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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:07:13 AM EDT
[#1]
that thing is a toy. if you're buying it for a sandbox you should be fine but that's kinda spendy for that
my backhoe is a toy compared to big boy machines but at least i can do actual work with it 
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:09:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Even backhoes suck. Sorry not sorry. Mine never gets used. Slow. Awkward. Sure if you only can have one machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/10991072_10105679913764205_4237945769909097427_n-734187.jpg Excavator / skidloader is where it’s at. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/ECF13030-AD61-4B47-AF0A-56F111FFCA01-2331954.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181029_195700-721665.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/24FEF6FB-3A26-4D63-8FDB-CE3A127CC0E7-1130207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181104_120142-727581.jpg depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:14:57 AM EDT
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Video is kind of hilarious. Seems to me that “walking” it around like he dude was pretty abusive to the cheap Chinese machine. No surprise he basically ruined that one hydraulic cylinder.
It also seemed pretty weak and more trouble than it’s worth. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:15:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Even backhoes suck. Sorry not sorry. Mine never gets used. Slow. Awkward. Sure if you only can have one machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/10991072_10105679913764205_4237945769909097427_n-734187.jpg Excavator / skidloader is where it’s at. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/ECF13030-AD61-4B47-AF0A-56F111FFCA01-2331954.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181029_195700-721665.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/24FEF6FB-3A26-4D63-8FDB-CE3A127CC0E7-1130207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181104_120142-727581.jpg depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs Lifting shit? Lull 1044-56 telehandler. 10,000lb lift capacity. Or national 1100 28tn truck crane. I admit I’m spoiled. But my 333D can lift almost as much as my 416C IT. If it’s heavier than what the 333D can handle, we’ll use the telehandler. The ZTS50 can out dig the 416. Let alone the 315BL. The only time we use the 416 is running between properties. We haul cow shit to another 100 acres to spread. So we’ll run it up there. Also doing any dirt work up there. As it’s easier than loading up a trailer most of the time. I love the idea of backhoes. But in good execution - you can do more than x2 the work with a skidloader/excavator combo. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:18:20 AM EDT
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@Foxtrot08
Now you've done it! My backhoe is good at everything and great at nothing. It's the only equipment I have that moves soil any distance. The skid steer is everybody's favorite (except mine). That machine is amazing, but doesn't move much. I have augers and bulldozer blades for both, and a stump grinder for the skid steer. I'm getting a helical pile driver and a few other attachments for it next. If I could only own one thing it would definitely be the skid steer. The excavator is still my favorite, and I don't let anyone else use it   |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:23:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love how it's poorly photoshopped and levitating over the ground.  Seems like a great tool for amateur DIYers to locate gas mains.You'd be better off with a shovel. Even the Ag tractor mounted ones are laughably impotent. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:24:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Foxtrot08 Now you've done it! My backhoe is good at everything and great at nothing. It's the only equipment I have that moves soil any distance. The skid steer is everybody's favorite (except mine). That machine is amazing, but doesn't move much. I have augers and bulldozer blades for both, and a stump grinder for the skid steer. I'm getting a helical pile driver and a few other attachments for it next. If I could only own one thing it would definitely be the skid steer. The excavator is still my favorite, and I don't let anyone else use it https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/4267/IMG_5601-2335992.jpg I’m surprised you don’t have an articulated dump yet to go with everything. Or even better would be a tracked dump truck. We keep the same body, but throw it in an old cab and chassis every 5-7 years. But we have a beater tandem axle dump truck. A dump trailer (goose neck) and a 26 foot semi dump trailer to move product around. I really want to buy a tracked dump truck one of these days. I also have waaaay more equipment. Including 5 bulldozers. A tracked front end loader. A wheeled front end loader. And a road grader. All older. But I’m not a contractor either. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:35:42 AM EDT
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It couldn’t scratch the Blackland Prairie before giving up or gumming up.
