What do you use the backhoe for?
That is a mini excavator with a thumb. Easily the most useful piece of equipment I own. For firewood I use it to lift logs for cutting, loading truck with wood, cleanup etc. Im also a general contractor so it is a dual purpose machine.
Loading whole logs or splits? I have a tractor with forks...wish it had a thumb more times than not.
Nice! Thanks for the info.
For both. Before I got the built rite w log lift I used to use it to put bucks on the brave that the guys couldn't/ didn't want to lift.
It makes great sense for loading logs but it must take forever to load splits? I have a 5' bucket for my tractor but it takes so long to load with it, I can do it faster by hand. Might be a different story if I stored the wood on pavement or concrete but that's not an option for me.
I have it in piles on dirt but I reach into pile and grab so it grabs a giant claw full at once. Buckets on tractor and bobcat seem to push too much stuff around. Been thinking about a rock bucket but conveyor first so I can cut back on labor when splitting
I can't even imagine that, in fact me and my buddy probably jinxed it because we were just saying earlier in the day "how did anyone do this before machinery"
! one piece at a time, like Johnny cash! lol
