In any case, watch the dirt fly, because these 15 diggers can definitely get the job done. Who knows? I should get him to dig a hole to replant some flowers. I can only think that he's imagining that he’s pretending to be a construction worker, making his way all the way to the center of the earth. Even now, every time we pass a construction zone, my kids, especially my youngest son, are fascinated by these big rig machines. Every time.) And I’ve had more than one bed of daffodils upturned by an overly exuberant child bent on destroying my freshly planted flowers. My son and our dog used to have a competition to see who could dig the bigger holes. And it helps that kids playing in the dirt is super good for them. Nonetheless, the prospect of digging in and throwing dirt over their shoulder is made all the more exciting when they have a cool construction tool to do it with. Or maybe the ultimate goal is just to create an enormous huge hole -you know, the kind that’s smack dab in your front yard, waiting for unsuspecting people to fall into. Maybe it’s the expectation of finding treasures buried deep within the earth that motivates them to burrow way below the ground. To up the ante on backyard fun, you can build upon your child’s excavation experience and outfit them with these 15 construction-themed toys that they'll totally dig.
The backhoe is heavy enough to sit solidly on the ground but light enough to pick up and move around.Collin, Alec and Beckett Bright will be constructing imaginary things with “ Bright Brothers Construction” equipment and Henry Atom and George Bond Shaughnessy are the “ Atomic Brothers Construction” company. The logos on the backhoes are custom designed by my wife, Maureen, especially for the boys.Your Backyard Backhoes will be custom made to order and will provide years of enjoyment for generations! Please email me for more details, including order fulfillment time, custom color choices, logo designs, and shipping costs:.We take all major credit and debit cards.
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Price: $1200 plus shipping and crating.Time well spent, since I’m sure these toys will provide countless hours of fun for my grandkids and their children. All in all, these first two sandbox diggers probably took me about a week to make. A local metalsmith made the buckets for me.Īs I proceeded, I tried to make templates and jigs so I can reproduce these toys. I decided later to paint all of the parts with exterior oil enamel because painted wood holds up much better than a clear finish outside, and it looks more playful in the bright colors I chose. The rest of the backhoe is made out of cypress which is a very good exterior, lightweight wood. I used a sheet of 3/4 inch exterior grade mahogany plywood to laminate the seat components. I then had to decide what kind of woods I would use. So a major change I made was to protect the bearing by recessing it deeper inside the seat. The one drawback to this particular version was that the bearing for the seat was exposed, and quickly became clogged with sand in the sandbox. What I liked about my neighbor’s version was that the mechanism worked really well - plus it was simple and direct. I tracked down a version of it from my neighbor and used it to pattern the mechanics of my “backhoe.” I remembered our local hardwood dealer had one in his warehouse for awhile, and went in search of that one. I knew what I wanted to make, so I looked around on the web and found a couple of designs that didn’t really appeal to me. The process of making these was quite involved. You could also think of these as “backyard backhoes.” I think they’re they’re pretty darn cool looking. I recently made two sandbox diggers for our grandsons, Henry and Collin and their brothers, George, Alec and Beckett.
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