Bright red and yellow make for a very cheery machine! Though it looks like a children’s toy, this portable backhoe should prove fairly useful for a farm or small operation. The website contains hardly any information besides contact info for the manufacturer, but at least they put up some pretty pictures. This sure looks better than Red Green’s Cadillac backhoe.
Portable Backhoe [Collins Machinery]
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Problem is that, if you go to the Collins site, they leave out a lot of essential detail in their specifications… like breakout force, for instance.
I would be very skeptical of this machine….
Re eschoendorff Says:
Amen to needing to know the specs.
Our lightweight machine is a Daewoo 140 only good for 19,000 lbs – but its a “lightweight” at 15tons.
Swing torque is also useful to know
Does the ‘model’ have a cigarette in his mouth?
The bucket linkage at the end of the ram is mounted in single shear. NICE! That’ll last a long time…
I had to go back and look at the other pics again, but you’re right about single shear. How much more would it have cost to make it a double? Couldn’t be that much. Wonder how many hours that takes off the life of the ram?
Anyone have any experience using any of the mini-backhoes? I need a small lightweight model to mount on a small barge for cleaning out my boat slip. Mostly silt and clay in the slip. I’m also looking at the Gopher mini out of Oregon. Thanks for any help.
Don,
any luck finding a mini- light weight backhoe?
i have same problem in Florida.
thanks
John
Does this model come with cigarettes to smoke while operating equipment? They are illegal here.