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Posted: 11/15/2022 10:55:34 PM EDT
https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/mixers-compactors-backhoe/backhoe/9-hp-towable-backhoe-62365.html
What does GD think? Yeah it's chinesium but I'm so fucking tired of digging holes by hand ![]() ![]() Harbor freight backhoe! Pulling stumps ends in Disaster!!! Ugh! |
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I love how it's poorly photoshopped and levitating over the ground.
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I have towable backhoe, a jansen mb-300, not the harbor freight model.
It has 2 control sticks instead of 4 for the HF model. Hydraulics are faster as well. I've used it to run electrical and water lines around the farm, dug footings for a house addition, buried a couple animals, made a shed pad, stuff like that. It needs more weight and can struggle in extremely hard ground. It will tear up the ground near your trench, because of the claw like front legs digging in as you dig the trench. I paid $2700 for the one I have. I feel like I have gotten good use out of it. I am running out of reasons to keep it. I may dig footings for a garage project next spring and then sell it. I would imagine I will get close to what I paid for it. They are selling for $4700 new. |
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Seems like it would be horribly underpowered and underweight to do any serious work. You'd be better off renting a small trackhoe.
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Quoted: I'm so fucking tired of digging holes by hand View Quote ![]() |
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You can rent an excavator 8 weekends, or a trencher 20 times, and still be ahead.
That's a whole bunch of regret right there. Now a pics of your backhoe thread. ![]() |
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Just rent a mini excavator in a 4 hour block from your local rental place or hardware. Probably cost $150 for a 4 hour rental with a trailer. Our local Amish store (ironic) rents Bobcat E42s for that rate and can’t Keep them in stock.
Those units don’t dig in anything beside Sandy ground and you’re only scooping a couple buckets before moving again. |
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I think4 lever controls would drive me mad, but I've experience with the real deal
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Quoted: Just rent a mini excavator in a 4 hour block from your local rental place or hardware. Probably cost $150 for a 4 hour rental with a trailer. Our local Amish store (ironic) rents Bobcat E42s for that rate and can’t Keep them in stock. Those units don’t dig in anything beside Sandy ground and you’re only scooping a couple buckets before moving again. View Quote A mini ex rental is more than double that in my area. |
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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. |
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I have a 1963 Ford backhoe, I got it for $4500. Digs whatever I want but man it leaks fluid(s)
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/122414/53E2153B-3C77-4B60-8AD0-3E41EF1D0C90_jpe-2601726.JPGRemind me of one of these. View Quote |
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FIL has a Kubota L3301 with a backhoe and it struggles to do real work. This thing might move sand and that’s it. After messing with 2 Kubota TLBs, I have no interest in owning a stationary backhoe. If I needed one enough to own it, a mini ex is the only answer.
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I have one I bought used. For digging ditches and similar small holes/trenches it's great. Use it to maintain some trails on our hunting property, maintain drainage ditches and small culverts. It will not do the same stuff a backhoe will do even on a small tractor. But for the price I paid it's a great tool. Beats using a shovel.
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Quoted: Just rent a mini excavator in a 4 hour block from your local rental place or hardware. Probably cost $150 for a 4 hour rental with a trailer. Our local Amish store (ironic) rents Bobcat E42s for that rate and can’t Keep them in stock. Those units don’t dig in anything beside Sandy ground and you’re only scooping a couple buckets before moving again. View Quote $400/hr with a min of 4 hours here |
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I think I'd lean toward renting the machine I need or paying someone to do the work.
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Quoted: I have a 1963 Ford backhoe, I got it for $4500. Digs whatever I want but man it leaks fluid(s) View Quote ‘59 Fordson Power Major. No power steering, it’ll make a man out of you. ![]() |
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![]() It’s better than a shovel and a wheel barrow! I’ve been running conduits and drainage all over my property. Also, renting is expensive when you are too busy to use for a few days in a row and have many projects, this thing is ready to go. Can sell it no problem when done. |
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Its a toy or might be handy for covering cat shit.
