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  1. Haas

    Bent Loader Bucket

  2. Haas

    Bent Loader Bucket

    Well, I’m back for more great advice from the goats! How bad is this bend in the bucket? How would you go about repairing it? How weak will it be after the repair? I’m trying figure what I’m biting off with this. I didn’t do the damage, I wonder if that type of impact would have damaged the...
  3. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    Can you explain that a little more? Being inexperienced I don’t understand why it has a reduced capacity to move dirt. Does the clam shell joint make the bucket weak?
  4. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    I’ve found a few 580k. (Hours pushing 6000) I heard there was one 580 model that was an odd ball, in between or something, had some parts that only worked for that letter designation. Does anyone know out which model it was? It seems like I read it was K or N
  5. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    Solid advice, thank you. Would you say a low hour older machine is still in danger of seals? Shoot, while I’m asking, what’s the general rule of thumb that makes a lower machine vs high hours? Is 3000 low? Is 7000 high?
  6. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    “Resave” I like that!
  7. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    I wanted to add, this mostly for personal I have land that needs a lot of work. Over the years I bought several plots of land and they can all benefit from improvements, hence the though I should buy equipment rather than rent so I can do the work as I’m able to make the time here and there...
  8. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    Sounds like a pain in the butt even with a shop, let alone doing it in the dirt! JCB is 99.9% out already but that cements it. In your experience, which machine is the easiest to work on?
  9. Haas

    New here—looking for my first backhoe. Advice welcome!

    I’ve been following this forum for a while, and the knowledge shared here is incredible. I searched for existing posts on my questions but didn’t find exactly what I was looking for—so any tips on efficiently searching this forum would also be appreciated! I’m in the market for my first...
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