overloaded backhoe, did i hurt it?

jimjoe

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Apr 21, 2015
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brimfield
hello everyone: i just got my new b2601 thursday may 7, i was pulling some large stones out of the yard with the backhoe and picked one up with the thumb, i got about 2 feet off the ground with it and the hoe started dropping.too heavy. does this do any damage to the system? i dropped the rock and pushed it with the loader. thanks for any advice, yes i will post pix soon!
 

85Hokie

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hello everyone: i just got my new b2601 thursday may 7, i was pulling some large stones out of the yard with the backhoe and picked one up with the thumb, i got about 2 feet off the ground with it and the hoe started dropping.too heavy. does this do any damage to the system? i dropped the rock and pushed it with the loader. thanks for any advice, yes i will post pix soon!
Like Dave said - you learn a what is TOO much....nothing hurt other than the seat of your pants!:D:)
 

Tooljunkie

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A person would think if it would be too heavy, it just wouldnt lift. Will lift most closest to machine.if its behaving normally,lesson learned.
 

jimjoe

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Apr 21, 2015
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brimfield
How do you like the B2601 so for? Considering getting one with backhoe or a B26TLB
love it so far only have 6 hrs on it,i got the quick attach for the loader and thumb for backhoe. plan on a snowblade also.i see the b26tlb is similar in size but hoe and loader have more capacity,it's also about 12000 more than i paid for mine. more reach on hoe is nice,can't go wrong with either one.