Comparison Why i didnt buy the TLB

[Kal130]

This + this = price of TLB

Oh yeah baby! I'm stoked.

 

[Chooglin]

Congrats , but wait until you need to do some BH work in a tight area. that big "mamma jamma" is not going to fit

 

[bikerdib]

This post and the comment remind me of an old JD commercial many years ago on TV. A guy was going to plant a small tree in front of his house in the city; you know typical subdivision lot. Next thing you know he is in a really large JD excavator and as he swings around he just wipes out a car parked in the street. I always thought it was a really funny commercial.

 

[Don87]

I wanted the TLB sooooooooooo bad I could taste it, but............the "boss" said no.

Now she is in a position where that little backhoe is really needed.

I kinda got the last laugh.

Cept for the fact that the spade shovel fits my hands better than hers..............or so she says.

 

[Mock1]

I bought a 2610 TLB. Never looked back. I have seen both sides of the argument, Cost/Versus renting. I like having it when I need it.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Track hoes works well when you have a farm lay out so you do not have to ever haul the track hoe. Chooglin's remark about size is on target.

I was looking for a FEL for the 265 MF and came home with 1983 JD 310B backhoe that weights 13K pounds on rubber for about the same money as a new FEL (used was too used for me). Around a house or buildings I can see a JD 110 would be much more easy to manage.

Both the JD and MF are 60 HP units and the BH is awesome to pull out MF when I get it hung in swampy places or get too close to a ditch.

The huge TH will get your place cleaned up in a hurry then you can sell it for a smaller unit. A BH is a tease for a TH.

 

[Kal130]

For the last decade the only piece of equipment I had was a 30,000lb payloader. I remodeled my house, dug crawlspace for addition, landscaped my yard, etc.... All with this massive piece of equipment. It's all about will and using what ya got. I always say I can flip a dime with the bucket on the payloader, but I can't run a bobcat worth a crap. I've got grandiose ideas about a couple of lakes on my property. Wouldn't get to far with the mini. On the off chance I need to ever dig in my yard again I'll just trade some tree stand time for a rental at my local yard.

 

[ChuckinNH]

Congrats , but wait until you need to do some BH work in a tight area. that big "mamma jamma" is not going to fit

Do, or not do, no try. Not fit, make fit......... I think it is the right tool.

 

[Johnny_B]

I wanted the TLB sooooooooooo bad I could taste it, but............the "boss" said no.

Now she is in a position where that little backhoe is really needed.

I kinda got the last laugh.

Cept for the fact that the spade shovel fits my hands better than hers..............or so she says.

Hmmm...to me it still seems like she got the last laugh.

My "boss" told me either a new pickup or the TLB, I wasn't getting both (and of course I wasn't allowed to get a tractor that costs as much as a truck ). Only four more years until the MF'er is paid off and I can finally get a new truck!!!

 

[Don87]

Hmmm...to me it still seems like she got the last laugh.

My "boss" told me either a new pickup or the TLB, I wasn't getting both (and of course I wasn't allowed to get a tractor that costs as much as a truck ). Only four more years until the MF'er is paid off and I can finally get a new truck!!!

Actually, I've become very good at digging flowers and shrubs with the FEL. She gripes about the bigger holes though.

I just say.............." Shoulda sprung for the TLB".:laughing::laughing::laughing: