Backhoe attachment

An earth moving attachment and connection to an earth moving implement having teeth extending along substantially parallel longitudinal axes from the lower end of a bucket, said attachment and connection comprising:

• a housing having a compartment with an opening and an enclosed end portion formed by two walls converging to form a blade attaching portion, said opening being of suitable size and shape to permit insertion of bucket teeth into said opening, said enclosed end portion of the compartment limiting the insertion of said teeth, and a blade secured to said blade attaching portion of said housing near the enclosed end portion of said compartment;
• at least two retaining lugs each secured to adjacent sides of two adjacent longitudinally extending teeth and convergently tapered toward the bucket's lower end so that the rear ends of the lugs form an abutment in the open spacing between the adjacent teeth;
• said housing having at least one aperture in a wall of said compartment for alignment with said abutment;
• the attachment connection comprising a removable retaining bar passing through said compartment aperture and behind said abutment, and holding means to hold said bar substantially perpendicular to said abutment, and said compartment aperture, thereby preventing longitudinal movement of said attachment relative to said teeth.