Thanks very much buddy!
Damn great Engineer
Excellent job. Looks factory made!
Cheers bud! Its suprising what u can do with a stick welder and a can of paint 🤣
Are you Colin Furze's brother?! Lol Youve incorporated lots of great ideas into that little machine. Looks just like a rental. Great job!
hmmmm.... thats some fancy weldin n persices cuttin n little detail added for a young guy ..who help you huh .. as for your toy pretty impressive well done.
All me buddy not a parent or sensible person for miles 🤣 this project was a bit of turning point for me. Now i try and make stuff that lasts. Also im a fabricator thats fed up of doin nice jobs for everybody else lol 🤣 thanks tho buddy!
Bravo je te tire chapeau! Vraiment je suis bluffé .
Hello.you have a great start young man. I am currently building a excavator and will have cleared rubber tracks on it with a motor spinning two hydraulic pumps which in turn will drive a hydraulic motor on each side. The hydraulic motors are two stage so it will have slow raw power and a faster speed for going from one place to another. Feel free to ask me questions. Have a good day.k
Thanks man good luck!
Great job it's a nice little digger!
Cheers buddy!
Schön Kompakt und super gemacht. Daumen hoch dafür 👍🏻…
how much money did it cost? it is very professional-looking,good job.
As good as any you could buy. Be nice to have seen it being made
That's a hell of a good job what did it cost you to build
Nice work man!
im trying to build my own excavator and i have alot of problems doing it. when i see the quality of your work it make my work look really bad hehe..
maybe I've gone too big from the beginning with building a 1600lbs excavator there can drive and works as a 180 degrees swing
hey man good luck, bigger is always better! HA! cheers buddy keep it up
Fantastic job!!
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Very sharp and professional build, a good downbudget homebuild that could easily pass the glance check as a manufactured design. Small enough to put on a small trailer, and I could see value in adding a lawn tractor trailer hitch,which would also give you some counterweight for heavier cutting
Thanks man i appreciate it! Was thinking of making tracks to go on it but it would look cool to pull a tiny digger with a tiny tractor!
Awesome build. I would say you could improve it some more.
Wow its great i think if you refine it a littel and deff come up better swing you could sell theas units its clean well built
Thanks man! It would be nice to make sum money for once! 🤣
You will quickly outgrow it & get sick of moving it around , but its still better than a shovel. Good 1
🤣yeah most expensive shovel i ever bought!!
Very nice job, well done. Been building a 360 myself hopefully it will work as well as yours.. Russell
cheers buddy best of luck!
Russell, did you get your 360 built? I just ordered the plans.
Thanks
Great work! This is a very cool project. If you don't mind me asking how much you spent over all?
Great work, do you maybe have plans for this like in the pdf. Offcoures if you are welling to share them or sell them.
Thanks
Good job!!! Any picture with a basic dimnsions ? Plesase !
hi thanks man! dont have any drawings at the moment but planning on making a more detailed video soon so stay tuned!
You have done an excellent job. Beautiful work. Do you have the plans for sale?
Thanks man! Soz havent got any plans for it just made it up as i was goin! Hope to do sum future videos on it puttin sum tracks on it!
@@councilhousecreations8035 I will be really anxious to see this on tracks. Can't wait.
VERY nice and professional. Nice design and neat and tidy execution. Subscribed :)
This is awesome. You should sell plans, I’d love to buy them! When will you build the tracks / under carriage?
Thanks man iv been thinking about it! Still collecting parts at the moment but a track design is defo brewing!
@@councilhousecreations8035 can’t wait to see it!! Where are you based mate? I’ve a cnc plasma table if you need anything cut...
Hi can I use part of your video to my compilation homemade inventions and projects ?
Yeah sure man go fot it!
@@councilhousecreations8035 Thank You
hey bud , yea can you do a video on about how you n where you put the stater like thingy n that fly-wheel , what rotor you use again ? tks ..cool built too im gonna over haul my towable excavator but you went to fast on your 360 set up hehehe
Hey man! Hope to do a vid soon! Gunna put sum tracks on it so il have to address the issue of hydraulic supply to the tracks! Take care!
Hi, great idea💡 could you share plans, especially hydraulic one and your experience or sell it 😊
Thanks man! I hope to make plans for it in the future once iv made some tracks too!
Very impressive!! How long did it all take? I'm guessing at least of couple of months or even longer? Looks very professional :)
thanks man it took probably between 4 and 5 months just doing it after work and on the weekends but not flat out or anything, i recon if you really got to it you could smash one out in a couple weeks, it amazing what u can do with a stick welder and a angle grinder and a shed with a gravel floor lol!
Very nice job on the mini excavator it be great for small jobs 👍👍
Thanks man!
