Backhoe Input Please! "Constructive" Positives and Negatives

Looking good. When we got ours we were able to still get the owners manual and parts manual for it and the attachments(Bucket and hoe) I can look for the info if needed. Parts manual is nice when seeing what is "supposed" to be there and makes going to a Case/IH dealer easier for parts. We have some nice guys and they don't mine searching as much if you have some of the info for them. As you know, it's based on a farm tractor so some of the parts can still be had. Another thing. The front axle you have on it is a heavy duty item they had for the hoe/loaders. By the manual you could get either so you got an optioned out one! LOL with ours having a closed cab it makes for tight quarters for me to move around. I wish ours was open.

 

Ours was originally bought by a township. They used the loader a lot but the backhoe was really nice and tight. Not so much now as we've used it a LOT over the years. Those front buckets are weak on the top as it's rare to ever see one that isn't broke or tweaked. When we got it they had a piece of C channel welded on the top edge and whether they knew it or not it is a PERFECT addition. These buckets are nice as you can roll them where they are completely upside down. What makes it so nice with the channel they added is that you can drive forward with the front edge peeling and leveling as it collects material in the bucket. then when you get to the end, roll the bucket's front edge down and it does the same thing in reverse, collecting in the bucket. Saves loads of time when finish grading and such.

We volunteered to help our church when they put on an addition to to the finish work. We took the hoe up there and they were moving dirt and raking it out around the building. I dumped loads and front pushed it around, leveling as I went. The people just stopped and watched. The Pastors wife threw her hands up in the air and said, "We don't even need these rakes anymore." That made me feel good. She asked me how I learned to be able to do that so well and quick and I told her the truth. At my former job, whatever you couldn't do with a piece of equipment, you had to do yourself by hand. If you didn't learn quick on something, the owner would have someone else do it and you were on the manual side of everything. Needless to say, GREAT motivational tool. At least for me anyways!

 

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Maybe you should put a propeller on the PTO after all. Just saying.....

 

Hey WeldrDave , best way to find what other parts may be needed soon is to go out & dig a few holes & fill them back in. Makes the neighbors wonder too. The one on FeeBay was listed as for parts or repair, same $ as yours. Run it!

 

What does that thing weigh?

 

Gonna need at least a 14k trailer for that then?

 

Backhoe parked in the driveway...that'll make the neighbors wonder!

 

I'm not sure I would, once he gets it to his land in New Hampshire. I think all he has to do is put a red triangle on it, call with a piece of farm equipment, and it can go within 50 miles of his house down the road.

The trailer would cost more than the equipment, then he would need a truck to tow it.

Pretty lax up here with equipment on roads. Need to be 16 to have a license to drive a car, if you can reach the pedals you can drive a tractor on the road

 

I was referring to his move from NJ to NH... agree that he doesn’t need to buy a trailer for the single move....

 

Same here in Ohio too...lots of times you see young teenagers driving equipment.
Heck, I passed a skid steer running on the berm along side of interstate RT 30 one day...had a little kid in it that looked to be 6, 7, maybe 8. Was small for his age if he was 8...I thought to myself