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:56:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/16/2022 10:56:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m surprised you don’t have an articulated dump yet to go with everything. Or even better would be a tracked dump truck. We keep the same body, but throw it in an old cab and chassis every 5-7 years. But we have a beater tandem axle dump truck. A dump trailer (goose neck) and a 26 foot semi dump trailer to move product around. I really want to buy a tracked dump truck one of these days. I also have waaaay more equipment. Including 5 bulldozers. A tracked front end loader. A wheeled front end loader. And a road grader. All older. But I’m not a contractor either. I'm hoping not to be moving soil often. I don't have a CDL, so all my equipment stays on the island. The real value in a dump truck would be getting material at suppliers on my own versus paying someone to deliver it. When I put in 3,200 linear feet of seawall I'll have to bring in massive amounts of gravel to backfill the backside and rip rap to put on the front. I really wish I had gotten my CDL before the requirements got silly. A dump trailer is probably something I should look at. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 11:03:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm hoping not to be moving soil often. I don't have a CDL, so all my equipment stays on the island. The real value in a dump truck would be getting material at suppliers on my own versus paying someone to deliver it. When I put in 3,200 linear feet of seawall I'll have to bring in massive amounts of gravel to backfill the backside and rip rap to put on the front. I really wish I had gotten my CDL before the requirements got silly. A dump trailer is probably something I should look at. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I’m surprised you don’t have an articulated dump yet to go with everything. Or even better would be a tracked dump truck. We keep the same body, but throw it in an old cab and chassis every 5-7 years. But we have a beater tandem axle dump truck. A dump trailer (goose neck) and a 26 foot semi dump trailer to move product around. I really want to buy a tracked dump truck one of these days. I also have waaaay more equipment. Including 5 bulldozers. A tracked front end loader. A wheeled front end loader. And a road grader. All older. But I’m not a contractor either. I'm hoping not to be moving soil often. I don't have a CDL, so all my equipment stays on the island. The real value in a dump truck would be getting material at suppliers on my own versus paying someone to deliver it. When I put in 3,200 linear feet of seawall I'll have to bring in massive amounts of gravel to backfill the backside and rip rap to put on the front. I really wish I had gotten my CDL before the requirements got silly. A dump trailer is probably something I should look at. You may want to rent an articulated dump truck / rock truck when you do the sea wall. Unless you can get normal trucks right up to it. I got my CDL… figure if I own 100 semis… might as well be able to drive them. Also, if you didn’t know - you and I have a mutual friend. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 2:40:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: that thing is a toy. if you're buying it for a sandbox you should be fine but that's kinda spendy for that my backhoe is a toy compared to big boy machines but at least i can do actual work with it https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30587/9BBF7F13-A2DA-4363-B4A1-A767CDA62110-1604222.jpg @TexRdnec How long have you had that machine? How do you like it? An L47 is on my wish list. I've love to upgrade to one, might be a while though. The downside is sometimes it's nice having a smaller machine to get into tight places. I recently used my B2650 to dig for undergrounds in the basement of the new house before the floor was poured. I wouldn't have made it in the door with an L47. 
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Posted: 11/16/2022 2:44:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Chinese garbage. You can probably dig faster with a shovel. I'll race you. Loser pays for the backhoe. This was about an 90 minutes. OP, if you don't have hard pack soil and you're just looking to do some trenching, they work fine. Are there other machines that would be better - you bet. But I am not running to the rental place everytime I need a trench.  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 2:47:18 PM EDT
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I watched a guy trying to plant a tree with something like that.
He came close the getting bucked off when the bucket hit the ground. He gave up after a few rides |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 2:51:22 PM EDT
[#15]
Don’t waste your money, rent one.
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Posted: 11/16/2022 2:53:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don’t waste your money, rent one. Cheapest one in my area is $450 an hour, min 5 hours. At that rate I might as well buy a full blown excavator instead. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 2:55:13 PM EDT
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I too like to get my financial and product buying advice from a dude who chooses to operate a chainsaw while wearing shorts and lightweight sneakers on his "lot", which he's enclosed with a crappy chain link fence and which backs up to an apartment complex, on a main thoroughfare and within earshot of a train.
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Posted: 11/16/2022 3:04:31 PM EDT
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I always wanted one of those u-build-it mini bulldozers from the classifieds in old Popular Mechanic's magazines.
