I've been thinking of buying a backhoe for my 32 hp tractor. This weekend I rented a yanmar mini excavator(20 hp) to dig some drain line and holes for a pole building. Between the clay and rocks, I mean serious clay and boulders, the excavator was worked hard, very hard. I compared digging forces between the backhoes for my tractor and the excavator, no comparison. That little yanmar was over twice what a backhoe for my tractor would be. I can't imagine a tractor(32 hp) backhoe would come close to doing what that excavator did. Could you guys who own them compare the difference since I never ran a tractor backhoe? Are the backoes worth it in my kind of ground? I have alot of hoe work to do.
I have to give a plug for yanmar's excavators. It is a well built, powerful, fuel efficient machine(and a blast to run).
I have to give a plug for yanmar's excavators. It is a well built, powerful, fuel efficient machine(and a blast to run).