Sub compacts are under estimated

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Yep...hear it all the time....powered wheelbarrow. Until I dug a giant hole for a 1000 gal septic tank, then picked up the tank w/ the BH and set it down into the hole. Proceeded to then dig 2 trenches 24" wide, 5' deep, and 60' long. Filled the trenches w/ 3-4" rock with the loader. Saved myself about 5 grand. Grade a common shared road w/ the box blade, does better than what a neighbor tried to do w/ a bulldozer. Subcompacts have come a long way!

They sure have! My Kubota BX25 could do all of that, with only 23 HP.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

We are lucky right here on our property. If you go about 1/2 mile to the north, it's rock pretty much right at the surface. Big quarry there. Go about 3 miles south, another quarry. There is a rocky vein, but about 15-20 ft below the surface...really strange..its all river rock. No rivers there probably for 1000's of years.

 

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The BX2370 claims 145kg (about 300lb) lift with the 4 in 1 bucket which makes it a bit heavier than the standard bucket but I just know that the heaped up bucket full of wet packing sand weighs more than that, despite this it does not complain and curls and lifts with no effort. I must admit I prefer it to a shovel and wheelbarrow although I now have the daunting task of leveling everything off before putting on the top layer of sand. At the moment it is all over the place, the rake is too aggressive so I may have to put on the grader with the following wheel to maintain a level.

Whaat??!!! The Bx2370 has a FEL lift capacity of 745 lbs. What happened to the other 445 lbs?

 

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Yep...hear it all the time....powered wheelbarrow. Until I dug a giant hole for a 1000 gal septic tank, then picked up the tank w/ the BH and set it down into the hole. Proceeded to then dig 2 trenches 24" wide, 5' deep, and 60' long. Filled the trenches w/ 3-4" rock with the loader. Saved myself about 5 grand. Grade a common shared road w/ the box blade, does better than what a neighbor tried to do w/ a bulldozer. Subcompacts have come a long way!

You picked up a 1000 gallon septic with your BH ?? Concrete ?Don't want to say I don't believe you but I'd to see it to have my foot put in my mouth. :confused3:

 

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You picked up a 1000 gallon septic with your BH ?? Concrete ?Don't want to say I don't believe you but I'd to see it to have my foot put in my mouth. :confused3:

Maybe it was a plastic tank?

 

[MossRoad]

1000 gallon plastic septic tank... 308#

41718 | Norwesco 1 Gallon Plastic Septic Tank For Sale

1000 gallon concrete septic tank... 9000#+
Tank Weights | HUFFCUTT CONCRETE

 

[4get gto]

Maybe it was a plastic tank?

Yea didn't think of that. Concrete tank gotta go 9000#.

 

[4get gto]

1000 gallon plastic septic tank... 308#

41718 | Norwesco 1 Gallon Plastic Septic Tank For Sale

1000 gallon concrete septic tank... 9000#+
Tank Weights | HUFFCUTT CONCRETE

We pushed reply the same exact time! Try that again? :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

HA! Nice. :laughing:

 

[Gary Fowler]

You picked up a 1000 gallon septic with your BH ?? Concrete ?Don't want to say I don't believe you but I'd to see it to have my foot put in my mouth. :confused3:

I haven't seen concrete septic tanks used in a decade. Fiberglass or plastic now is about all that is used. Concrete is way too heavy for most homebuilders construction equipment to handle and no one wants to pay the rental for a crane to set them, plus the cost is way more than plastic or fiberglass. It is also much easier to seal your plumbing piping in the plastic tanks.