Recent content by TonyinTexas

Sounds like a real project, hopefully you have equipment for it next time you dig! A seasonal water feature would be a neat deal there. Its pretty dry here so I have to use some well water to keep my pond full. Opposite problem, but I love running water

Thanks, It's a pond and pump feeding the falls and stream. I have a 30x30x5ft upflow bog for filtration near the house. Then there's that first fall (the smaller one)

Thanks! Its a 200PGM pump pulling from a pond down below. The water goes through one more stream and fall before hitting the pond

This is a few days but..

Fire

Drywall and wire!

Started interior construction

Very true, but like Fried1765 mentioned, In clay, its less than ideal and if you look at the picture i attached to my last comment, It's large volume dirt moving, so i need as big a bucket as possible. Ideally I'd have some 20+ ton excavator but not quite there yet

After looking up specs, the backhoe bucket breakout forces are as follows. BH92 - 20kN M62 - 29kN Deere 310 - 40kN I understand the deere is a different animal but its my frame of reference as thats what's always available to rent. 29kN seems weak to me for the money

Thanks for the insight, the backhoe strength is very important around here since our soil is dry clay so its rock hard most of the time. If I did spring for a full size machine, I would definately need that power. Even a deere 310 wasn't quite strong enough to dig here at a good speed when dry...

Good point, I do like the lower weight of the l4060 but with the bh92, It's only 2,000 pounds lighter and I have a big enough truck to do 26k combined gvwr. Interesting thing is the M62 and L4060 both use the same wheels. I was comparing specs.

Right, once the volume of work justifies it, I'll pull the trigger on something or multiple somethings. For now, the 4060+bh92 does everything fine and I can justify the costs maintaining my stuff even if it isn't producing income

Right, the reach is a big deal for what i do (dig ponds/streams). I know the ideal tool is an excavator, and that might be where I end up going. Just info gathering at this point and I appreciate you sharing your experience!

Agreed it,'s totally different. I just like to have all info I can If I'm looking into something. I'll dig on that for myself

Thanks for the reply, m62 sounds like the way to go. Any input on costs to maintain it vs these smaller machines?