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When I moved in, my neighbor had a cub cadet hydrostat mower vs my cub cadet stick. But I had a 3 year old ford excursion diesel to his little whatever he had. We are friendly though. Shortly there-after he gets the newest expedition as the excursion is no longer made. Then I bought the 2008...

Changed the clutches and hydro fluid in my bobcat. It was quite a job.

Finished fixing the bobcat, dumped all the fluid and put all new in. The stuff that came out was pretty bad. Swapped the bad clutches, made adjustments, and got rolling. Needed to take 9 12" blocks and 3 8" blocks to each corner to build corners. I was quite nervous. Here's the video...

Building inspector arrived an hour early, I was in the pit tying steel. He Concrete trucks arrived. Pulled back, chutes out. The one guy was in training so they didn't charge us time. $100/yard and $230 truck fee came to $2600 with tax. Chutes didn't reach far enough back so we were wheeling it...

Collegeville, Douglassville isn't that far!

I had no idea what i was doing. First I sprayed lines all around, but those lines quickly disappeared when it got down to business. So I ended up laying string on the outside pins about 6-8" above ground level so even if i picked up dirt it wouldn't bother them much. I dug a bit deeper...

Needed a driveway to get the concrete truck back to the garage. Rock hard clay, tilled it then scooped it with the bobcat into the dump truck, then took it to the back. Had a truck load of stone brought in. Excavating went well. That 24" bucket was perfect. Cleaned out and put rebar in and...

Cleaned up the garage site, got the plans finished up. Going to trench to a lower portion of the yard so water drains out of the dig site. It is raining a lot and the yard is a mess.

1953 oliver 77 industrial with ware loader and backhoe, 1970's bobcat M600. I bought the backhoe years ago to redo the back yard when I bought the house because it was all overgrown. I bought the bobcat a month or so ago because the guy was gonna charge me $2500 to haul dirt away, so I decided...

The ditch witch blade angles back and forth, but moves only strait up and down, instead of a normal blade which is hinged

Ok got a question. I need to remove the topsoil, 6" down BEFORE the footers are dug. I'm not sure the best way to do this. The backhoe is not very maneuverable, using the front bucket to scrape would be a challenge because it would be many trips to the dumping site, it doesn't turn very well. I...

Made my new backhoe bucket fit on the arm. 3hr and 5 blades.

Picked up a 24” bucket for $315. Not a direct fit but I’ll make it work. Old pins are 1.5” and new pins are 1” so that’s going to by fun to figure out. Short video of bucket http://i.imgur.com/sAwWD6G.mp4

Debris cleanup. Hammered the concrete into tiny chunks then hauled it to the back.

My contractor convinced me to excavate myself. The problem is my backhoe has a 8" bucket, and we have clay soil, so it's always getting packed in there and stuck. Doing a 24" footer would be really annoying with an 8" bucket, so I'm shopping for a 24" bucket, one pass, clean corners. I know i...

Turned a bunch of big slabs into a bunch of little pieces, then cleaned it up with the bobcat. Harbor freight jack hammer has had a pretty hard life, but hasn't complained once yet. Now with this overlap out of the way, the footer for the garage can be dug.

I'm on pretty good terms with the neighbors, i clear their driveways when it snows with my 48" snowblower. I bought my backhoe for $2400, it's a 1953 oliver 77 industrial with a super 88 motor rated at 55hp. I paid $400 for transport services from 60 miles away, as it weighs 13,000lbs. I bought...

Got some work done in preparation for the garage. Need to clear old concrete pad that has a few foot overlap. Called some friends and bought a case of Guinness. Was going to do it all jack hammer, the pad was 1” when we started but 8” when we finished so I’m glad I broke out the hoe.

I called 6 shed companies that also provided shed movement. Everyone quoted me $200-250 to move it 50'. I said fine, lets do it. Every one of them was no call no show and when i called either didn't answer or offered lame excuses. I spent months trying to get someone to do it and now i'd sooner...

Got the ditch witch ready and took it for a test spin. I was amazed how well it worked. It really tore through the yard and made a great hole. Then I cleared the space for the garage. Now I can start with the jackhammer to bust up the concrete.