Help me understand the logic.

[nards444]

It's taken me a few years but my wife FINALLY understands that buying things saves money. Buy a specialty tool and there is no need to hire a plumber, electrician, tile layer, etc. for that particular job.

To make my point recently to my wife who advocated renting or hiring people I got a quote to remove some trees, shrubs etc. The price 8K. I purchased a dump trailer for 8K did the work myself and now I have a trailer where if I paid the 8K to a service I would still be out 8K and not have a dump trailer.

Go get a quote to did a trench with a backhoe, or clear some stumps and you can justify a backhoe in a few uses.

IVe always said you have to spend money to save money sometimes, sounds not true but it can be. In terms of situations likes your theres definitely work that if you do yourself to include buying the equipment where it saves money, I do it a lot myself. But realistically its probably 50/50 at best in this working out in your favor in situations like this , specailly if its one off jobs.

 

[tjkubota93]

My wife would say.....If you want big *****, why don't you get them on your own body, then you can enjoy them whenever you want.

Ewwww no thanks

 

[EddieWalker]

For those that do not want a backhoe, did you want a front loader before you had one? Since I never had either before I bought my first one, the shock and amazement at how much I use them has been overwhelming. I can't imagine life with out a front loader. I use it all the time, but rarely to haul dirt. Same with the backhoe, I use it all the time, but rarely to dig a ditch.

 

[atsah]

For those that do not want a backhoe, did you want a front loader before you had one? Since I never had either before I bought my first one, the shock and amazement at how much I use them has been overwhelming. I can't imagine life with out a front loader. I use it all the time, but rarely to haul dirt. Same with the backhoe, I use it all the time, but rarely to dig a ditch.

I bought a small TLB and did some work with it and then didn't really have much use for it other than ballast. It's not worth me spending the amount of money they want for one, I rent an excavator if I need a backhoe but others have plenty of use for them and if you do, then have at it..

 

[Diggin It]

Help me understand the logic ...

... of time consuming (sometimes days of effort), labor intensive, fuel and lubricants consuming, (insert multiple other descriptive terms here), possible dangerous efforts applied to freeing a stuck (aka, old, rusted and possible past prime use) PTO shaft instead of simply replacing a $100 or so part.