Posted by wp6529 on September 25, 2023 at 06:27:23 from (38.18.235.18):
In Reply to: skid steers posted by big daddy on September 24, 2023 at 16:05:41:
A full sized backhoe is one of the most versatile machines you can have on the farm/homestead. Since they are not the most efficient machine for many tasks they are also relatively affordable used as most every big construction project has a bunch of tracked excavators working and one stray backhoe on hand for its versatility.
Around here the backhoe serves as:
- Forklift for handling 1,800# super sacks of feed with clamp on forks
- Round bale handling with the forks or with a hook on bale spear
- Crane with the backhoe and chains / slings
- Compactor for gravel on the road (18,000# machine has good weight on the tires)
- Recovery tow truck to get stuck mowers and tractors out. Also gets itself unstuck when the wife drives it onto soft ground
- Elevated work platform for tree trimming. Stand in loader bucket with safety harness hooked on and work from 15' high platform comfortably and safely (8,000#+ rating at full height)
- Trench digging with the backhoe
- Moving small amounts of gravel with the backhoe and placing precisely on low spots on the road
- Moving and loading larger amounts of dirt for various projects
Probably more tasks I'm forgetting. The backhoe gets used for something around here at least every few days. The loader reach is plenty far to dump material at the far side of my 83" wide dump trailer.
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