looking to buy first tractor with loader and backhoe

[Egon]

If buying used stay with Kubota or JD that is in good repair and will meet your needs. I have a JD 4200 that is of a size perfect for what you want to do.

 

[Egon]

Checking it out is fine if you know what to check. It’s also hard to check many items that have a designated life span.

 

[M59]

Ignore the advice for 40 plus horsepower. That's going to be extreme overkill on a 3/4 acre lot after the initial work. Instead shop around for a used Kubota BX series subcompact or a similar brand. You probably won't get one with a backhoe for that price, but you're better off hiring or renting a mini-ex for a day or two anyway. I'm not real familiar with all the features of the mid mount mowers, but I'd research the brand(s) available locally on the used market to see how difficult they are to remove or reinstall. Get a 4 or 5 ft box blade to help move spread gravel, as well as maintaining and plowing driveway. Don't let the big tractor guys deceive you. Those subcompact are incredibly handy and capable machines.

PreacherM,

I am going to politely disagree with advice to consider a 40 hp tractor. As my bio clearly indicates I own both a 60 hp ( M59 TLB ) and a 24 hp ( Mahindra Max TLB ), I would never consider attempting to move "350 ton of stone. total property is 1 acre of open land. i am looking to removing a bunch of top soil, and dig a couple ditches, lay stone, move some engines around. pull a coulple trees and having something to plow a 400ft driveway and decent size parking area." with the 24 hp machine. It doesn't weigh enough, bucket capacity is too small for 250-300 yards of stone, and backhoe capacity ( reach and lifting capacity ) is pretty limited. My guidance to Hypforlife32 was to rent a larger machine to both accomplish his goals and understand the equipment's limitations.

 

[IH3444]

Kioti NX4510HST CAB Backhoe 2014 118 hrs

Time to sell my lovely tractor. Barely used, mostly for the Backhoe and forks. 118 Hours - Excellent condition, fully loaded, runs and starts perfectly. Cab, AC /HEAT, lights, turn signals, radio, wipers/washers. Factory BACKHOE. Comes with forks and loader bucket and tooth bar rake. PTO never...

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[jigs_n_fixtures]

I have a23-hp tracctor. I‘m in the process of digging down a foot or so with a rock bucket, and pulling out everything larger than 3-inches.

I have about an acre to do, and it will take a couple of summers.

Unless you have lots of trenching to do, I recommend renting a mini-excavator for a day or two as needed. You would have to dig a lot of trench, to get close the cost of having the backhoe.

 

[rScotty]

Whats up guys, im looking to buy a loader, backhoe and mower setup. My yard isnt really large at all but about to add a 42x60 pole barn and roughly 350 ton of stone. total property is 1 acre of open land. i am looking to removing a bunch of top soil, and dig a couple ditches, lay stone, move some engines around. pull a coulple trees and having something to plow a 400ft driveway and decent size parking area. my gf for some reaons likes mowing grass so im looking for something that has quick detachable loader. or maybe even bucket. looking around a 13-15k budget. what are your recommdations? thanks open to all brands

looking at possibly a john deere 2320?

loking at a couple year project. also need to build a retaining wall as well. move a car trailer etc.

OK. Those are HEAVY projects. For those projects and at that price my opinion is that you are looking at a well used - hopefully not too much abused - larger tractor. Either an older Ag tractor with a Front End Loader, 3pt, and power steering..... or a retired commercial tractor/loader/backhoe. I hope you like yellow, because that's the color choice.
If you get real lucky it will be an older Case 580 or JD 310 on which basically everything works and probalby most everything from tires to hoses to wiring also needs attention.
The good news is if you find one of those older Case or JDs they are easy to fix and maintain and resale will recover what you put into them.
rScotty

 

[Yander]

 

[M59]

I have a23-hp tracctor. I‘m in the process of digging down a foot or so with a rock bucket, and pulling out everything larger than 3-inches.

I have about an acre to do, and it will take a couple of summers.

Unless you have lots of trenching to do, I recommend renting a mini-excavator for a day or two as needed. You would have to dig a lot of trench, to get close the cost of having the backhoe.

jigs_n_fixtures,

I must say you are a glutton for punishment. De-rocking an acre. WOW. I have to ask. Why?

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

jigs_n_fixtures,

I must say you are a glutton for punishment. De-rocking an acre. WOW. I have to ask. Why?

Something to do. Would like to have a vegetable garden. It was an irrigated lawn, but but rocks would work up every winter from the freeze-thaw cycle, and I would have to find them and dig them out before I could mow. Decided that it would be less work to change to vegetables.

I enjoy putting around on the tractor, and it gives me something to do after dinner in the summer.

 

[rScotty]

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Exactly what I'm recommending. I wonder if it could possibly run anywhere near as good as it looks? What it looks like for that price is if it runs and works it is pretty close to a steal. A guy could use that 580 for a couple of years and sell it for same. Both the Case 580 and JD 310 of that vintage are very similar. But if you aren't the kind of person who enjoys tinkering with old machinery I'd give it a pass.

A lot of times the work to be done doesn't depend so much on how much land it is, it depends on what kind of work it is. An old Case 580 or JD310 can scoop and move close to a cubic yard of soil and and kind of rock at a time and handles it without stress or damage. The loader can push snow like a champion, and literally lifts tons. The bucket alone weighs a thousand pounds. We used the backhoe on ours to turn over the soil on a 20x40 garden plot. A tiller could have done it better, but no easier. Trenching? No problem... Trees? Rocks? all the same.

rScotty