Backhoe v's Tracked Excavator

Selectamatic

Member
Location
North Wales
Bit of a nonsense question, I know, but just a thought...

If I gave you, say, £15000 and sent you on your way to come back with either a Backhoe or a Tracked Digger, what would you come back with and why? What make and model? And what would you avoid?

I'd be doing some of my own work with it, as well as some contracting.
 

john432

Member
Location
Carmarthenshire
A backhoe loader is something from the past. I've a JCB 3cx. Spent a day in it last week cleaning out the small ditches on the sides of the farm lane to take the flood water. Nearly drove me to dispair. Moving on half a bucket at a time, and trying to load the tipping trailer directly behind. Road was far too narrow for my 13 tonne excavator.
 

robs1

Member
Tracked everytime, we had a 3cx now have 13 tonne digger, we have an adapter plate so can use it with pallets forks and man cage, its brilliant for using to clear out high gutters, for digging/ditching and loading it runs rings round the 3cx, the only disadvantage is as lincsman says is popping up the road to do ten minutes work, but would never go back to a wheeled digger.
 

daveydiesel1

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Co antrim
Not a digger expert but we had a hitachi120-5 and now wev a volvo 140. No comparrison between the 2. Volvo is so much better in every way and is easy on juice. Also contractor had run hitachi for years now has a volvo and i hear hes mighty impressed. Burns lot less fuel.
 

Henarar

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
Bit of a nonsense question, I know, but just a thought...

If I gave you, say, £15000 and sent you on your way to come back with either a Backhoe or a Tracked Digger, what would you come back with and why? What make and model? And what would you avoid?

I'd be doing some of my own work with it, as well as some contracting.
I would buy something like an old 50B with a cluch gearbox for 3k or so and spend the rest on a 13 ton slew, that way you have an extra loader 4 in 1 and a slew is a pathetic waste of time for small jobs
The thing you dont mention is if you get a slew you also need a trailer and something to pull it if you want to go any distance
 

robs1

Member
You would think they would make a slew with wheels so you could just drive it down the road wouldn't you
They are available but not much good for tracking in hardcore etc, railway use a lot of them with adaptors that lower steel ones to run on the line
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Having been a major user of both 360 is the way to go.never see them on sites anymore and then they are usually used as wheel barrows.sold my last backhoe 6 years ago and not had a call for one since
nick...
 

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