Can't reasonably expect to meet your work parameters within your budget parameters.
You may want to look at leasing one for the duration of your project.
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FWIW I own and make a living with a backhoe.
Can't reasonably expect to meet your work parameters within your budget parameters.
You may want to look at leasing one for the duration of your project.
Thanks for the advice. I guess I got lucky with my last machine. I bought it for $7000 and it was a great machine. A small commercial contractor owned it and he bought a new machine. Used it on many jobs over a 4 year period. House foundations with full basements, septic tanks and pools, grading, some demo, curbs, piping and lots of grading and material moving. Sprung a leak on the Hoe that I fixed and one stabilizer would drift to the ground that I repaired. I even got 2 buckets for the backhoe with it.
That was up in NY. Sold it before moving to SC. Looking around here I seem very limited. Back in NY there were dozens of machines +- 10K. Just had to week thru the crap. Thank for the advice
That kind of money will pay for a lot of rental. I suspect most people have a backhoe or excavator that sits 99% of the time.
True in my case. My 3 pt backhoe attachment sat most of the time. Now I have an excavator at 7x the cost that sits frequently, as well. I would not be without a digging machine, though. So nice to be able to jump on it for an hour and get something done that I otherwise would have to schedule, rent, pay, hope for good weather, etc.
And it's not like the machine depreciates quickly. I expect my excavator to be worth the same money or more in 10 years. I store indoors and it gets great maintenance and any needed repairs.
I suggest that you buy directly from backhoe maker to save some amounts and to be sure with the the guarantee of quality.