what would you consider low hours for a backhoe?

Fred from MO · Jul 14, 2013

I have been looking at some for a while don't know what would be considered low.? Seen newer 4wd versions of jd 310 with 6000 hours on them. Older 2 WD version s with 4000 hours. Don't know what hours they typically need to be overhauled?

Bill Lisbon · Jul 14, 2013

A good way to figure would be if it were a car and you were going 50 miles per hour in 4000 hours you would go 200,000 miles.

Welding man · Jul 14, 2013

I have seen ones that have close to 10,000 hours still doing good, if properly maintained and others that had 4,000 that were worn slap out. It all depends how they are treated and maintained.

Lyndon - AB · Jul 14, 2013

Welding Man hit the nail on the head. It all depends on maintenance. My 1999 Case Super L Series 2 has 5000 hrs on it, and I consider it just nicely broken in. But I can trace its history back, and its been looked after well for its whole life. I think it should go 10000 pretty easy before I'm looking at any serious work. Drivetrain should last way longer.

Beat the crap out of a machine though, and 2000 hours can make it look like it has 20000.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 16, 2013

Condition and maintenance means more than an hour meter that may or may not be accurate.

Randy Corlew · Jul 28, 2013

A lot of good comments however when you don"t know check. Here is how: 1st do a blow by check, 2nd send off and oil sample, 3rd do an oil pressure and compression test. 4th test the coolant for blow by gasses. All of these tests are pretty cheap and don"t take a lot of time. However buying a unknown machine it will help prevent the buyer from getting screwed.

AJ. · Aug 1, 2013

If you base the hours an average contractor would clock up per year it would be around 2K hours ,so if a 5 year old machine has 10K hours it would be classed as normal,if another 5 year old has clocked 15K hours it would be a high hour machine,if another had only clocked up 5K hrs it would be classed as low hr machine,so divide age into hours to give an average.
AJ

730d se · Aug 5, 2013

Another obvious point to remember with "used" equipment is this. They are selling for some reason. Many times it can be because their mechanic has discovered something that is about to cost a bunch of money. They have depreciated it off the books in most cases, so it makes more biz sense to buy a new one than to pour money in to one that is already depreciated out and out of warranty.
With that said, great deals can be had IF the problems are not major and/or you are enough of a mechanic do the work yourself.
Unfortunately, what was once one man"s treasure becomes another man"s trash.
Auctions are luck of the draw. In most cases, you cannot properly check out the equipment to really know what you are getting, AND, there are ghost bidders running up the prices past what it should really bring.
Just like Las Vegas, once in a blue moon someone "wins" and shows up at an auction where good stuff goes really cheap. These days, it does not happen often enough to take the risk.

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