A few years ago I needed some excavation work on the property, so I thought of building a backhoe for a tractor. I bought it, but what to do in December in the workshop 🤣 so a few evenings measuring and drawing plans, making the necessary cuts with plasma. Then a lot of drilling, assembling, welding and inventing a few things during the construction. True, I underestimated a few things and could have done it differently, but... I made two buckets (20cm and 40cm). I bought hydraulic components, had hoses made and put the hydraulic pump through the gearbox on the tractor PTO. I sold it some time ago, the new owner uses it on the same tractor as me, made some modifications and still has it.