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Re: JCB Backhoes- worth considering?
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Posted by mj on June 15, 2003 at 08:44:20 from (216.52.32.61):
In Reply to: JCB Backhoes- worth considering? posted by Lynn Kasdorf- Leesburg, V on June 15, 2003 at 05:42:59:
I rented one about 20 years ago (probably didn't have electronics to worry about) from the local DIY yard to clean a ditch about 3 feet wide a nd 300 long. It had outriggers that moved side to side and the feet went straight down. The hoe bucket was about 2' wide so the wet clay I was digging made for a big load. I had to dig it 'off the side' because the top of the ditch was too wide to straddle so I really put some strain on the old girl. No problem ....plenty of hydraulic power, no sounds of stressing steel and the weight of the machine easily counter-balanced the massive scoops I was lifting. That particular hoe is now in private hands, a local farmer owns it, and it's still going strong! Not much experience with JCB, I admit, but it was all good...my 2....:-)
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