Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer?

   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #21  
what ever fits in my budget. is what i prefer!

a TLB with access to 3pt hitch would more likely serve a bunch more uses for average person. than an excavator. that is limited to attachments that replace the bucket.

it is always nice to have the right tool for the given job. vs spending extra time and energy in using what you have. reason why many folks end up with a good size garage with multi hand tools and then attachments for there tractors or skid steers.
 
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #22  
Excavators are better for loading trucks too. Backhoes lack reach.

Backhoes get flat tires around demo sites.

I'd trade my backhoe for a mini ex any day even if it was small.
 
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #23  
Excavator by far. The backhoe is good for the small jobs but for pulling out big maple stumps and ditching the excavator is best. No repositioning all the time either with a excavator.
 
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #24  
I looked real hard at small to medium track excavators before getting a TLB. The two main factors that changed my mind towards getting a TLB are the speed at which I can get my TLB to the other corner of the farm (or the neighbor's farm) and the versatility of a TLB. Not many excavators can go 20 mph, set up, dig for 10min and be back to what I was doing 20 minutes later. Trailering is too time consuming. The percentage of time digging with my TLB is probably 20%, so versatility is obviously important. If I did more digging and backfilling, an excavator sure would be sweet. It all depends on the need.
 
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #25  
If he would have used the front end loader to backfill. He would have beat that excavator. lol

Chad
 
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #26  
There is definitely a place for backhoes. That's why we see so many of them, but lots of dirt guys are using ex and articulated loader or mini ex and bobcats to do their work. One guy I know uses a track loader and ex on almost every job but I am in the mountains so the terrain sometimes requires it.
 
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #28  
   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer?
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   / Back Hoe -vs- Excavator... Which do you prefer? #30  
I'd like to see a TLB pick and carry a 17' railroad tie down a 10' wide dirt road.

I once carried six 20' x 6" diameter pieces of steel pipe half a mile down a 12' road with sharp turns. Just pick up the pipe in the middle with the hoe bucket and thumb, and then swing it 90 degrees to the side which will be uphill on the road. Tuck it in good and tight to the machine and off you go.
 

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