jimgerken
Veteran Member
Stoneheart: I think you have the right idea for tractors too small to support a powerful backhoe. I have been thinking of the same factors you listed, economy being number one. Since you re-utilize the engine and hydraulic system you already paid for on your tractor, and use the tractor to pull it around by hopefully the drawbar, the backhoe can be a simple trailer type with retracting wheels or extending stabilizers, and simply plug into the tractor for hyd power. It cant put much stress on the tractor frame since it is only connected to the drawbar, and the drawbar will certainly keep it from pushing itself around when digging hard.