Backhoe WANTED -- BACKHOE
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MikefromMI
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Hi,
My whole 5 acres is all hard clay. Sometimes I wonder how field grass can even grow in this stuff. My 757C doesn't have a problem with it. Tree roots can get you though. I was quite suprised how a small root could allow the BH to pull the whole tractor back with the pads down. A few times I've hooked on and pulled the tractor forward in 1st while gripped. This is not recommended. But I've done it before to get finished. On the other hand it's nice to grab a load of brush or tree branches and drag it to the burn pile. There's no way I can do any of this with the FEL. Unless I had a third arm & remote installed to clamp from the top side of the bucket. It's not a big construction peice of equipment. But it's fine for the majority of work around the house. Our property was ex-farmland. I want to transplant about 50-75 trees from the tree line out into the property and maintain around the pond sides. It works well for that.
My whole 5 acres is all hard clay. Sometimes I wonder how field grass can even grow in this stuff. My 757C doesn't have a problem with it. Tree roots can get you though. I was quite suprised how a small root could allow the BH to pull the whole tractor back with the pads down. A few times I've hooked on and pulled the tractor forward in 1st while gripped. This is not recommended. But I've done it before to get finished. On the other hand it's nice to grab a load of brush or tree branches and drag it to the burn pile. There's no way I can do any of this with the FEL. Unless I had a third arm & remote installed to clamp from the top side of the bucket. It's not a big construction peice of equipment. But it's fine for the majority of work around the house. Our property was ex-farmland. I want to transplant about 50-75 trees from the tree line out into the property and maintain around the pond sides. It works well for that.
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Do they offer frame-mount kits, or is this 3pt only? As far as that goes, can you still use a backhoe (of all brands) as a 3pt backhoe even if you get frame monuts, or does the backhoe become dedicated to the tractor with the frame?
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DK35vince
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Do they offer frame-mount kits)</font>
Yes,
They had a subframe availible for my Kioti.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( As far as that goes, can you still use a backhoe (of all brands) as a 3pt backhoe even if you get frame monuts, or does the backhoe become dedicated to the tractor with the frame?)</font>
The backhoe can be used for 3 point or mounted to subframe, whichever you prefer !!
Yes,
They had a subframe availible for my Kioti.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( As far as that goes, can you still use a backhoe (of all brands) as a 3pt backhoe even if you get frame monuts, or does the backhoe become dedicated to the tractor with the frame?)</font>
The backhoe can be used for 3 point or mounted to subframe, whichever you prefer !!