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Portable Backhoe Makes Digging Faster, Easier
Your readers might be interested in our new portable backhoe that makes digging faster, easier and cheaper. It can be be towed to a job site and then quickly unhooked and put to work. It's powered by a standard 9 hp. Briggs industrial motor and rides on balloon tires that are highway-rated. Support legs provide an 8-ft. wide base. Boom arms are laser cut from heavy plate steel. Bucket has replaceable teeth. You can use the bucket to move the unit along when in use.
Four models are available, each priced at under $5,000. Two of the models can be attached to tractor 3-pts. Booms with 9 or 12 ft. reach are available with 8 or 12-in. wide buckets. (Bill Johnson, President, Collins Machinery Engineering, 8600 N.E. Underground Dr., Pillar 104E, Kansas City, Mo. 64161 ph 816 455-5035; website: www.portablebackhoe.com)


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2003 - Volume #27, Issue #3