John Deere 2038r/ 270 b backhoe / 142

I'll show you how I add a ripper tooth to my John Deere 270 B backhoe. We attempt to turn a standard backhoe bucket into a powerful ripper tooth feature using a custom made ripper tooth.
Welcome to my channel, I'm in Dubuque Iowa, my channel is known as @ Bill Burkhart or Today in Iowa, I'm a do it yourselfer & rural enthusiast. Be sure and check out my channel and the many how-to videos including the John Deere 2038r compact tractor and the John Deere 1025R loader backhoe, and the many implements I use to maintain my property
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Chapters:
0:00 Overview
1:12 Installation
1:47 Start digging
4:40 Not happy with design
6:40 Shoutouts
7:30 Stump being removed
9:04 Digging rock
9:35 Broke the tooth
11:14 Tooth repaired

[@deanbarr5740]

You never know till you try Bill. I like your design. Every great Success requires trial and error. Cooler weather here in north central West Virginia.

[@billburkhart]

Hi Dean, so good to hear from you again and gald your experiencing cooler weather. It's cooler here also. I have three remaining tasks to try the ripper tooth on before it goes in the scrap pile. Thanks for your continuing support Dean, I sure appreciate it. - Bill

[@aaronburford5701]

Impressive!

[@billburkhart]

Hi Aaron This turned out to be a bust! Ha ha live and learn I guess 😊-Bill

[@billburkhart]

Hi Aaron, this turned out to be a bust, oh well live and learn, right? -Bill

[@danwilkening888]

Good to see you Bill. Dan Wilkening checking in from Illinois. You are correct with the possibility of cylinder damage . Maybe move in a bit closer so you are not reaching out so far. Bring the strain point as close as you can to the back of the tractor. Or, redesign the hook to attach to the bucket attachment points and remove the bucket?

[@billburkhart]

Good point Dan! Hope you’re doing well-Bill

[@cdee6096]

Hi Bill. Good video. Thanks for showing that set up. I now use the BXpanded piranha tooth bar on my front loader bucket for most all stumps now. So much more cutting and digging force than the backhoe on my 2032r. I also have the BXpanded quick change bucket system in my backhoe. It is awesome.

[@billburkhart]

So good to hear from you Cdee! I was wondering about the quick change bucket system....thanks for the information. Hope all is well out in your neck of the woods - Bill

[@danielbrady8867]

Hey Bill, I have a BXPANDED RIPPER on my Orange BX23S in phelps WI. Works great on small trees. Cleared about 20 small pines to make way for a garage. You get good leverage on the curl and the serated blade cuts the big ones.

[@billburkhart]

Thanks for the info Daniel, I appriciate it ! - Bill

[@minutemanmac]

Great idea, I've gotta make one now

[@billburkhart]

Go for it ......and let me know what you learn! - Bill

[@andrewbrenneman9592]

Your machine isn't heavy duty enough to have such an extension. If you want a ripper for your backhoe, you would get much better force to replace the bucket. Good to see still making videos. BTW I moved from Silverton, Oregon to Sweetwater, Texas. Andrew.

[@billburkhart]

Hi Andrew. Good to hear from you also. Hope your doing well.-Bill

[@billburkhart]

Andrew...What took you to Sweetwater Texas???

[@garypower9024]

Hi Bill Have you tried your forks for tree /small stump removal. From what I've seen the forks work very well at times. Another enjoyable video

[@billburkhart]

Hi Gary, I have good experience using the backhoe to remove stumps. This invention was a flop. 😃😃

[@garypower9024]

@@billburkhart Hi Bill, a good flop is just a learning curve. Some ideas are best left in the rear view. They are certainly worth exploring, hey but that's how we gain that old timers experience. Hahaha

[@billburkhart]

@garypower9024 Agree with you Gary.

[@mark-ew8hk]

we will have to talk about this

[@billburkhart]

We sure will next Monday!

