My Pops owns a septic tank business and he is looking for a excavator that will hook to the front of the septic tank truck. It's single track and it fits to the front bumper of the truck. I have been searching and can't seem to find anything online. Is it called a mini excavator? Can anyone tell me exactly what this is called and where we can find one?Thanks.
Just go and find an old backhoe...take the bucket and arm and attach to the front of the truck. then you need a way to power the hydraulic pump...you'll need the hoses and control levers off the backhoe as well as the afore-mentioned pump. You can mount the seat behind the contol levers... picture this, if you know what a backhoe is, take off the back half, beef up the trucks front end, mount a big hunk of iron for a bumper on front, and rig up a belt and tensioner to drive the pump, the ways to do it are limited by your imagination, you can go fixed or semi remote(removable), keep in mind your weights, you dont want to have to have a DOT permit every time you move it, and when retracted you will possibly have overhead clearance issues...or you can get a trailer and buy a used backhoe...or he could give you a shovel and put you to digging, I'm betting he likes my last idea best! I hope some of this helps, imagination can make anything possible...COOL.