Use those ball bearing guides that are Omni directional under the starter plate for more stability when spewing 360 degrees
lol sorry didn't mean spewing i meant slewing
another beautiful creation
Thanks! ✌😎
Hello, great job.
Can you tell me how long the greatest range is, from the pivot point to the tip of the shovel?
great job ....i know how much time you have in it {alot} made one myself
Thanks man! Yeah took me me about 6 months on and off. Have u got any picks of yours id love to see it! Take it easy bro!
Well done
good project
Kindly explain mechine cost and size
thanks buddy! it probably cost about £1500 + -- to build in parts and about 4 months in the evenings
bought it all on ebay
hope this helps buddy!
pump: unknown displacement (100x100x100mm outer dimensions)
cylinder 1: 80x40x250mm stroke
cylinder 2: 60x30x250mm stroke
cylinder 3: 50x25x200mm stroke
motor: 400ccm (should have been 200ccm)
valves: log splitter valves (open centre)
Pump=8 very gut..bravo....
I'm jealous, great build
Mini excavator build would be neat along with a dozer blade. What thickness wall material did you use for all the boom square tubing and gussets? Thanks for sharing!
Awesome job!!!
I am building One too.
What the dizer of the hydraulic cilinders and the hydraulic pump please.
*size
thanks buddy! hope this helps
pump: unknown displacement (100x100x100mm outer dimensions)
cylinder 1: 80x40x250mm stroke
cylinder 2: 60x30x250mm stroke
cylinder 3: 50x25x200mm stroke
motor: 400ccm (should have been 200ccm)
Nice unit the flywheel looks like it’s off an automatic trans has it held out ? If it’s a bit flimsy perhaps using a manual flywheel they heavier and thicker which might rectify things , other then that this looks like a professionally built unit , great job mate
Thanks bud seems to be holding out ok to be fair. Might add sum rollers to support the central bearing a bit but apart from that it seems ok. Dug out a 6x4x1 meter swiming pool with it!
Thanks for inspiring me to improve my engineer skills, two thumbs up for yah 👍👍
Thanks buddy glad to be of service! Good luck to you!👍👍
Well done.
What type of splitters did you use ?? What nominal flow ?? How many functions work simultaneously?
Greetings from Poland
Supper mechine. Well explained.
Thanks man I appreciate it!
Bro ,I really hope we had one sold in Fiji. It looks cheap and could greatly help in my families kava farm up in the mountains of Vanualevu.
This is terrific man, you're doing great
Master class on fabricating !
Thanks bud! 👍
It looks like a factory made machine.
Are you making any for sale?
Soz man not for sale at the moment
Nice work bro.i like your lever handle😂
cheers man 🤙
Great job man! I've been. Looking for some one who did the controls like yours. I would like to build one
cheers man. you should its a great little project to get into. probs took me about 4 months just doing it in the evenings in my shed with the grinder and stick welder. good luck man id love to see it!
Fit and finish is awesome
Thanks man!
that is amassing well done 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
thanks man
Hello, sorry my English is bad, what model is the hydraulic pump? and I congratulate you for such an excellent construction. a cordial greeting
Parabéns 👏🏻! Projeto incrível.
Coolest home made thing ive ever seen, i want one
cheers buddy!
Question? I'm in the process of building a mini tow behind excavator/backhoe.. My project is going to be a tow behind and it isn't going to rotate 360 degrees... Just a basic and small tow behind backhoe with a boom that is about 6-7 ft in length and a bucket that is about 12"x7" inches... Something to dig water lines and ditches with. I purchased a 4 spool 11gpm valve control manifold and also a new 6.5HP Horizontal engine... I'm looking at a hydraulic pump from a log splitter. Which is 2 stage.. 2gpm on the first stage and 9gpm on stage 2 when bearing a load... I'm wondering if this pump is to big for my 6.5hp engine? If so, what would be a more correct size? Also, I'm looking at hydraulic pistons that are 1.5" bore.. 1" inch rod.. and 300psi working pressure... In your opinion, Are all of these items compatible for what i'm making? If no, Could you please give me some info on what size pistons and pump that I need to purchase for my project. Thanks.
Hey bud! The control valves are good you'll just have to make sure they are open circuit. As in oil will flow though them and back to the tank when the levers are in neutral position. For the pump i would go with a single stage gear pump for simplicity. To be honest bud i dont know what size pump to go for i just used what i had its about 4''x4''x4'' externally but if your not getting enough flow you could change the pulley size. I would use rams with a slightly bigger bore between 2'' to 2 1/2'' that'll make them a bit more powerful! Good luck man!!
Do you have any blueprints
great build man, soon I will put up a video of my machine I built.
BRAVO,
l'hai costruito tu?
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That is incredible. Nice 1