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Posted: 11/16/2022 3:37:09 PM EDT
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Mine is an older version from Northern Tool, I think it was a rental originally. The call before you dig stickers are a big give away. I am at least the fourth owner and someone along the line replaced the engine with a much newer 9hp Harbor Freight Predator. The big selling point for me when buying was, looking at it there is almost nothing I can't work on and fix pretty easily. Most of it with hand tool and a welder for worst cases. The only things that I would need help on is repacking cylinders and valves and those come off easy enough to haul out and get fixed. Everything else is super easy to work on and fix as needed even in the field which is important give where I am using it.
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Posted: 11/16/2022 3:37:58 PM EDT
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I usually save up my work and rent something once a year. This year was a bobcat E50. 11000lb machine and it was $2200 for the week delivered and insured.
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Posted: 11/16/2022 4:20:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love how it's poorly photoshopped and levitating over the ground. Seems like a great tool for amateur DIYers to locate gas mains.Yeah that’s hilarious. 
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Posted: 11/16/2022 5:29:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lifting shit? Lull 1044-56 telehandler. 10,000lb lift capacity. Or national 1100 28tn truck crane. I admit I’m spoiled. But my 333D can lift almost as much as my 416C IT. If it’s heavier than what the 333D can handle, we’ll use the telehandler. The ZTS50 can out dig the 416. Let alone the 315BL. The only time we use the 416 is running between properties. We haul cow shit to another 100 acres to spread. So we’ll run it up there. Also doing any dirt work up there. As it’s easier than loading up a trailer most of the time. I love the idea of backhoes. But in good execution - you can do more than x2 the work with a skidloader/excavator combo. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Even backhoes suck. Sorry not sorry. Mine never gets used. Slow. Awkward. Sure if you only can have one machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/10991072_10105679913764205_4237945769909097427_n-734187.jpg Excavator / skidloader is where it’s at. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/ECF13030-AD61-4B47-AF0A-56F111FFCA01-2331954.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181029_195700-721665.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/24FEF6FB-3A26-4D63-8FDB-CE3A127CC0E7-1130207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181104_120142-727581.jpg depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs Lifting shit? Lull 1044-56 telehandler. 10,000lb lift capacity. Or national 1100 28tn truck crane. I admit I’m spoiled. But my 333D can lift almost as much as my 416C IT. If it’s heavier than what the 333D can handle, we’ll use the telehandler. The ZTS50 can out dig the 416. Let alone the 315BL. The only time we use the 416 is running between properties. We haul cow shit to another 100 acres to spread. So we’ll run it up there. Also doing any dirt work up there. As it’s easier than loading up a trailer most of the time. I love the idea of backhoes. But in good execution - you can do more than x2 the work with a skidloader/excavator combo. if i'm lifting a 250gal tank to replace it with a 500gal tank and dig a new line over to a generator behind some guy's house my backhoe is the best tool for the job. your equipment won't even fit but if we could shrink it we'd still have to use multiple machines |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 5:35:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @TexRdnec How long have you had that machine? How do you like it? An L47 is on my wish list. I've love to upgrade to one, might be a while though. The downside is sometimes it's nice having a smaller machine to get into tight places. I recently used my B2650 to dig for undergrounds in the basement of the new house before the floor was poured. I wouldn't have made it in the door with an L47. https://i.imgur.com/D1raF6B.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: that thing is a toy. if you're buying it for a sandbox you should be fine but that's kinda spendy for that my backhoe is a toy compared to big boy machines but at least i can do actual work with it https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30587/9BBF7F13-A2DA-4363-B4A1-A767CDA62110-1604222.jpg @TexRdnec How long have you had that machine? How do you like it? An L47 is on my wish list. I've love to upgrade to one, might be a while though. The downside is sometimes it's nice having a smaller machine to get into tight places. I recently used my B2650 to dig for undergrounds in the basement of the new house before the floor was poured. I wouldn't have made it in the door with an L47. https://i.imgur.com/D1raF6B.jpg the l47 is surprisingly capable for its size, i have zero complaints thus far and it's probably coming up on a year and a half old |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 5:44:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: if i'm lifting a 250gal tank to replace it with a 500gal tank and dig a new line over to a generator behind some guy's house my backhoe is the best tool for the job. your equipment won't even fit but if we could shrink it we'd still have to use multiple machines Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Even backhoes suck. Sorry not sorry. Mine never gets used. Slow. Awkward. Sure if you only can have one machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/10991072_10105679913764205_4237945769909097427_n-734187.jpg Excavator / skidloader is where it’s at. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/ECF13030-AD61-4B47-AF0A-56F111FFCA01-2331954.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181029_195700-721665.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/24FEF6FB-3A26-4D63-8FDB-CE3A127CC0E7-1130207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181104_120142-727581.jpg depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs Lifting shit? Lull 1044-56 telehandler. 10,000lb lift capacity. Or national 1100 28tn truck crane. I admit I’m spoiled. But my 333D can lift almost as much as my 416C IT. If it’s heavier than what the 333D can handle, we’ll use the telehandler. The ZTS50 can out dig the 416. Let alone the 315BL. The only time we use the 416 is running between properties. We haul cow shit to another 100 acres to spread. So we’ll run it up there. Also doing any dirt work up there. As it’s easier than loading up a trailer most of the time. I love the idea of backhoes. But in good execution - you can do more than x2 the work with a skidloader/excavator combo. if i'm lifting a 250gal tank to replace it with a 500gal tank and dig a new line over to a generator behind some guy's house my backhoe is the best tool for the job. your equipment won't even fit but if we could shrink it we'd still have to use multiple machines Just lift it over the house with the crane. Problem solved! Edit: A deere 50G is narrower than the L47 with outriggers. And can lift nearly twice the amount of the L47. While only weighing 3000lbs more. A new L47 costs low 70's. A new 50G costs low 80's. Unless you're traveling a lot... |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 5:44:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always wanted one of those u-build-it mini bulldozers from the classifieds in old Popular Mechanic's magazines. they are still in business https://struckcorp.com/products/mini-dozer-md196k/ |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 5:48:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For less than twice that you can get a used Case. lol, no, unless you're talking about a 1960s clapped out 480A. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 5:49:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: they are still in business https://struckcorp.com/products/mini-dozer-md196k/ Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I always wanted one of those u-build-it mini bulldozers from the classifieds in old Popular Mechanic's magazines. they are still in business https://struckcorp.com/products/mini-dozer-md196k/ 
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Posted: 11/16/2022 7:21:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think I'd lean toward renting the machine I need or paying someone to do the work. Usually more efficient to pay pro. |
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Posted: 11/16/2022 7:43:39 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @Foxtrot08 Now you've done it! My backhoe is good at everything and great at nothing. It's the only equipment I have that moves soil any distance. The skid steer is everybody's favorite (except mine). That machine is amazing, but doesn't move much. I have augers and bulldozer blades for both, and a stump grinder for the skid steer. I'm getting a helical pile driver and a few other attachments for it next. If I could only own one thing it would definitely be the skid steer. The excavator is still my favorite, and I don't let anyone else use it https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/4267/IMG_5601-2335992.jpg Your excavator is a loooong boy
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Posted: 11/16/2022 7:56:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just lift it over the house with the crane. Problem solved! Edit: A deere 50G is narrower than the L47 with outriggers. And can lift nearly twice the amount of the L47. While only weighing 3000lbs more. A new L47 costs low 70's. A new 50G costs low 80's. Unless you're traveling a lot... I had to fly a 303.5 Cat with a drill attachment over a house in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The back yard was sandstone cap rock and the whole yard was headed down the bluff to the Arkansas river. Best I remember, the lift required a 200 ton mobile crane with 300’ of boom to reach our landing area. We had to flag the crane boom for the local airport. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 8:04:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just lift it over the house with the crane. Problem solved! Edit: A deere 50G is narrower than the L47 with outriggers. And can lift nearly twice the amount of the L47. While only weighing 3000lbs more. A new L47 costs low 70's. A new 50G costs low 80's. Unless you're traveling a lot... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Even backhoes suck. Sorry not sorry. Mine never gets used. Slow. Awkward. Sure if you only can have one machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/10991072_10105679913764205_4237945769909097427_n-734187.jpg Excavator / skidloader is where it’s at. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/ECF13030-AD61-4B47-AF0A-56F111FFCA01-2331954.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181029_195700-721665.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/24FEF6FB-3A26-4D63-8FDB-CE3A127CC0E7-1130207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181104_120142-727581.jpg depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs Lifting shit? Lull 1044-56 telehandler. 