Backhoe b2620 & bh65 backhoe decision & current owners

[Gary Fowler]

Backhoe costs to project cost using rental is really not a comparison. Many projects that BH owners do wouldn't be done if a rental unit was used or if contracted out. The real beauty of having a hoe is that it is available for projects 24/7 at no additional cost to the owner. A 5 minute job planting a tree with the hoe could be an hour of sweat and back breaking work without it. I have used mine planting shrubs, trees etc where I previously sweated with shovel, dug up and moved rocks that previously used FEL which required a long time and lots of big holes to get out the rocks and wasn't easy on the FEL either, removed unwanted saplings, dug up dead 40' tall trees, dug up stumps,buried dead animals, dug out ditches, trenched in water lines and many other tasks. Many of these would have gone undone without the hoe and some like the dead trees would have left a dangerous situation as the tree rotted and dropped dead limbs.
The other side of having a backhoe is the counterweight that it provides. This extra weight makes your tractor a whole new animal for traction and lifting power on the FEL. I just wish I had gotten one 4 years earlier as it would have saved me lots of manual labor.

 

[smrybacki]

This is what I get for piggybacking on an old thread....

One last try....just want to know what a BH65 costs, roughly.

 

[CHDinCT]

This is what I get for piggybacking on an old thread....

One last try....just want to know what a BH65 costs, roughly.

Per the Kubota "Build My Kubota" website, the BH65 lists for:

6.5 FT BACKHOE $5,715.00

Just go to Kubota.com and build a B2620 with the BH, etc. to get MSRP. I don't think shipping is included in the MSRP, so you may have to pay more for that, and of course, you may or may not get a discount seeing as you're buying the BH after the fact.

Edit: Price above doesn't include a BH bucket since there are several sizes available.

Build My Kubota - Product Selection

 

[smrybacki]

Per the Kubota "Build My Kubota" website, the BH65 lists for:

6.5 FT BACKHOE $5,715.00

Just go to Kubota.com and build a B2620 with the BH, etc. to get MSRP. I don't think shipping is included in the MSRP, so you may have to pay more for that, and of course, you may or may not get a discount seeing as you're buying the BH after the fact.

Build My Kubota - Product Selection

Hmm, that's great. I looked about the Kubota site, but didn't even bother with "build my own" because I already "have my own" lol...Thanks for the info!

 

[CHDinCT]

Hmm, that's great. I looked about the Kubota site, but didn't even bother with "build my own" because I already "have my own" lol...Thanks for the info!

No problem. Let us know if you "go for it" and how it turns out; and what you end up paying. No substitute for a BH for digging. Love mine.

 

[smrybacki]

No problem. Let us know if you "go for it" and how it turns out; and what you end up paying. No substitute for a BH for digging. Love mine.

Yeah...."Digging with a FEL is lame at best...

 

[My Hoe]

Per the Kubota "Build My Kubota" website, the BH65 lists for:

6.5 FT BACKHOE $5,715.00

Just go to Kubota.com and build a B2620 with the BH, etc. to get MSRP. I don't think shipping is included in the MSRP, so you may have to pay more for that, and of course, you may or may not get a discount seeing as you're buying the BH after the fact.

Edit: Price above doesn't include a BH bucket since there are several sizes available.

Build My Kubota - Product Selection

I would just add a possible qualifer to Chris's excellent post, above:

The backhoe may require you to add the subframe kit (to give you the "four point hitch/connection" that the hoe requires)...unless your tractor already has this one it? When you add the backhoe, "Build Your Own" automatically tacks it on to the figure Chris listed, and it's an additional $984. Still well worth it, but just pointing this out, FYI. And if I'm wrong, and your tractor already has the subframe, please let us know--I'd be surprised if it does.

I would also get the optional, rubber "street shoes," at $248., unless you want to make some of your own, out of old truck tires or whatever. Otherwise, you'll be marking up concrete/macadam, etc..., and I imagine the hoe would skid around on paved surfaces, without them (?).

I also like Woods hoes a lot, but I suspect they might take a different subframe from the Kubota hoe--but I'm not sure. I have talked with an engineer or two, in Wood's technical dept., in the past, so they are accessible.

What I like about the Woods BH80-X "Groundbreaker" (a curved boom unit, like the BH77, but your BH65 may not be a curved boom?) is that it has an adjustable swing speed control on it. However, last I knew, you could not get the adjustable swing speed on a Woods hoe smaller than the 80-X, which is an 8-foot hoe and would probably bigger than you'd want, on your B2620. As of a couple of years ago, the Woods' 80-X was also the smallest Woods hoe that they had engineered an optional hydraulic thumb for, something that Kubota still doesn't have for the BH77, AFAIK. If that's important to you, you might see if Woods now offers it on a hoe less than 8'. If you find that they do, again, please share--I'd be interested to know.

Just my .02, from my previous research. YMMV.

Let us know, and good luck!

My Hoe

 

[smrybacki]

I would just add a possible qualifer to Chris's excellent post, above:

The backhoe may require you to add the subframe kit (to give you the "four point hitch/connection" that the hoe requires)...unless your tractor already has this one it? When you add the backhoe, "Build Your Own" automatically tacks it on to the figure Chris listed, and it's an additional $984. Still well worth it, but just pointing this out, FYI. And if I'm wrong, and your tractor already has the subframe, please let us know--I'd be surprised if it does.

I would also get the optional, rubber "street shoes," at $248., unless you want to make some of your own, out of old truck tires or whatever. Otherwise, you'll be marking up concrete/macadam, etc..., and I imagine the hoe would skid around on paved surfaces, without them (?).

I also like Woods hoes a lot, but I suspect they might take a different subframe from the Kubota hoe--but I'm not sure. I have talked with an engineer or two, in Wood's technical dept., in the past, so they are accessible.

What I like about the Woods BH80-X "Groundbreaker" (a curved boom unit, like the BH77, but your BH65 may not be a curved boom?) is that it has an adjustable swing speed control on it. However, last I knew, you could not get the adjustable swing speed on a Woods hoe smaller than the 80-X, which is an 8-foot hoe and would probably bigger than you'd want, on your B2620. As of a couple of years ago, the Woods' 80-X was also the smallest Woods hoe that they had engineered an optional hydraulic thumb for, something that Kubota still doesn't have for the BH77, AFAIK. If that's important to you, you might see if Woods now offers it on a hoe less than 8'. If you find that they do, again, please share--I'd be interested to know.

Just my .02, from my previous research. YMMV.

Let us know, and good luck!

My Hoe

Good point, and thank you for that. I am getting ball park estimates at this point so as to call the various local dealers to see what they say -- without being 100% stupid on the matter first

 

[PrairieSoul]

Will be cheaper in the US, but in Canada last year my BH65, BH4965 (subframe), BT1951A (12 inch bucket), BN1976 (mechanical thumb), shipping, installation and picking up/returning the tractor came to $7812 plus tax.

A mechanical thumb is not as handy as a hydraulic one, but once you have one it becomes a must-have.

 

[sandyc]

It was a package deal B2620 tlb. I am guessing that it was about 5k with the sub frame and plumbing. If you go on the Kubota site you can build/price a 2620 with any of the options avail. Right now it looks like almost 30k for my unit which is a 2620 fel, bh, front blower and plow. That is list price which is a starting point.