"Made-It-Myself" Backhoe Mounts On Garden Tractor

"Made-It-Myself" Backhoe Mounts On Garden Tractor MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers 25-6-4 Why hire somebody to do a job when you can do it yourself, says Ray Reisner, who spent last winter designing and constructing a backhoe to fit his garden tractor. Reisner estimates it cost a little over $600 to construct the backhoe, which he designed from scratch. The machine mounts on his Deere 111 lawn tractor and will dig 6-ft. deep trenches. The bucket is 12 in. wide and 9 in. deep. The power steering system off a truck provides the hydraulics needed to run the backhoe. All the hydraulic cylinders came off a cab-over semi tractor. Reisner, a mechanic, made all the hydraulic lines, bushings, and linkage at his shop. He has also built another bucket for it that is 16 in. wide, which is used for digging footings. Reisner used the backhoe extensively when he constructed an addition to his home. He tore out an 8-ft. long, 4-ft. wide concrete sidewalk, dug out buried railroad ties, excavated footings and electrical cables, and worked on landscaping projects. The backhoe also provided the "muscle" when he rebuilt the drive of a Dixon lawn mower. He hooked a chain on it and used the backhoe to lift the heavy machine and set it on barrels to give him room when he rebuilt the drive of the mower. "You can do just about anything you want with it," he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ron Reisner, 324 Cedar Street, Fountain, Minn. 55035 (ph 507 268-4384).

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