Trailer-Mounted Backhoe Great Fun For Kids

Trailer-Mounted Backhoe Great Fun For Kids AG WORLD 28-1-21 Playgrounds often have backhoes for kids to use in their sandlot area. But Stephen Childs and his son Keith can take their homemade backhoe anywhere they want by hitching it up behind their Deere 110 garden tractor. "If we want, we can drop the backhoe off the little trailer and use it as a stand-alone unit," says Childs. The backhoe mounts on a wheel that pivots back and forth on a hub. The operator straddles a flat metal bench and places his feet on the wheel, which is free to swivel allowing him to swing the backhoe from side to side. He grabs a pair of handles located on a steel bar that supports the bucket and uses a lever to open and close the bucket. The bucket is made out of tubular steel, with railroad spikes welded onto the bucket's bottom edge to provide digging power. The entire unit is secured by a safety chain connected to a vertical tube bolted to the mini trailer's frame. "The bucket holds about 5 lbs. of dirt," notes Childs. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stephen Childs, 6207 Horton Rd., Bliss, N.Y. 14024 (ph 585 322-7615 or 585 786-2251).

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