FarmerAlex
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- Aug 1, 2010
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- Location
- Australia
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- Engineer (AT UNI), Heavy equipment owner/ operator
HI there all, i'm starting out in earthmoving and many recommendations by people were to own/operate a Front end loader/backhoe. Now i've been having a look at a few forums and it seems the Case machinery has a good name. The price range i will be looking in is say the mid 20k range.
some machines i have seen advertised are:
New Holland 95 FWD
Cat 428 B FWD
Cat 428 Series || FWD
Case 580 K 2WD
Case 580 SK turbo
JCB 3X
Case 780 C
They are all a similar price, just wondering which one people would jump for???
I know FWD is a huge advantage in tractors, is it so with backhoes too??
I anticipate at least of getting another 7k hours out of the machine so parts will be required at some point.
Hopefully this will be useful to others starting out as well
thanks for you time
cheers
Alex
some machines i have seen advertised are:
New Holland 95 FWD
Cat 428 B FWD
Cat 428 Series || FWD
Case 580 K 2WD
Case 580 SK turbo
JCB 3X
Case 780 C
They are all a similar price, just wondering which one people would jump for???
I know FWD is a huge advantage in tractors, is it so with backhoes too??
I anticipate at least of getting another 7k hours out of the machine so parts will be required at some point.
Hopefully this will be useful to others starting out as well
thanks for you time
cheers
Alex