Is the backhoe loader a thing of the past?

[V8Druid]

I can still see it? Odd.

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[Storrsy]

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It's the time difference between Wales and Devon.

 

[V8Druid]

It's the time difference between Wales and Devon.

yeh we've always been ahead of the yokels

 

[doobin]

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to meet the newest member of the Backhoe Boys club, Danny.

I’ve officially passed the torch, and Danny is settling down for a long night of backhoe bliss… as he tramps from West Sussex back to Cornwall! 🫣

 

[V8Druid]

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to meet the newest member of the Backhoe Boys club, Danny.
I’ve officially passed the torch, and Danny is settling down for a long night of backhoe bliss… as he tramps from West Sussex back to Cornwall! 🫣View attachment 65356View attachment 65357View attachment 65358

off his trolley

 

[JD450A]

off his trolley

I hope doobs turned his phone off for when the diff walks off

 

[Stroppymonkey]

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Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to meet the newest member of the Backhoe Boys club, Danny.

I’ve officially passed the torch, and Danny is settling down for a long night of backhoe bliss… as he tramps from West Sussex back to Cornwall! 🫣View attachment 65356

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to meet the newest member of the Backhoe Boys club, Danny.

I’ve officially passed the torch, and Danny is settling down for a long night of backhoe bliss… as he tramps from West Sussex back to Cornwall.

off his trolley

I’d rather be driving the backhoe back than being in that car with those forks lying unrestrained behind me . What’s that gonna take to drive in BH? Depending on which part of Cornwall, 15-20 hours drive?

 

[Storrsy]

off his trolley

He's from Cornwall. Enough said

 

[Gunners]

What a champion. Ill listen out for the traffic report tomorrow morning

 

[DaveDCB]

200+ miles???? On an unknown to him machine on a Sunday night ..

 

[CPS]

T


I’d rather be driving the backhoe back than being in that car with those forks lying unrestrained behind me . What’s that gonna take to drive in BH? Depending on which part of Cornwall, 15-20 hours drive?

6hrs no problem

 

[Stroppymonkey]

6hrs no problem

5-6hour drive to the Tamar River in a car from that area? (Used to have a Girlfriend from them parts). Deep Cornwall can add another 2+ hours car drive. Backhoe got to be 1/3rd car speed maybe?

 

[DaveDCB]

6hrs no problem

10 hours non stop.. add in at least 3 stops to cool the machine down & @Gunners will be about right with the morning traffic tailbacks

 

[DaveDCB]

5-6hour drive to the Tamar River in a car from that area? (Used to have a Girlfriend from them parts). Deep Cornwall can another 2-3 hours car drive. Backhoe got to be 1/3rd car speed maybe?

24mph on the flat, 32downhill screaming its guts out!! Steep Uphill 3mph

 

[hiluxman]

I used to tramp about 30miles but after that it was a loader.

 

[doobin]

200+ miles???? On an unknown to him machine on a Sunday night ..

I said I’d put it on a wagon if it was me but I think he’s pretty ‘agri’! Plenty of cans of red bull evident.

It’s been fully serviced fifty hours ago so at least I can honestly say every oil and filter is fresh. Up to him after that.

He reckoned it would take him ten hours. Said he was an hour past the Devon border, two hundred and twenty miles I think.

 

[DaveDCB]

I used to tramp about 30miles but after that it was a loader.

Did a 90mile once.. took 4.5 hrs, had to pull over to let the transmission cool, was boiling out of the dipstick

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I said I’d put it on a wagon if it was me but I think he’s pretty ‘agri’! Plenty of cans of red bull evident.

It’s been fully serviced fifty hours ago so at least I can honestly say every oil and filter is fresh. Up to him after that.

He reckoned it would take him ten hours. Said he was an hour past the Devon border, two hundred and twenty miles I think.

22mph average. In his dreams. But will be a good test of the machine. He will be fully bonded with it by the time he gets home on Tuesday. Nice to see someone young and keen though.

 

[doobin]

Did a 90mile once.. took 4.5 hrs, had to pull over to let the transmission cool, was boiling out of the dipstick

I’ll let him know. The last owner used to tramp it 80 - 100 miles fairly regularly.

 

[V8Druid]

as said, completely off his trolley