Buying Advice needing a small tractor with backhoe

[gravelman]

thank you...i have never heard of LS tractors...and there is a dealer 29 miles from me... nice looking rig...

 

[Snobdds]

This is so true. Most jobs that folks claim that a rental will do the job would never get done. If you have one major project in mind and a time frame to do it, then a rental is the way to go. I have put around 400 hours on my TLB in the last 5 years or so and most backhoe uses didn't take more than a few minutes. The longest projects was 1)digging out my pond 2) trenching 300 feet for water line in concrete like clay/rock soil. The rest were FEL uses and using the backhoe to dig a hole for a tree planting. Most of the hours was for menial tasks that I would have had to use a shovel if I did not have the TLB. Shoveling is something I can do a little off, but my back suffers for days from it. I cant estimate the amount of pain that I have escaped by using my backhoe rather than a shovel.

So true. When I want to dig or lift something...I want to do it now. Not hold off until I have a list of tasks to do with a rental. As those of us with a backhoe know, sometimes things take longer than expected and that list of task might not get all accomplished.

 

[cford36]

thank you...i have never heard of LS tractors...and there is a dealer 29 miles from me... nice looking rig...

Go to the LS forum on here. I think you will find a lot of positive feedback and information.

I recently traded in my John Deere on a LS3135.

 

[gravelman]

i will do that..thanks

 

[tractordog]

im not familiar with the bx 80 so i will look it up now.... i was considering used but im always nervous i may be buying a headache etc... thanks, will look it up now

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-buying-pricing/370551-bx80-series-announced.html

 

[gravelman]

got it thanks...

 

[zski128]

Good luck in your search. I'll put a plug in for the Massey GC series. I recently purchased a GC1710 from New Boston Truck & Equipment in NH and couldn't be happier. Great small tractor and great specs for the cost. I looked at JD, Kubota and Mahindra, but the Massey came out on top.

 

[buickanddeere]

A small backhoe is annoying with the limited depth, short reach, short swing, having to dump dirt close to the trench, having to move the tractor every couple of feet of trench and the limited digging power.

As previously stated, bolt a loader and backhoe onto the 2650.

 

[gravelman]

im beginning to lean that way...i fully understand what you are saying...

 

[gravelman]

thanks for that...you did all the research for me.. just kidding. I had a Massey some years ago and it was a great machine.