Which should I buy?

[T. A. Gardner]

Right now, I'm in the process of selecting and buying a new compact backhoe / loader. The two best choices are:

The John Deere 2025R

And the Kubota B2601

They're both about $35,000 give or take in cost with a similar features package.

 

[AProudLefty]

Building a bunker?

 

[Matt Dillon]

Right now, I'm in the process of selecting and buying a new compact backhoe / loader. The two best choices are:

The John Deere 2025R

And the Kubota B2601

They're both about $35,000 give or take in cost with a similar features package.

The Kubota isn't cheaper?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The Kubota isn't cheaper?

Not particularly due to supply chain issues. There are no used ones on the market to speak of, and both dealers have only a couple in stock atm.

 

[AProudLefty]

The way it goes right now, it's a good idea to build a bunker and stock up.

 

[AProudLefty]

 

[AProudLefty]

Cheap-o.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Right now, I'm in the process of selecting and buying a new compact backhoe / loader. The two best choices are:

The John Deere 2025R

And the Kubota B2601

They're both about $35,000 give or take in cost with a similar features package.

Which company more lines with your political values.....because as we all know everything has to be about that now.......

 

[Matt Dillon]

I'm looking at a Kubota and it's about $16K For the "smaller than a real backhoe" setup.

Who's ripping you off?

I'd add $6-$10K for a Deere.

Or are you getting every attachment possible?

 

[AProudLefty]

Which company more lines with your political values.....because as we all know everything has to be about that now.......

Tighten up your belt.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I'm looking at a Kubota and it's about $16K For the "smaller than a real backhoe" setup.

Who's ripping you off?

Or are you getting every attachment possible?

That's without the accessory package I specified. The JD sells baseline for about $16,600.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Cheap-o.

That could come in handy.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Tighten up your belt.

I am down 80lb so far!

 

[Matt Dillon]

Not particularly due to supply chain issues. There are no used ones on the market to speak of, and both dealers have only a couple in stock atm.

https://apps.kubotausa.com/configurator/productselector.aspx?pgId=1

A kubota with a bucket and lawnmower or bushog should be about $14K-ish.

I'd wait, or maybe look at New Hollands or Allis-Chalmers. Scratch the latter.

Look for a used regular backhoe?
https://www.equipmenttrader.com/Backhoes-Construction/equipment-for-sale?category=Backhoes|2000200

74 hp for $25K https://www.equipmenttrader.com/Construction-Equipment/listing/2000-JCB-214E+IV-5018512818

 

[AProudLefty]

That could come in handy.

It isn't that expensive if you do it yourself with a few people with backhoes and others.

Can go down two or three floors.

 

[Hawkeye10]

A class action lawsuit filed in Chicago has accused John Deere of running an illegal repair monopoly. The lawsuit alleged that John Deere has used software locks and restricted access to repair documentation and tools, making it very difficult for farmers to fix their own agricultural equipment, a problem that Motherboard has documented for years and that lawmakers, the FTC, and even the Biden administration have acknowledged.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgd...n-lawsuit-for-alleged-tractor-repair-monopoly

Problematic.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

That requires an excavator not a mini-backhoe

 

[AProudLefty]

That requires an excavator not a mini-backhoe

All the better for a bunker.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

All the better for a bunker.

They need to go much deeper for a bunker. You really need about 3 to 6 feet of burster on top of the bunker and another 3 to 6 feet of earth to make it really bunker buster proof at the artillery or smaller conventional bomb level.

 

[Matt Dillon]

That's without the accessory package I specified. The JD sells baseline for about $16,600.

Go to the site, it tallies out at around $16K with the mini-backhoe setup.