[AT] 3 pt backhoe

[Mike Maynard]

I just bought a new LS compact tractor, and there is an optional backhoe
for it.  Said backhoe is like $5-6000...  Mentioned it to a friend of mine,
and he replied with " you could buy a decent full size backhoe for that"

Sounds like sound advice to me!


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:

> Charlie,
> "Jack of all trades, master of none."   Would that old expression apply
> here?
> I would borrow the one that has been offered, and add the reaction bar.
> Ideal, no; but neither is renting or contracting. Typically, the contractor
> is in a hurry to get done, so now what do you do when you need a little bit
> more work done, etc.  Likewise with renting.
> Will initial backfill be sand or screened on-site soil?
> Herb
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlie hill
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 10:06 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] 3 pt backhoe
>
> Don,  I paid $1000.00 for one about 10 years ago, spent some time and money
> modifying the hook up so that it would fit my 3pt hitch correctly,
> added a "reaction bar" to transfer the load off of the 3rd hitch point on
> the 3 pt hitch to the drawbar, hooked it all up, dug one hole with
> it, disconnected it and it's been sitting ever since.   It had plenty of
> power and my D-14 Allis handled the load ok but it is kind of like what
> a farmer friend of mine told another farmer about a Long tractor that the
> JD
> dealer had loaned him while they worked on his JD.
> The other farmer (who owned a Long) asked him how he liked it.  He said it
> wasn't worth a crap.  The Long owner said "why, It's got plenty of power".
> The JD owner said "an elephant's got plenty of power but you can't farm
> with
> him".
>
> That's pretty much the deal with my experience with a 3 pt backhoe
> attachment.  It'll dig and it'll work but you can't get anything done with
> it.
> You'll be better off to put your time and effort into a real backhoe or
> excavator, buy it, rent it, borrow it or steal it what ever you have to do
> but
> don't waste a lot of time with a 3pt hitch rig.  You'll find it very hard
> to
> do accurate work with it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Bowen
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 9:14 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] 3 pt backhoe
>
> I need to dig about 600' of 6' trench for a ground source heat pump,
> excavate a foundation and maybe dig a drain field.  With two tractors
> around here I wonder if a three point backhoe would be worth the
> investment.  How much tractor do one of those typically require?  I know
> where I can borrow one and have seen a couple of CL but do not know the
> power requirements.  Is there any sort of rule of thumb regarding boom
> length and bucket size?
>
> This is the Ozarks with lots of rocks.  Bedrock is not very far down but
> the area I plan to dig is the bottom of a little valley where there are
> fewer rocks and a 6' excavation the PO did for a basement did not hit
> bedrock.
>
> --
> Don Bowen           AD0BR
> "A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without
> reserve.
> In solitude alone can he know true freedom."
> -Michel De Montaigne 1588
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