New trailer excavator backhoe for ATV or car
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Well, I tried your site. The "English" version appears to be under construction. Je ne comprends pas French.
BTW - I don't think you're allowed to advertise your company directly into a post without prior approval.
EDIT - OK, I opened your web page. About 2 minutes later, I get an e-mail from you titled "Out of Office AutoReply: [BULK] New trailer excavator backhoe for ATV or car"
How/why did you do that??? /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I don't want an e-mail from any/every site I visit unless I request it.
BTW - I don't think you're allowed to advertise your company directly into a post without prior approval.
EDIT - OK, I opened your web page. About 2 minutes later, I get an e-mail from you titled "Out of Office AutoReply: [BULK] New trailer excavator backhoe for ATV or car"
How/why did you do that??? /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I don't want an e-mail from any/every site I visit unless I request it.
aigeezer
Member
I think I'm going to order one of these soon, probably the 4-wheel 9hp non-self-propelled version with the optional thumb for about Cdn $10k.
Despite the awkward original posting in this thread, the FCM web site is now pretty good and there are some good videos of the products on YouTube. It looks like my dealer may be Princess Auto, a big parts chain headquartered in Winnipeg. The people in Quebec and Winnipeg have been good to deal with so far - email and phone.
My main uses will be stump removal, trail making and ditching on 100+ acres. I spent a lot of time lurking on TBN (as I always do before buying accessories), and I came close to getting a Woods BH6000 or a Wallenstein GX620 backhoe or a Woods TSG50 stump grinder, among others. I thought briefly about one of the Asian towable backhoes, but chickened out because of the "no name" components and general home-made look. I thought the Alpine Magnum stump grinder was very cool, but I'm at an age where I'd better let hydraulics do most of the work.
It's quite a leap of faith for me to pick something that doesn't have enthusiastic support at TBN, but, gulp, I'm getting close to the point of no return. Wish me luck!
If anyone has experience with the FCM products, please share your views.
Thanks!
Despite the awkward original posting in this thread, the FCM web site is now pretty good and there are some good videos of the products on YouTube. It looks like my dealer may be Princess Auto, a big parts chain headquartered in Winnipeg. The people in Quebec and Winnipeg have been good to deal with so far - email and phone.
My main uses will be stump removal, trail making and ditching on 100+ acres. I spent a lot of time lurking on TBN (as I always do before buying accessories), and I came close to getting a Woods BH6000 or a Wallenstein GX620 backhoe or a Woods TSG50 stump grinder, among others. I thought briefly about one of the Asian towable backhoes, but chickened out because of the "no name" components and general home-made look. I thought the Alpine Magnum stump grinder was very cool, but I'm at an age where I'd better let hydraulics do most of the work.
It's quite a leap of faith for me to pick something that doesn't have enthusiastic support at TBN, but, gulp, I'm getting close to the point of no return. Wish me luck!
If anyone has experience with the FCM products, please share your views.
Thanks!
MarkV
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Hope it works out for you if you buy. It would be nice if you could try one first. Digging stumps of any size can work and move my 7500 lbs. tractor/backhoe around pretty good. It is hard for me to imagine how something that light could be very affective if the stumps are of any size.
Welcome to the forum. Glad you decided to join.
MarkV
Welcome to the forum. Glad you decided to join.
MarkV
aigeezer
Member
Thanks Mark. I'm stuck with something pretty light no matter what. My tractor only weighs a ton or so, and my budget is limited of course. I have no illusions about pulling stumps like carrots the way real forestry equipment does. I imagine I'll nibble patiently around the edges for a long time and call it "working hard". I've removed stumps that way with my tractor loader, but it's very slow and messy. I'm retired so "slow" is ok, and I don't mind fixing up the mess. If I were younger and/or being paid by the hour I might have chosen the Alpine Magnum though.
Oh, one other reason I'm leaning toward the FCM rig is that I can tow it out to the site then operate it independently from the tractor, which can then tow a trailer separately to fill with dirt, stumps or whatever. I couldn't think of a convenient way to load and haul stuff away if I mounted a backhoe on the back of my tractor.
I sure wish I could hear from some owners/renters of these things. It's odd - they've been around for a few years, but there's almost no mention of them on the Net other than from the manufacturer. If I don't get scared off in the next day or so I'll probably take the plunge - we got the final price and shipping details settled today with Princess Auto. If I get one, I'll tell you all what happens.
amigauser
Veteran Member
If your spending $10,000 on it, why not get a used mini-excavator?
aigeezer
Member
Thanks for the suggestions guys. My situation may be unusual in that I want to do this stuff mainly for "fun". At some level I don't really care how many stumps I dig or how long it takes. There are enough stumps here to last three lifetimes, which is how I like it.
