dfkrug
Super Member
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2004
- Messages
- 7,582
- Location
- Santa Cruz Mtns, CA
- Tractor
- 05 Kioti CK30HST w/ Prairie Dog backhoe, XN08 mini-X
Everyone should try a real TLB even a compact one like a M59 before coming to the conclusion backhoes suck.
I don't know anyone who says, categorically. that "backhoes suck". The reason that most of us on TBN have CUTs, some with backhoe attachments, is that they provide good-enough performance for many different tasks. An articulated wheel-loader is going to load materials better than any TLB/CUT. Just as an hydraulic excavator will dig better than any TLB/CUT.
I will bet that there are very few excavator owners on TBN who do not own other equipment, usually tractor(s). If you allow yourself only one piece of equipment, then a general-purpose tool, like a TLB/CUT will usually make more sense.