On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:54:31 -0700 (PDT), Christopher Tidy
wrote:

Am Freitag, 20. Oktober 2017 17:03:11 UTC+2 schrieb Neon John:

Why don't you just buy a mini-backhoe?

Because it isn't as much fun? :-)
Generally when you buy one (chinese) from HF you get to "build" it
anyway. It's just a semi-finished kit shipped semi-assembled. You take
it apart and use your lathe, mill, and welders to make it what it
should have been - a fully functional machine - - -