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QUESTION:I don't think it's any bargain, it's 8 yrs old, and 1700 hrs
represents a lot of use, and with a bucket and backhoe a lot of hard
use for that size machine.
ANSWER: Depends on how much the backhoe got used. A lot of people buy a backhoe and
then almost never use it. I bought a backhoe attachment last year. It's still
sitting right where I put it when I unloaded it from the trailer.
My tractor has over 3,000 hours on it and still runs and works like new. It's
somewhere over 20 years old as far as I can tell. (Yanmar FX28D) Many
construction machines have twice that many hours and are still going strong. The
key is good maintenance.
On a car, 1700 hours at 55mph is not quite 100,000 miles. A good diesel engine
(like the Yanmar engine in that JD tractor) should be good for 300,000 or more
if you're measuring it in miles.
The price is about right for a machine of that age and size. 1700 hours in 8
years comes out to a little over 4 hours a week. A toilet gets used more than
that.
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