Re: 3 pt Backhoe - are they worth owning?

Posted by Tim B from MA on June 16, 2006 at 08:37:15 from (68.162.218.211):

In Reply to: 3 pt Backhoe - are they worth owning? posted by Quebec Bob on June 14, 2006 at 13:41:38:

I've been doing some earthwork in the yard - scraping topsoil, stumping and shallow fill over about 4500 square feet. (If it ever stops raining every other day, I might even finish sometime in this life!)

My brother has a Kubota 3030 with a backhoe that I have been using quite a bit. It is on a 4-point hitch (made just for the hoe, does not use the 3 pt). It is an impressive little unit, I'd love to have one all the time - but it does have it's limitations just because of the size. I think with a 55 hp unit, a proper mount, and some care to not beat the hell out of your machine, you would be very happy.

But if you are going to buy new, you may want to weight that price against the price of buying a used machine made to be a backhoe (or small excavator).

While I was doing the heavier stumping and filling I borrowed a well used, mid 1990s Cat 416 backhoe from a friend who is a dealer. The articulation was loose as a goose, but other than that it ran just fine. As to speed of operation, I don't think it was that much faster than my brother's little kubota. Of course it could do alot more, and I could have bought it for about the same price that my brother bought his Kubota new (ca $28K) If it were me, I would have went for a used backhoe instead of the new tractor with a backhoe on it.

If you decide to go for the 3pt, I'd love to here how it turns out. I and half thinking of a 3pt for my Ford 841, especially if I could find one used.

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