Not another HFPB topic!

[Imold]

One of my upgrades showed up today for the trencher, it is a better hydraulic filter and also this filter is available at auto parts stores where as the one that comes on the unit is a hard to find metric threaded filter.

 

[Imold]

Going to call Masiondynamics and see what they want for a hydraulic pump that is running about 3.5 gpm, think that flow rate will allow me to use two controll levers and not over heat the hydraulic fluid. The 614470242 that fits is a 4.1 which I think is a bit to much, it was said you should stay within 20% of what the original pump is which is 2.7 gpm.

 

[5030]

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As has been pointed out previously, a backhoe will void the warranty on his Massey.

Actually, a 3 point hitch backhoe on small Kubota will probably also void the warranty if you break something like the case casting. Far as used backhoes go, there are lots of them out there. My dealer seems to sell a bunch and most spend their lives sitting unused in a corner. he always tries to talk customers out of them but hey, the customer is always right so they buy them and they sit.

In my view a tractor mounted backhoe on a smaller Kubota (or any smaller brand for that matter, is the most worthless investment you can make.

I much prefer (when I need a hoe) is to go down to Black Swamp or Herc rentals and rent a real machine, I can rent a Case all wheel drive extenda-hoe with my choice of buckets for 250 bucks a day, fuel and delivery included. Don't have to grease it, change the oil or even fuel it. Just use it.

 

[Oldpath05]

Is this what you bought?>>>9 HP Towable Backhoe I thought this video was funny>> 1 Sure way to kill internet - Harbor Freight backhoe trencher at work 62365 - YouTube

 

[Jstpssng]

Actually, a 3 point hitch backhoe on small Kubota will probably also void the warranty if you break something like the case casting. Far as used backhoes go, there are lots of them out there. My dealer seems to sell a bunch and most spend their lives sitting unused in a corner. he always tries to talk customers out of them but hey, the customer is always right so they buy them and they sit.

In my view a tractor mounted backhoe on a smaller Kubota (or any smaller brand for that matter, is the most worthless investment you can make.

I much prefer (when I need a hoe) is to go down to Black Swamp or Herc rentals and rent a real machine, I can rent a Case all wheel drive extenda-hoe with my choice of buckets for 250 bucks a day, fuel and delivery included. Don't have to grease it, change the oil or even fuel it. Just use it.

You are right, nobody can expect them to warranty abuse or using a machine beyond it's design limits. They may have changed the wording but the way the Massey warrantee was written when I was shopping though, use of the backhoe would void the warranty. Period. If you lose the computer, they have a loophole not to cover it.

I would prefer to have a subframe but can't find one to fit what I have, and I'm not clever enough to make one. Renting sounds good, I'm thinking about a 20 ton excavator next spring. But often I can have the backhoe on, do what needs to be done, and have it off again in less time than it would take for them to deliver it.

 

[Imold]

I’ve watched almost all videos on the HF Trencher and ya there are a few out there that make ya scratch your head but over all it gets ok to good reviews, it all comes down to what you are going to do with it.

I just received a call from a small trucking company in Fargo ND and my trencher is there but they have no one there to unload it and put on my trailer until tomorrow morning so I will be driving to Fargo to pick it up in the morning, when he called he asked if I had a way to get it off there trailer if they brought it out Friday they don’t even have a lift on the trailer so I told them I’ll just pick it up there in the morning with my son.

What gets me is I have to be in Fargo at 2:00 today for a heart and pacemaker checkup and the trucking company has no one there so I can get it today.

 

[Imold]

In a few years when I upgrade my Massey 1705 I will get a scut with a backhoe and then maybe sell the HF trencher.

 

[Imold]

Oldpath05 that video was hard to watch when I first saw it and truth be told I never watched the whole thing. I just did now.

 

[GeneV]

In a few years when I upgrade my Massey 1705 I will get a scut with a backhoe and then maybe sell the HF trencher.

Hey, you never know. It's definitely handy NOT to have a backhoe mounted on the tractor sometimes, like if you gotta haul off what you're digging up. Fill up your bucket with the hoe, go dump it wherever it gotta go.

 

[Oldpath05]

Oldpath05 that video was hard to watch when I first saw it and truth be told I never watched the whole thing. I just did now.

I thought that HF backhoe in that video worked good, I like how he moved it around like he did. But it was so funny when that guy dug up his internet connection, I could see my self doing the same thing.