I've been following ads in my area for used backhoes and excavators for several months and nothing has got me excited. Most of the stuff in my price range is 20-30 years old, and I have a weakness for shiny new things, partly because I have no talent for fixing up old machinery. My role in life usually is to be the guy who soaks up depreciation costs so others can get bargains when I trade in my stuff.
I thought a long time about mini-excavators also but they just don't seem right for my purposes. I'd buy one of everything suggested here if I won a lottery though - I do get your points. (Note to self: buy a lottery ticket).
For what it's worth, here are some of my reasons (rationalizations?):
1. I don't need the weight or the cost of a cab or even a canopy. I'll only be using this thing when the mood strikes me, and I want to get into some fairly confined spaces.
2. The work sites are scattered over a 106-acre property, so I'd like to move from one to another without much fuss - no slow tracked vehicle, for instance, and no heavy footprint. Even my little JD755 makes big ruts with its loaded R1 tires. There's lots of side-slopes here also.
3. If a stump is bigger than I feel like tackling, I'll just make the path go around it and I'll call it a "landscaping feature". I'm not trying to prepare a field, say, where the stumps really have to go or the mission fails.
4. I don't need the loader feature of a regular backhoe or the blade on a mini-excavator (for example), as I've got that kind of implement for my tractor.
5. The Honda engine appeals because I've had good luck with other small Honda engines over the years. This thing will sit in an outbuilding much of the time, so any diesel probably wouldn't get used enough to justify its cost premium. (Maybe I should buy two lottery tickets).
Still no opinions from owners/renters of the FCM towable rigs? I'm not sure if that's good news or bad news.
If I get this thing and it doesn't work out, it's ok to say "I told you so".
Thanks again!
I've been following ads in my area for used backhoes and excavators for several months and nothing has got me excited. Most of the stuff in my price range is 20-30 years old, and I have a weakness for shiny new things, partly because I have no talent for fixing up old machinery. My role in life usually is to be the guy who soaks up depreciation costs so others can get bargains when I trade in my stuff.
I thought a long time about mini-excavators also but they just don't seem right for my purposes. I'd buy one of everything suggested here if I won a lottery though - I do get your points. (Note to self: buy a lottery ticket).
For what it's worth, here are some of my reasons (rationalizations?):
1. I don't need the weight or the cost of a cab or even a canopy. I'll only be using this thing when the mood strikes me, and I want to get into some fairly confined spaces.
2. The work sites are scattered over a 106-acre property, so I'd like to move from one to another without much fuss - no slow tracked vehicle, for instance, and no heavy footprint. Even my little JD755 makes big ruts with its loaded R1 tires. There's lots of side-slopes here also.
3. If a stump is bigger than I feel like tackling, I'll just make the path go around it and I'll call it a "landscaping feature". I'm not trying to prepare a field, say, where the stumps really have to go or the mission fails.
4. I don't need the loader feature of a regular backhoe or the blade on a mini-excavator (for example), as I've got that kind of implement for my tractor.
5. The Honda engine appeals because I've had good luck with other small Honda engines over the years. This thing will sit in an outbuilding much of the time, so any diesel probably wouldn't get used enough to justify its cost premium. (Maybe I should buy two lottery tickets).
Still no opinions from owners/renters of the FCM towable rigs? I'm not sure if that's good news or bad news.
If I get this thing and it doesn't work out, it's ok to say "I told you so".
Thanks again!
WantedWolf
Gold Member
Well Im a good customer there but have never dropped that kind of $'s at princess auto. And I dont agree with people buying all the tools for a specific job, completing it the returning all the tools. but there starting to get to big for themselves and the service is down the chute.
So dont forget the Princess auto motto "no sale is final until your satisfied"
Lets hold them to it. Can you try the BH on your time and project after delivery. and If its not satisfactory, return it. You might have to eat delivery fees but they wont be 8-10k$.
So dont forget the Princess auto motto "no sale is final until your satisfied"
Lets hold them to it. Can you try the BH on your time and project after delivery. and If its not satisfactory, return it. You might have to eat delivery fees but they wont be 8-10k$.
WantedWolf
Gold Member
Maybe you could kill 2 birds sorta.
Buy the older BH or Mini-ex that is sure to do the job. Then satisfy the shiny urge with a new HVLP gun and stainless pressure pot
Paint the old machine any color you fancy, at you leisure