Reverse Drive Backhoe tilt rotator

GazCro

GazCro

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More of the point they are rear drivable but in essence a backhoe so why not recreate it for cheeper on a more normal to market machine
I don't think it's cheap to do though. Obviously engcon dc2 or equivalent isn't cheap but I'd guess its the only way of doing it so that would have to be the manufacturer way too. There's also probably type approval hoops a manufacturer has to jump through which would add more complication and cost to it which doing it aftermarket kind of avoids.
 
Left hooker

Left hooker

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I don't think it's cheap to do though. Obviously engcon dc2 or equivalent isn't cheap but I'd guess its the only way of doing it so that would have to be the manufacturer way too. There's also probably type approval hoops a manufacturer has to jump through which would add more complication and cost to it which doing it aftermarket kind of avoids.
But price this against a hud dig it will still come up cheeper
 
Left hooker

Left hooker

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Yeah it might but if they wanted 15k extra for a 3cx with reverse drive would you bother? Huddig are a complete different entity built and used in a country with a total different way of working and value of the work done.
So is Billy Bob
 
BillybobLockwood

BillybobLockwood

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-they have those big


most the jobs I could do easily without having fancy reverse drive or tilt rotator on backhoe but if you want it and you earn million dolads a week so may as well spend it haha 😂

back hoes get used for a lot of stuff here as well
ok ok, your the God all knowing operator,:ROFLMAO: Ill keep my toys, you stay in the 1900's.
 
BillybobLockwood

BillybobLockwood

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I don't think it's cheap to do though. Obviously engcon dc2 or equivalent isn't cheap but I'd guess its the only way of doing it so that would have to be the manufacturer way too. There's also probably type approval hoops a manufacturer has to jump through which would add more complication and cost to it which doing it aftermarket kind of avoids.
the reverse control will cost us 5 grand or so all in, and now we have it on a machine we know we can get parts for, my guys like it, and it costs 120k instead of 600!!!
 
Giles

Giles

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ok ok, your the God all knowing operator,:ROFLMAO: Ill keep my toys, you stay in the 1900's.
It’s not that more maybe explore the full potential of the backhoes front bucket before thinking like a hoe operator and basically trying to make it into a duck, see lots of 360 ops get into a backhoe and they’ll be trying to say level a stone lot out with back actor and grader rather than using the 4;1.

ops who started on backhoe/180 etc before being on 360 machines operate them differently
 
Left hooker

Left hooker

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It’s not that more maybe explore the full potential of the backhoes front bucket before thinking like a hoe operator and basically trying to make it into a duck, see lots of 360 ops get into a backhoe and they’ll be trying to say level a stone lot out with back actor and grader rather than using the 4;1.

ops who started on backhoe/180 etc before being on 360 machines operate them differently
He's got no 4 in 1 as it's a USA machine most don't
Side tip is generally the other option they go for
 
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