Digging In Garden With BXpanded Trenching Bucket?

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I am not familiar with the BXpanded bucket, even though I have the BXpanded quick hitch on my backhoe arm. I have both the 12" and the 8" trenching bucket that I picked up off of Marketplace. It was priced at $100 and never used. I have had it 2 years now and it is still unused. I didn't need it, but it was so inexpensive that it is worth having for that one time that I might have a use for it. I think that I would rather have a 16" bucket more than the 12" since that extra 4" might make digging somewhat easier. Luckily we don't have much clay in our soil, but we do have more large rocks to contend with.

If the BX/BT603 can handle a 16 in bucket I'd love one. I have my doubts, I end up pulling the tractor around a lot with the 12 in bucket. I've got roots everywhere. And rocks in some spots.
A guy at work has an older BX 20 yrs?) and he said it works better with a smaller than 12 inch bucket.

If I was going to trench I probably would have just used the 12 I have. Maybe gotten an 8 if I could find one.
I only went with the 4 in because I have so little space in this spot. And it may be good for digging in the garden/between roots down the road.

wow, a 'hoisting permit' ,that's new to me. Here in Ontario, you can call Sunbelt Rentals and get anything, including full size Kubota excavators with only a good credit card. They drop the machine off,say 'have a nice day', come get it when you say.
The 'trick' to not destroy the lawn is a few sheets of plywood. Lay them out like a 'red carpet',drive the machine on them,minimal if any damage. Guys behind used steel plates at ends of driveways for their skidsteer to do 180s , again no damage to driveway.
it sounds like you only want a few , certain bushes to be gone ? If so ,hopefully the 'skinny' bucket works well for you ! be nice to hear/see how well it performs, Spring is 8 days away !

I have 3 Home Depots around me. None deliver, none have the larger excavator, only a 1.5 ton one.
The place I bought my tractor rents and will deliver, it's another $200 minimum for that.

The plywood's a good idea. I'd actually forgotten about that. I'd need a lot though. Moving these 40 feet or so.

That's what I'm hoping. And going to find out. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Probably won't be for a few weeks at least. The way things go around here....

 

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Got something in the mail today.
Significantly faster than I expected!

I won't get a chance to mount any of it until at least the weekend.

 

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By the way, this is some of what I'm dealing with.