Want a drink?Asking a bunch of tractor guys if you should get a backhoe is like asking a boozer at the bar if he wants a free drink!:laughing:
By the way, you definitely need to get the backhoe!
I didn't see in the other replies if they said it or not, but also get the tires filled with fluid and wheel weights. That will add stability and greatly increase digging force. You can only dig down with the same force as the machine weighs, at some point pushing down will raise the tractor rather than dig.