[@houndsmanone4563]

Hey there Bill 😁. Good thought process but that angle is not enough. When you asked if it would work in the beginning, I thought, No. Only b/c I've tried something like that. I now have the ripper from BXpanded as well as a quick connect coupler for my small Massey Ferguson GC 1710 tractor. I like the ripper and one thing that helps is having a thumb on my backhoe. It's a manual thumb which has some limitations in itself but the ripper is angled nicely and can actually rip roots b/c of the serated design. Even though I have some nifty attacments for my backhoe, I still haven't used them as much as I thought I would mainly b/c connecting and disconnecting the backhoe is such a PITA and sometimes I just don't feel like the hassle. I hope your retaining wall teardown goes well. I look forward to that video. Have a great upcoming week and be well my friend. Don of NC. We'v had some nasty, scorching triple-digit weather for over 8 weeks staight so I didn't accomplish as much as I would have liked during the summer months but now the weather is finally in the 70's and I'm outside clearing a wooded area for my metal building I'll have constructd. Great video, as always. 👍🏽🤠 10/8/23

[@billburkhart]

Don Hello and YES, YES, YES! It is a PITA removing and reattaching the bucket, thank you for that. Thats why I tried to create this one but as you noted....its not going to work. 😒 I have three other tasks I'm going to try and see what I can use it for. Hey, I was watching your needle rake video last week and was wondering if you've ever used that to dethatch your lawn. Cooler weather has arrived here and it feels great....hope you experience cooler weather soon. Take care my freind...... and let me know about the needle rake. - Bill

[@houndsmanone4563]

Bill, we finally are into some cooler weather. I haven't tried using the pine needle rake as a dethatcher but it certainly could easily be used for that sort of thing. The pine needle rake is nice and light weight which makes it forgiving while raking forward without ripping and digging into the surface, however, if you run over the same area over several times, it will wear a path. Since I do not have a good looking , plush lawn, I have no worries of wearing a patch in the lawn b/c I have centipede grass. the pine neeedle rake does just as you suggest. It will dethatche and clears an appropriate amount of grass/material to allow the existing grass some nice growing/breathing room. The 3 point hitch can be regulated as to how much downward pressure you place on a rear implement. I kind of wish the rear had a float detent which would allow the implement to float using its natural weight to do the work and not dig into raised areas of ground. The pine needle rake has been a big game changer for me since I live in a heavily pine tree area. I hope this helps. Take it easy. 😁 @@billburkhart

[@billburkhart]

Thanks Don, this information will give me something to think about this winter. Take care buddy - Bill

[@houndsmanone4563]

I wish you were close enough for me to bring the pine need rake over for you to try it. The pine needle rake has more than paid for itself for the number of times I've used it and still depend on it. Pine needles, unlke regular trees, drop pine needles twice a year and sometimes more if it's hurricane season. The hurricane high winds seem to literally trigger a pine tree to release the needles. I think it's the stress on the pine trees that triggeers the needles to turn red-brown then detach by the 1000's. Yikes 😱@@billburkhart

[@billburkhart]

That would be awsome Don, wish we were indeed closer. Thannks for the added information - Bill

[@seenithere]

What if you flipped it over so it was on the inside of the bucket, then rotate the shank to the position you need it.

[@billburkhart]

👍 interesting idea. Thanks for suggesting-Bill

[@Pinkypinkyyeah]

Hi Bill, nice video! I wonder do you need one work rubber boot when you working for that?

[@billburkhart]

Hello, thanks for reaching out to me and saying hello, I sure appreciate it-Bill

[@Pinkypinkyyeah]

Hi Bill, we'd love to send one pair of boots to you but don't know how to contact you🤣🤣@@billburkhart

[@billburkhart]

Do you mfg the boots? That would be very generous-Bill

[@billburkhart]

Can you IM me please?

[@Pinkypinkyyeah]

Do u have IG or FB channel as well?@@billburkhart

[@srj4622]

I miss the music with the video!

[@billburkhart]

No kidding!!!! I thought people would prefere I remove it. You made my day! With this information its going back in, thanks for your input srj4622-Bill

[@Curious_Skeptic]

BXexpanded far better! You aren't going to ever kill the ripper!

[@billburkhart]

I have to agree. - Bill