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QUESTION:Thanks for the tips guys! I put them to (hopefully) good use in purchasing
my new used backhoe. It is a 1989 Caterpiller 426 4x4 with extendahoe.
Pretty much everything I wanted, perhaps except that it has a standard
loader bucket rather than the 4 in 1. Here is a pic:
http://www.skyko.com/backhoe/cat426.jpg
This baby is huge! A bit larger than a Case 580, which is what I had
previously had my heart set on. I think it weighs in at about 18,000 lbs.
Now to start practicing digging holes...very exciting....almost like when I
got my first mill.
ANSWER: In your prev post you mentioned "tips", I've been searching the website, to
no avail.
Can you give me an approx date these where posted?
Currently I'm looking at either a 580K(or S) (or a cat 426 now I've seen
yours!).
I'm trying to compare the digging capability of a backhoe with an
excavator (trackhoe).
Is the 580 equivilant to a 4T Excavator or maybe a 7T excavator?
I want to dig a driveway (this is the "excuse job" to buy the backhoe
and the contractor who quoted the job is talking a 20-25T excavator.
I'm thinking of doing it myself with a backhoe, but I'm not sure if it will
be seriously under powered / incapable of doing the job. (time is not that
critical - but I do want a driveway before I retire!)
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