Back Hoe and possibly cab

[RandyinTN]

An excavator sucks by itself. You値l hardly ever see an excavator working without a loader/skid steer or dump trucks usually both by its side. You need a second loader machine to complete with a backhoe. And they can稚 move very far by themselves. For most homeowners a backhoe would be a better tool. I値l run against a mini excavator any time doing a wide range of tasks with a backhoe any time. Your slightly more efficient digging can稚 make up for your severe handicap at anything else. Bringing a skid steer to the table brings double the price and more time getting it there. And comparing against a tractor backhoe is biased right off the start. A real TLB like a Kubota M59 is different animal than the tractor machine.

I never owned an excavator. My tractor does have a back hoe and so far it has accounted for 1/2 the hours on my tractor. Would an excavator be handy? Absolutely! But it is also more expense to maintain, insure, and store. The backhoe has proven to be very useful on my property.