Harbor Freight Towable Backhoe

Harbor Freight Towable Backhoe
Crazy road side pickup through assembly and first time use.

[@larryhazelwood5853]

Im glad you had a great helper. I had to do it by myself. I have had mine for three and a half years and worked it to death. No regrets as its paid for itself so many times. You might want to weld a chain hook on the front of the bucket for lifting and pulling. I did that first thing. Over time any wear and tear repairs you can do yourself. Mine is still going strong. Thanks for sharing.

[@DoubleMFarmHomestead]

I've had mine 3 years and it still runs and digs like new. The best money I've spent on my farm!

[@thetwistedsisterme]

I want to get one... can you tell me how well it would work in compacted clay soil?

[@DoubleMFarmHomestead]

@@thetwistedsisterme All I can tell you is what mine does. I'm in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains and have nothing but hard clay and rock. My HF trencher digs great!! If you'll go to my channel I have several videos showing how it digs. I'll be posting one soon showing it digging my new farm pond in heavy, wet clay and rock.

[@alibeyozbek4199]

Nereden bulacaz

[@piepawrench]

It'd be nice to see this thing after about, oh, 50 maybe 100 hrs of use to see how it's holding up. Good job on the video, and it's nice to have a good help mate around, mine died 5 yrs ago and I sure miss her helping me with things like this.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Sorry for your loss. May a new friend come into your life.

[@pmtips4482]

I'm sorry to hear you lost her.
God Bless you.

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

oh it’s been quite a while and a ton of hours on the backhoe now. still going strong! it did get a seal leak but they included extras thankfully. it’s not a leak big time mouth for me to mess with yet. I’ve used it for dang near everything off grid here!

[@woodlanditguy2951]

I just ordered mine. I got 5 acres that need to be worked. I have had to rent a Kubota U35 twice to get a lot of the heavy land moving out of the way, I wish I knew about this trencher earlier.
Thanks for the helpful tips, I'm sure I will need to re-watch your vid once mine is delivered.

[@brettgofgosky1911]

I made washers that keep hydraulic cylinders from shucking back and forth, almost converted it into an actual self propelled excavator using stone quarry belts for tracks, big motor spins two hydraulic pumps with two stage hydraulic motors to run each track

[@rvdawg6231]

Nice job showing some detail on the build and the camera work was superb. Thanks for sharing

[@big-t570]

i put mine together that I got with no help it took me two days but I'm 57yrs old with COPD it was not hard but not EZ to do and now i love it everyone like

[@rickeypruitt]

your going love that backhoe got mine in july 2019 have fun just go slow

[@williamcook5853]

Great job , very impressed with the way you put it together , have fun use it .

[@littlejackrussell12]

I got mine last week after two weeks of waiting for it, I live in a big cul-de-sac center house, so no blocking the street with a big truck. I have gotten large items and my side walk is a step up from the curb just perfect for the bed opening. The driver didn't want to back in the circle he wanted to put it off on the street I had spent the time waiting for it to come putting up a H F carport garage tent to build it in. I ended up having to give him 25 dollars to back it to my sidewalk there I had a motor puller and winch ready, I hooked the puller and winch up yelled tp my son to start the winch, in less then 30 seconds it was in the middle of the tent. It is doing the job I bought it to do, a good buy.

[@Mikey-tb4xt]

Yes Sir handy thing to have.next trip to GA stop by the house got bout an hour worth of work :)

[@ladwiss]

That was a pretty detailed assembly vid ...nice job

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

Thanks 👍

[@smellvis6056]

Harbor Freight special for the win

[@allenpeterson7872]

Thank you for the info! Definitely buying one of these.

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

Glad I could help!

[@tothenext6332]

Best backhoe ever

[@ronaldcrowder404]

I havent heard you yell at each other you are a great team ! Lol

[@myocdgarden9705]

So you show it had a seal leak. What was that about? Did you just tighten something or had to replace a part?

[@txsviking]

That will save your back for sure.

[@9856CB]

Didn’t it come with grease fittings?

[@relaxingnature2617]

"Seems like I was stronger yesterday" ....Funny !!

[@dimonanov8511]

Exelente video ..👨‍🔧👍🖐

[@ralfcrabappletreechopper8766]

Where are the grease fittings. Would they not deliver to the HF store and u pick it up there? GREAT info video. The only thing that makes me nervous is the lack of the grease fittings on the pins. Ive seen plenty of equipment with fitting that have been neglected with lots of slack.

[@SnyderPointMan]

nice

[@pmtips4482]

I'd order one in a heartbeat but I can't handle the delivery. No tractor trailers can get to my address and they tell me a single axle is out of the question. I'm going to see if I can have it loaded on a trailer at the trucking terminal.
Thanks for sharing!

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

yea the delivery was a nightmare if I could do it over again I’d open it all up in back of the truck and carry it out piece by piece!

[@myocdgarden9705]

That's great you got it. I've had one on order a few months and it's finally on its way. Should be past Texas now headed to Virginia. Looking forward to it.

[@danilesambrano4000]

@@Fixinthatupvideos That's what I did

[@mrf5347]

What is the dig depth and side dump of spoil pile?

[@juanpablosilva9945]

hola, a que empresa la compraste? que pais?

[@RustyGlovebox]

Watch out , that looks like a finger pincher 😣. I bet it will do good in that soil.

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

Yea its handling this soil very well, even with the rocks. I aint got pinched yet but those knobs sure wear on the hands after awhile lol..

[@myocdgarden9705]

Wondering if you know. I'm almost done putting mine together and the cap for the hydraulic tank only screws halfway down. There is a rubber gasket further up under the top of the cap, but it seems like inside the tank, it goes down in size, so the cap won't screw all the way down. Did you experience this?

[@jerzyucinski8009]

Just got mine a week ago and only problem was the same cap for the tank.

[@jackman6256]

Just put a couple on it after you get the
Hydraulic fluid top off that way it won't.
Over flow an tank won't get air in it
Thats how I solved that plus fluid won't
Run out when you get it on incline

[@danilesambrano4000]

IF you were able to tighten it all the way down you would cover the air hole in the top of the screw.

[@narsingmoru5822]

How can buying this IAM in India please help me

[@brettgofgosky1911]

The pin that goes up and down is junk. Too much slop and it makes boom jump all over hell, I machined out one that fit perfectly and put grease zerts in it with my homemade big lathe

[@josevelasco3245]

that is some sandy dry soil there wow

[@brettgofgosky1911]

People tell me I'm a genius

[@julliancarrillo6430]

Its wasnt Ambers Fault frfr

[@redbuds69]

Wow! LMFAO. That's all I got to say.

[@100texan2]

Corona Freight

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Balls -> Mouth?

[@HoodHandyman]

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[@reallyhappenings5597]

I don't know man... is this thing that useful? Looks slow and awkward, I'd be tempted to either just grab a shovel or go straight to a mini excavator

[@gravedigger1960]

Get a mini excavator....Well worth the extra money.

[@oceanairbrush]

Worth an extra 36k?

[@gravedigger1960]

@@oceanairbrush Yes and even more. Unless you only use it once or twice a year for very light work.

[@gravedigger1960]

I would buy a used mini over a brand new harbor freight unit without thinking twice about it..You really cannot even compare the two.

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

well it had it a good while now and it’s done some amazing things, it’s slowness can be helped by idling it all the way up I’ve found. it’s very good on gas too I can now say. it’s something I’m real glad I got now.