Bluedog225
Texas
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- Nov 18, 2019
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I have 1500’ of trenches to dig.
That is a lot of trenching. That gets way in to the category of professional quality equipment needed or hired contractor. These little Baby Ex's are for puttering around in the yard for half senile old men like myself. The right tool for the right task, or Never bring a knife to a gun fight.I have 1500’ of trenches to dig.
Eat more?Also, how is the weight?
I easily easily move my tractor around with the hoe (when I don't want to).
Do you feel it's heavy enough or would more weight make it better?
It doesn't help.Eat more?
Have you ever walked your tractor out of a bad spot yet? That was soooo fun and scary at times too !It doesn't help.
The engineers at LS likely never operated equipment in the real world... They designed to claim great specs above the competition not realizing how it affects operation.
3/4" bolts through the plates on the outriggers along with curling the tooth bar helped drastically.
I've still had some great pucker moments grabbing a full scoop with the loader and not having enough ballast in the back.
Oh yea, many times... I've also gotten pretty good at moving around without flipping the seat back around when using the hoe.Have you ever walked your tractor out of a bad spot yet? That was soooo fun and scary at times too !
I had heard the old timers saying you can't stick a backhoe and now I know why.
I was wondering what I should offer for a well used one a buddy of mine is selling... it's diesel though.This cost me $6000 USD pus $420 tax. They shipped it 1600 miles from California (after being imported from China) to me for free. Was pretty amazed to buy it last Thursday and have it show up to my place here Monday. That is from California to NW Arkansas in just a few days.
It is pretty basic machine but a test run of the controls does not seem that it will be impossible to manage. But I have had a fair amount of experience with operating equipment through the years. Due to the simple hydraulics on a unit like this you have to watch when you attempt more than one function at a time because it does not smoothly divide the hydraulic flow. This can lead to being jerky. It is very noticeable for instance when you are shuttling along and release one track control and the resulting high flow to the other track causes a jerk towards it. One thing I would advice anyone running a unit like this is to not run full throttle and to take your time. It is not a production level commercial machine.
Does it have a working hour meter? That will help in determining the value.I was wondering what I should offer for a well used one a buddy of mine is selling... it's diesel though.
I'm thinking 1500 should be fair.
Now THAT’S a nice litter box.