Another one. As you can see, I'm having a hard time getting any seat time. For some reason, my son thinks I bought this for him. Whoever says video games are a total waste of time hasn't allowed their game-playing kid to operate a backhoe. He got the hang of it right away.
My inital observations are that it is smaller than I anticipated but probably just right for my needs. The operator station is cramped. I readjusted the seat to the rear-most position and this helped. However, yesterday I noticed that the underside of the seat is rubbing up against the quick disconnect of the rear remote, causing damage to both. There are 3 positions for the seat. I'll try the center position and check for clearance. The operators manual states that you can adjust the seat height, but I've yet to see how this can be done.
As far as power - I assume it has all I will need. You may be able to see in the picture that we are digging rock-hard Georgia clay and it is handling it well. Have to be careful as the BH can easily lift the rear of the tractor off the ground.
My only other concern is the length of the hydraulic lines. One of them doesn't seem to be long enough to allow me to pull the tractor forward (when removing the BH from the tractor) before disconnecting the hydraulic lines. I may be able to re-route this line to get a little slack. Until I do this, I'm afraid to try to remove it.
My inital observations are that it is smaller than I anticipated but probably just right for my needs. The operator station is cramped. I readjusted the seat to the rear-most position and this helped. However, yesterday I noticed that the underside of the seat is rubbing up against the quick disconnect of the rear remote, causing damage to both. There are 3 positions for the seat. I'll try the center position and check for clearance. The operators manual states that you can adjust the seat height, but I've yet to see how this can be done.
As far as power - I assume it has all I will need. You may be able to see in the picture that we are digging rock-hard Georgia clay and it is handling it well. Have to be careful as the BH can easily lift the rear of the tractor off the ground.
My only other concern is the length of the hydraulic lines. One of them doesn't seem to be long enough to allow me to pull the tractor forward (when removing the BH from the tractor) before disconnecting the hydraulic lines. I may be able to re-route this line to get a little slack. Until I do this, I'm afraid to try to remove it.
