BXExpanded BH Dolly for BX25D Tractor

William1

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Equipment
BX25D
Jul 28, 2015
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Richmond, Virginia
I finally bought one, now that I have a concrete floor and not mud. As always, BXExpanded shipped quickly and complete. I have the underbelly pan, quick on forks and now this dolly. I wanted a PDF file of the instructions, emailed and withing the hour, got a pdf file. Kudos BXExpanded!
The BH was off my tractor, sitting on some 6"X6" blocking. To get it on the dolly, I had to put it on the tractor. No biggie, right? No, if you can screw up, I can do it better! Confidence.
I could not get the tractor and the lower pins to mate. However, I succeeded in knocking the blocks, resulting the the BH falling, the control levers bumping the seat and fully extending boom, tilting the BH. I was sca-rewed! Hydraulic lines.... Yikes!!!! No way to relieve pressure in the lines, I had to get the BH righted.
Tried a Jack. Nope Panicking.Then I thought about the steel beam (engineered to lift 10,000 pounds) in my shop, a trolley on it and the come-a-long (half ton?) Hmmmmmm.... Grabbed a sling, and clicked the come-a-long. It righted the BH. This was great! I was not under the beam but about 6' to one side so as I lifted, the BH moved. I was panicking again! But The Gods of Fools watched over me and all was OK.
BH now sitting correct, I was able to get it lined up and the pins in. Phew!!!
Read the BXExpanded instructions 50 times and easily got the BH set on the dolly right. Easily rolled it to a corner of the shop.

I only put the trolley on this beam because it was there. Hung a come-a-long on it because I had it already, used long ago for garden/tree slinging. I never really thought I'd be using the beam, it was designed in to eliminate any posts and allow huge second floor loading.
 

DustyRusty

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Equipment
2020 BX23S, BX2822 Snowblower, Curtis Deluxe Cab,
Nov 8, 2015
6,291
4,870
113
North East CT
I have both the BXpanded backhoe dolly and the loader dolly. The only thing that I don't like about them both is that they only have swiveling wheels at one end, and the other end is fixed. This makes it more difficult to align to the tractor.
I must admit that I have never encountered a problem putting my backhoe onto the tractor, however, I did have a problem getting it off because the parts that hold it on didn't want to release. I have since learned that they should be sprayed with lubricant and "exercised" periodically even if you are not going to remove the backhoe at that time.
 

GreensvilleJay

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Equipment
BX23-S,57 A-C D-14,58 A-C D-14, 57 A-C D-14,tiller,cults,Millcreek 25G spreader,
Apr 2, 2019
11,645
5,040
113
Greensville,Ontario,Canada
gee, I put my 24' I beam in TO work on tractors, 25 years ago. It sports 3 trolleys, 2 chain hoists and an electric one. If you ever have to 'split a tractor' an overhead Ibeam is the cat's meow.......purrrrrrfect.
BTW neighbours would be very,ver upset if I EVER took the BH off my BX23S..they always have a 'small' job for me to do !