[AT] Backhoe use question?

[charlie hill]

I think I'd rent one and get some time in the seat before I tried to buy one 
if I were you.   I've got a small 3pt attach hoe that I bought just because 
it was a deal.  It's ok in a pinch but I'd hate to have to do any real work 
with it.   The last time I checked around here you could rent something like 
a 580 Case backhoe loader for about $700 a week.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carl gogol" <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Backhoe use question?


> Ivan, George, Larry and others-
> Ahhh - an excavator!  I have had excavator envy ever since we had the pond
> dug a couple of years ago, a Cat 320C dug about 1100 yards of clay for us 
> in
> a day.  The spill was all literally tossed 180 degrees to the downslope 
> and
> a D3 used for grading needed mercy to keep from being buried in the 
> process.
> The equipment's owner came over after they left for the day and couldn't
> believe that the job was done.  It may have helped that the operators were
> father and son, with the father probably trying to make a point (I'm the
> still the stud here?) in the excavator.  He would breakaway from digging 
> the
> pit from time to time and backup so he could toss the spill an additional 
> 2
> boom lengths to relieve the dozer's job.  We got my money's worth on that
> day.
> My needs for a backhoe are to ditch when it is dry and not have to hope
> someone will show up when it is dry.  I'm thinking that the swing 
> limitation
> is not crippling for immediate needs.  Will continue to look for a 
> domestic
> hoe in good shape for a few more months, but if dry weather comes this
> summer I might buy an Asian import - or maybe rent a real excavator.
> Renting a real excavator might be a good way to go anyway, but it just 
> seems
> like a good tool to have around the farm.
>
> Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
> Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
> AC D14, 914H
> JD 5320 MFWD
> Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
> Simplicity 7116H, 3112H
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ivan Cousins" <ivancou at alltel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Backhoe use question?
>
>
>> Carl, I have one .Its ok out in the open but when youre digging stumps it
>> means a lot of extra work pushing dirt out of the way as you move around
>> the
>> stump . Getting up against a house foundation , yes you can drive right 
>> up
>> next to it but again youre not getting the dirt far enough away and end 
>> up
>> stopping to move it out of the way .
>> My hoe is for my own use ,not for hire , so I put up with it because of
>> the
>> cost .    Ivan
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