10,000lb lift capacity. Or national 1100 28tn truck crane. I admit I’m spoiled. But my 333D can lift almost as much as my 416C IT. If it’s heavier than what the 333D can handle, we’ll use the telehandler. The ZTS50 can out dig the 416. Let alone the 315BL. The only time we use the 416 is running between properties. We haul cow shit to another 100 acres to spread. So we’ll run it up there. Also doing any dirt work up there. As it’s easier than loading up a trailer most of the time. I love the idea of backhoes. But in good execution - you can do more than x2 the work with a skidloader/excavator combo. if i'm lifting a 250gal tank to replace it with a 500gal tank and dig a new line over to a generator behind some guy's house my backhoe is the best tool for the job. your equipment won't even fit but if we could shrink it we'd still have to use multiple machines Just lift it over the house with the crane. Problem solved! Edit: A deere 50G is narrower than the L47 with outriggers. And can lift nearly twice the amount of the L47. While only weighing 3000lbs more. A new L47 costs low 70's. A new 50G costs low 80's. Unless you're traveling a lot... i knew i didn't pay near that so i looked it up i paid $53,042.31 and i couldn't trim trees on the weekend with a 50g  |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 8:26:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think4 lever controls would drive me mad, but I've experience with the real deal My first "real" machine was an old Pettibone TLB (tractor loader backhoe) that had a forest of control levers. Didn't take long to get proficient with it. When I worked construction back in the '70's, the excavating guy had a TLB with extenda-hoe. Watching him work those levers was interesting. The towable backhoe? I guess, if one is just using it for light work, it would work OK. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 8:38:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i knew i didn't pay near that so i looked it up i paid $53,042.31 and i couldn't trim trees on the weekend with a 50g https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30587/3B7E7E27-0E79-41A5-A06F-015977FA27BF-1643381.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Even backhoes suck. Sorry not sorry. Mine never gets used. Slow. Awkward. Sure if you only can have one machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/10991072_10105679913764205_4237945769909097427_n-734187.jpg Excavator / skidloader is where it’s at. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/ECF13030-AD61-4B47-AF0A-56F111FFCA01-2331954.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181029_195700-721665.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/24FEF6FB-3A26-4D63-8FDB-CE3A127CC0E7-1130207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/148484/20181104_120142-727581.jpg depends on what you're doing with it if you need to lift shit as well as dig shit on the same job then it's the perfect machine. if you just need to dig or just need to lift then it falls waaaaaaaaay to the side compared to other machines built specifically to do those jobs Lifting shit? Lull 1044-56 telehandler. 10,000lb lift capacity. Or national 1100 28tn truck crane. I admit I’m spoiled. But my 333D can lift almost as much as my 416C IT. If it’s heavier than what the 333D can handle, we’ll use the telehandler. The ZTS50 can out dig the 416. Let alone the 315BL. The only time we use the 416 is running between properties. We haul cow shit to another 100 acres to spread. So we’ll run it up there. Also doing any dirt work up there. As it’s easier than loading up a trailer most of the time. I love the idea of backhoes. But in good execution - you can do more than x2 the work with a skidloader/excavator combo. if i'm lifting a 250gal tank to replace it with a 500gal tank and dig a new line over to a generator behind some guy's house my backhoe is the best tool for the job. your equipment won't even fit but if we could shrink it we'd still have to use multiple machines Just lift it over the house with the crane. Problem solved! Edit: A deere 50G is narrower than the L47 with outriggers. And can lift nearly twice the amount of the L47. While only weighing 3000lbs more. A new L47 costs low 70's. A new 50G costs low 80's. Unless you're traveling a lot... i knew i didn't pay near that so i looked it up i paid $53,042.31 and i couldn't trim trees on the weekend with a 50g https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30587/3B7E7E27-0E79-41A5-A06F-015977FA27BF-1643381.jpg Yeah you can. Mulch them off. But yeah different machines. Just saying setting a tank like you’re saying - an excavator works perfectly well. We actually have a special boom made for our 315 to set large vertical tanks. It’s why we own the excavator as we used it to move two tank farms. Being 8’6” still - it can fit into normal truck doors. I do wish on the large machine we would of went with a ZTS machine. Like a new 315 series that doesn’t have a tail. Or even better would of been a PC228. But it is what it is now. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 10:38:59 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: i knew i didn't pay near that so i looked it up i paid $53,042.31 and i couldn't trim trees on the weekend with a 50g https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30587/3B7E7E27-0E79-41A5-A06F-015977FA27BF-1643381.jpg Yeah, and the price has gone up some since then, but it's still not in the 70s. I just had a local dealer price one for me a few months ago and it was low 60s, and that's with some options I'm not sure I'd bother with. Base price was $57.5k. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 10:58:27 AM EDT
[#35]
I could have some serious fun ruining my yard with that baby!
