In article ,
Ecnerwal wrote:

In article ,
Eric R Snow wrote:

I know this is stupid.

A much better use of your time and money would be fixing up an older
backhoe, trackhoe or excavator. You know this is stupid, so act on that
knowledge, put the plans up for sale, recoup what you can, and count
your losses before you waste more money and time making an undersized,
underpowered, undercapable machine. If you "only have a little digging
to do" you'll be far better off (money and timewise) to hire it done, or
get out a shovel and start digging. If you have enough digging to do
that you need a backhoe of your own to do it, this isn't it.

Good advise. I needed a backhoe but there was no way I could afford
one, so I bought a case of 60% and find it can do some jobs a backhoe
can't.

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