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Jcb back hoe type for general ag work
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<blockquote data-quote="Khan" data-source="post: 7387393" data-attributes="member: 1043"><p>We did buy a Fermec 860 as an additional machine 2010 but subsequently traded it in for a second forklift. Farm over three sites all 5k or more apart and the forklift was doing a lot of roadwork so bought the backhoe to handle feeding 180 cows and keep forklift at grainstore and for youngstock. Backhoe as good as forklift on the sheargrab if you don't have any tight corners and you have decent height around doorways. It did a bit of digging for posts and round yard but a wet field and backhoe are a bad combination. Sold it five years ago, cow numbers were going up and we were running a tractor as well for scraper and sawdust spreader and the forklift replaced them both. I wouldn't replace a frontline forklift with a backhoe but might make sense for a backup machine, much more capacity than a tractor loader, at least load wise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Khan, post: 7387393, member: 1043"] We did buy a Fermec 860 as an additional machine 2010 but subsequently traded it in for a second forklift. Farm over three sites all 5k or more apart and the forklift was doing a lot of roadwork so bought the backhoe to handle feeding 180 cows and keep forklift at grainstore and for youngstock. Backhoe as good as forklift on the sheargrab if you don't have any tight corners and you have decent height around doorways. It did a bit of digging for posts and round yard but a wet field and backhoe are a bad combination. Sold it five years ago, cow numbers were going up and we were running a tractor as well for scraper and sawdust spreader and the forklift replaced them both. I wouldn't replace a frontline forklift with a backhoe but might make sense for a backup machine, much more capacity than a tractor loader, at least load wise. [/QUOTE]
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