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Danny Y

03-07-2001 12:01:54




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I have a 30" King Kutter rear scoop. I have used it to move piles of dirt, but that's about all so far. I want to dig a large hole about 25' across and as deep as I can get it to bury some old chunks of concrete. What I really need is a backhoe, but don't have one and can't afford to buy or rent one. Can I do this with my rear scoop? I've heard of people digging ponds with a rear scoop. What is the technique for digging a big deep hole with one?

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Taylor Lambert

03-11-2001 20:33:41




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 Re: rear scoop techniques in reply to Danny Y, 03-07-2001 12:01:54  
I used a 3 point scoop to dig a pond when i couldnt bening home my scraper from work. in the drag position I made my cut all the way across the pond to where i wanted my bank. then moved over a whole scoop width so the tractor stayed level. Did that all the wa to the other bank, then cam back and stradled my windrows from the first cut that are 30 inches wide, then repated the whole process over. Took 3 days but it was loads of fun.

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RayP

03-08-2001 13:50:12




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 Re: rear scoop techniques in reply to Danny Y, 03-07-2001 12:01:54  
Difficult because the bucket is narrower than the tractor, and you end up straddling the trench. When I got more then a foot or so below the grade level, the geometry of the 3pt hitch became unstable, and the bucket wanted to buckle against the top link. when that happens, you can damage the top link, and it may be difficult to get it back into proper allignment.



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Tyler(WA) BTDT

03-08-2001 07:04:58




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 Re: rear scoop techniques in reply to Danny Y, 03-07-2001 12:01:54  
I was looking for burried water and electric lines in some rocky soil, about a month ago. I used my box scraper to "dredge" a 6' wide trench that was nearly 40' long. Pass after pass got that trench down to about 30" deep. It was easy to locate the water/electric lines then.

It's going to take you a LONG time to get any depth but it can be done. Figure a way to dump the bucket on the run and start driving a big loop. A lot of iced tea and an afternoon should gain you a few feet of depth. Remember to make the trench a LOT longer than you think you'll need. What you can drive your tractor out of is steeper than what you can drive out of WITH a load of dirt.

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glenshoe

03-08-2001 05:45:25




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 Re: rear scoop techniques in reply to Danny Y, 03-07-2001 12:01:54  
Don't know about your scoop but mine is reversible. I get way more traction and digging ability when scooping forward than in reverse. This would work well if scooping out a large, wide, hole.



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albert

03-07-2001 22:39:09




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 Re: rear scoop techniques in reply to Danny Y, 03-07-2001 12:01:54  
Danny, you can do it with the rear scoop, but you have to start wide, and make it long or it will get to steep before you get deep enough. luck.



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