Backhoe Attachment

   / Backhoe Attachment #11  
Thanks for the input. Quite a few people have stated the same idea, i have looked around here and anything (TLB) that looks like it has any life left is in the 18000 and up price range. I saw a couple of low teen prices, but the equipment look beat to sh--.

If you are looking on Craigslist and the like, they are going to be harder to find because people want what they want. Auctions are where to go for this kind of thing. Check out Welcome to Equipmentfacts.com and Used Heavy Equipment for Sale | Industrial Equipment Auctions | Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to find some auctions near you. Both of these sites allow bidding online with deposits, but for something like this I would always recommend at least cheeking out the equipment first before bidding.
 
   / Backhoe Attachment #12  
I just bought a JD 5425 tractor and am looking at getting a Backhoe attachment for general work around the farm. The JD dealer quoted me $9K for a new JD model, but also stated that they do not ever see a used unit come back without a tractor. $9K is outside of what i want to spend so i started to look around for a used unit, not many around.

I scanned the web and saw that Woods, Bush Hog, and a few other companies make aftermarket backhoe attachments but have not been able to find any comparisons of units. Can anyone tell me their experiences, good and bad, with their backhoe attachment.

Thanks for any comments and recommendations you can provide.

Dave

You might want to check which "manufacturers" offer the same product with different labels.
Just like the auto industry there has been consolidation and conglomeration.
Paladin bought up a lot of attachment makers and many of them were already contracting out to the same builders (e.g. Amerequip) anyway.

I do know that Amerequip OEM'd hoes to JD, see other threads on my bucket search (-:

Personally, if I were doing it again I would try to get a side shifting hoe, NICE for digging close and parallel to walls, buildings, fences.
Also NICE to be able to slide sideways to take bites from just the other side of something.
VERY NICE to be beside the boom instead of behind it in SO MANY cases, just like the big ex's - not really, a small hoe is still just a small hoe.
Not much price difference last time I looked.
 
   / Backhoe Attachment #13  
I bought a kubota bh and it has sat in the shed for most of it's life. For most little jobs it's just more trouble to put it on the tractor than it's worth. Not only a PIA to install and remove but it's so limited in production. On and off the tractor setting up and moving all the time. I would suggest looking in a different direction.

I bought a bobcat mini x. I gave less for it than the BH cost and in the last 6 months I have used it more than I have used the BH in the last 10 yrs. No compairison between the two of them. The TH will work circles around the BH and I can leave my tractor free for other tasks on my farm. Not only that, I have the tractor for loader support if needed.

From a production stand point, I would say the TH is easily 4 or 5 times greater than the TBL. In most cases it's even higher because alot of the work I have done so far couldn't be accomplished with my tractor due to location.

Hands down one of the best purchases ever made for my farm.
 
   / Backhoe Attachment #14  
I would LOVE to get my hands on a tracked mini excavator! They fetch a premium around these parts.
 
   / Backhoe Attachment #15  
I was very happy to find the one I got. A 99 model bobcat 325 with 2400 hrs for $5500. I think I did well anyway.
 
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I was very happy to find the one I got. A 99 model bobcat 325 with 2400 hrs for $5500. I think I did well anyway.

I would have to agree! Nice find for sure...
 
 

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