JeffInCO
Bronze Member
First, I'd like to thanks everyone here at TractorByNet for all of your help with regard to my tractor purchase. I finally settled on a new L4740, with a loader, and a few other options. The 4740 is on the dealer's lot, but I'll have to wait a few weeks for options to be ordered and installed.
There's one remaining major decision I need to make. I have a number of uses for a backhoe, and I am definitely going to purchase one. The question is which one and new or used. So here's my questions:
1) On paper, the Woods BH90-X looks like a slightly better backhoe in terms of specs and features. However, because it's non-Kubota, I wonder if there are potential issues integrating it with the tractor. As it turns out, the dealer from which I'm buying the tractor is not a Woods dealer, so I guess I'd have to take my tractor to a woods/kubota dealer for installation?
2) Is the BH90-X's curved boom a major advantage?
3) I'm having a very hard time locating used backhoes. I found one Kubota BH90 far from me on Craigslist, but I can't seem to figure out a way to find them at dealers, short of calling around (which I've already done in my immediate vicinity). Neither equipmentlocater.com nor tractorhouse.com seem to have a way to search for backhoes. Maybe dealers don't typically list them? Any ideas as to other places I might look for used, either Woods or Kubota?
Thanks,
Jeff
There's one remaining major decision I need to make. I have a number of uses for a backhoe, and I am definitely going to purchase one. The question is which one and new or used. So here's my questions:
1) On paper, the Woods BH90-X looks like a slightly better backhoe in terms of specs and features. However, because it's non-Kubota, I wonder if there are potential issues integrating it with the tractor. As it turns out, the dealer from which I'm buying the tractor is not a Woods dealer, so I guess I'd have to take my tractor to a woods/kubota dealer for installation?
2) Is the BH90-X's curved boom a major advantage?
3) I'm having a very hard time locating used backhoes. I found one Kubota BH90 far from me on Craigslist, but I can't seem to figure out a way to find them at dealers, short of calling around (which I've already done in my immediate vicinity). Neither equipmentlocater.com nor tractorhouse.com seem to have a way to search for backhoes. Maybe dealers don't typically list them? Any ideas as to other places I might look for used, either Woods or Kubota?
Thanks,
Jeff