What you are hearing is both True & False. Up until a year or so ago NH didn't have a sub-cut. They new have the TZ18 & TZ24 - or I guess soon to be TZ?? & TZ25 (I think) these are sub-cuts or as NH calls them Class .5. As far as I know they do not have a factory backhoe for these units, though I've heard rumplings of aftermarket ones recently available. But the TC24 is what NH calls their Class 1 machine, it is a Compact vs. the others being the sub-compact. There is a factory hoe available for these units. They are physically quite a bit bigger and weigh a fair amount more than the Kubota sub-cuts.