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Posted: 11/17/2022 11:57:59 AM EDT
[#36]
Depends what your plans for it are and you need to have realistic expectations.
I plant trees, take out and replace old fence posts, dig up bushes and trees. Dug a drainage ditch and irrigation tubes. Used it to fix my pond dam. Some say you need a huge backhoe or excavator to get stuff done, it's not true unless your doing big jobs. I have access to my neighbors big Cat backhoe and I use the smaller one far, far more for what I do. It's small enough to get into tighter places and big enough for what I need it to do. It's definitely useful for me. They are handy to have around. As far as the one in your post op, skip that crap and invest in something more reliable and versatile.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 12:08:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Depends what your plans for it are and you need to have realistic expectations. I plant trees, take out and replace old fence posts, dig up bushes and trees. Dug a drainage ditch and irrigation tubes. Used it to fix my pond dam. Some say you need a huge backhoe or excavator to get stuff done, it's not true unless your doing big jobs. I have access to my neighbors big Cat backhoe and I use the smaller one far, far more for what I do. It's small enough to get into tighter places and big enough for what I need it to do. It's definitely useful for me. They are handy to have around. As far as the one in your post op, skip that crap and invest in something more reliable and versatile. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/310007/20200612_094516_jpg-2603444.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/310007/20200902_113623_jpg-2603445.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/310007/Polish_20221117_094810698_jpg-2603446.JPG @Mindfull What model tractor? B77 backhoe? |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 12:17:28 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @Mindfull What model tractor? B77 backhoe? @PA452 It's a L3301 and BH77 |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 12:17:43 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In some parts of the country, this is called a backhoe. It’s not, but that’s beside the point. Go big or go home.  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/11755/82A41282-8EF8-48F4-A7BB-10D3C7F52BE0-2601938.jpgNow, that is what I am taking about, track excavators for the win. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 1:18:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The fuck is that guy doing with the chainsaw dancing around like that? And with no ear or eye pro in shorts? I wouldn't listen to anything thing those guys said working like that. And I bet that backhoe is complete junk. Lol you hate shorts haha |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 1:30:40 PM EDT
[#41]
OP, I have one
They work great if you have time. They are slow, but very capable for trenches, holes, rocks and ditches. I would buy another. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 1:43:02 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, and the price has gone up some since then, but it's still not in the 70s. I just had a local dealer price one for me a few months ago and it was low 60s, and that's with some options I'm not sure I'd bother with. Base price was $57.5k. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: i knew i didn't pay near that so i looked it up i paid $53,042.31 and i couldn't trim trees on the weekend with a 50g https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30587/3B7E7E27-0E79-41A5-A06F-015977FA27BF-1643381.jpg Yeah, and the price has gone up some since then, but it's still not in the 70s. I just had a local dealer price one for me a few months ago and it was low 60s, and that's with some options I'm not sure I'd bother with. Base price was $57.5k. I just checked machinery trader for the first new one of each side I saw. It was definitely not price shopping. |
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