If you are digging hard clay you will be going for a ride. Rent a real hoe or save the money and buy a quality compact tractor with hoe. |
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Quoted: FIL has a Kubota L3301 with a backhoe and it struggles to do real work. This thing might move sand and that’s it. After messing with 2 Kubota TLBs, I have no interest in owning a stationary backhoe. If I needed one enough to own it, a mini ex is the only answer. View Quote Same experience. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/501832/B5F9C042-568F-4129-8141-D4E4034BABA3_jpe-2601914.JPG Also, renting is expensive when you are too busy to use for a few days in a row and have many projects, this thing is ready to go. Can sell it no problem when done. View Quote That's exactly what I did. I cleared brush , graded , several hundred feet of drain, dropped and removed trees then sold it for a grand more than I paid for it. No way I could rent to do everything in a reasonable time frame and hiring it done was more than buying the tractor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I have my neighbor's three point hitch backhoe, which looks to be a little heavier built than the Hazard Fraught one you show. Even on my 8'000 lb tractor, it isn't useful on my farm. It might dig in clay or sand, but I have a lot of sandstone, which it just doesn't dig well. It can't dig up a 6 inch stump, even when I left three feet above ground. When I had to dig up water lines looking for a leak recently, we dug by hand.
I don't think that tool looks very useful in the situations you might need it for. |
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I enjoy my little BX23S. It’s as small as I’d want to go for something like this.
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Quoted: https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/mixers-compactors-backhoe/backhoe/9-hp-towable-backhoe-62365.html What does GD think? Yeah it's chinesium but I'm so fucking tired of digging holes by hand https://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/9fc4a8332f9638515cd199dd0f9238da/6/2/62365_W4_1_1.jpg ![]() View Quote Not worth the scrap metal from my experience with a non chinisium one. They are not heavy enough, and even just tough dirt, they raise themselves instead of digging in. |
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That thing wouldn't be able to go deeper that 6-8 inches where I live. Caliche will make you a believer in "More Power".
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Might be OK for some light duty stuff.
I would plumb a wood splitter on the dipper with a 4 way wedge and go to town on the wood pile. |
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Quoted: I have a 1963 Ford backhoe, I got it for $4500. Digs whatever I want but man it leaks fluid(s) View Quote I had a ‘63 international that cost $4500. All the old timers kept telling me it would be impossible to fix the swivel gear and that I was on borrowed time. I sold her for $5,500 even though she never disappointed. |
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It is a matter of weight , not so much power. More power just lets you move the bucket faster.
As you try to push the bucket teeth down into the ground or scrape the bucket through the ground the weight of the machine counteracts that force. Try to push the bucket into the ground with a light machine and instead of the bucket going down the machine goes up. You can somewhat counteract this by using a tiny little bucket and the smaller machines can work ok in sandy soft soils but this little tow behind is way near the useless end of the scale. The smaller tractor mounted hoes and the tiny small mini exes have serious limitations but they would be way more useful than this unit. |
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Quoted: A mini ex rental is more than double that in my area. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Just rent a mini excavator in a 4 hour block from your local rental place or hardware. Probably cost $150 for a 4 hour rental with a trailer. Our local Amish store (ironic) rents Bobcat E42s for that rate and can’t Keep them in stock. Those units don’t dig in anything beside Sandy ground and you’re only scooping a couple buckets before moving again. A mini ex rental is more than double that in my area. https://ohiorentalequipment.com/excavatorstrackhoes/ - $175 for a 2tn machine. Ohio cat is $385 for a 304 - posted price - 4tn machine |
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Buy a mini excavator. Finance for the longest term at a low interest rate. Complete your projects. Keep it and pay it off or sell it for damn near what you bought it for.
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Quoted: 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. View Quote that's what I was thinking. He made a federal production out of cutting that little shrub down. nutsack. |
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Quoted: You can rent an excavator 8 weekends, or a trencher 20 times, and still be ahead. That's a whole bunch of regret right there. Now a pics of your backhoe thread. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/133760/img__1__jpeg-2601678.JPG View Quote Yeah, so much better to just rent something that's made to be used. I can't imagine anyone getting this and not regretting it. |
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Quoted: 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. ![]() View Quote A backhoe is an excavator bucket that's on the back of a machine that does something else. Like a front end loader will often have a backhoe on the back. If it's made to do nothing but the bucket, it's an excavator. |
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