So, I guess my question is if you haven't used it yet, how do you know it will do what you want and it's not a "toy".
I've ran full size backhoes, trackhoes, mini excavators, mini backhoes (on the back of SCUT's) and I can tell you, all the smaller ones will do good work, and they beat the living hell out of a shovel, but most definitely the more "name brand" you go and the bigger you go makes a difference. For example, anything I've ran made by Bobcat or Kubota or Deere is good for what it is. I've ran some Massy Ferguson mini hoe's and wasn't impressed. Looks like that DR is still up there in price. Several thousand, depending on what exactly you bought. Personally, I wouldn't want to buy one unless I got to use it some first on a demo. That's a lot to spend and not have got to test it out. I was going to buy a mini excavator about 5 years ago. Had some big plans to do some business with it, but money suddenly got tight and I didn't go ahead.
Either way, hope it works out for you. I'm not convinced it will be what you think it will. I don't know if you have ran a backhoe before, but if you have, I think you might be disappointed.
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