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I have 44 wooded acres...there's no pavement in site, and with a 1000' driveway, there won't be anytime soon! The little ones usually have rubber tracks, and I'd think those would be rather minimal impact on pavement, yard, grass, etc anyways, right?

I have the zetor, which is not a compact tractor, with a FEL...so I have all that for getting things around.

What I want to do now is be able to dig my own drainage trenches, landscaping work, burying more conduit, etc.

I have about 16" of dirt on my property, then it is all rock, so I can't really dig well into it with a true tlb, let alone a 3PT hoe or a mini excavator...so, I envision using it more for the odd job every now and again.

I'd like to clear a few acres of land for a pasture, over a period of years I suspect, no big hurry, and with a three of some size in every square yard or so, there'd be many stumps to bring up. A dozer would be best for that I think, I hire one in now when I need it, but I grow tired of hiring one in...and also want to work on my own schedule.

Is digging ability all in break out force, or does it matter more on the machine it is attached too? I'm sure mass of the host machine matters, I'd think so anyways, and hence curious on comparing a mini-ex with a 3pt hoe which has similar breakout forces, cylinders, etc. My tractor and hoe would be over 10,000 total together I suspect....with loaded tires, the FEL, chains, etc. The min ex's are a third of this at best, in my low end price range.

Category II 3PT backhoe subframe needed
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