BX23S Hydraulic thumb on backhoe

[Trimley]

Very interesting. I've been thinking about a hyd thumb, and started searching for info.

If it can be done, self-contained to the BH, that's more luring to me than adding a 3rd function.

Has anyone succeeded in their efforts to make it happen?

 

[TheOldHokie]

Very interesting. I've been thinking about a hyd thumb, and started searching for info.

If it can be done, self-contained to the BH, that's more luring to me than adding a 3rd function.

Has anyone succeeded in their efforts to make it happen?

I am not sure of the distinction you are drawing. Adding a hydraulic citcuit for a thumb to the backhoe is in essence a "third function".

Could you explain the distinction you are making a bit more clearly?

Dan

 

[leveraddict]

I have a BX23S. Between lack of reach on the BH and having to turn the seat around to go get a rock and bring back to lets say build a wall, it all seems such a waste to me. Now on a mini x thats where the hydraulic thumb shines! You have the reach and can easily go and pick up rocks and relocate. To each their own! I guess it makes the BX feel like a big tractor? I do have the manual thumb. I use it to remove big rocks while trenching and other digging projects and it works fine.

 

[Trimley]

I am not sure of the distinction you are drawing. Adding a hydraulic citcuit for a thumb to the backhoe is in essence a "third function".

Could you explain the distinction you are making a bit more clearly?

Dan

Alright, maybe the hyd thumb is a 3rd function. My thought of that...confusion...stems from the FEL and its ability with a grapple or clamshell bucket. With all my recent intake on the topic, my thinking and comprehension got a scosche short circuited.