The 110 is my first backhoe, I've rented and used plenty including full size excavators, but this is my first that I own. The one I found had a hydraulic thumb. For what I'm doing, and the little I've done with it now, I couldn't imagine not having the thumb. I want to clear a lot of woods and I will be using the thumb constantly to 'pluck' trees out of the ground and move them. I've taken 3 trees out so far, and I wouldn't have done it nearly as easy without it. With this said, I don't know the ability of your smaller hoe. I would still see tons of use to pick stuff up, if your cutting with a chainsaw you can pick up a log and saw it standing up, not bending over. There are tons of uses for a thumb, and it's not something that will ever be in the way. I don't see it as harming anything except a couple hundred bucks. If you can afford it, I think it would be more than useful and you would not regret it once you had it.
thumb on 260 hoe?
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Good post by Rob, remember you can always weld the bolt on, on.
Do you weld, though? If so, I think that one for $200 is the ticket. The steel alone would be close to that amount, they can't be making much profit out of that, especially with free shipping! I'll post some pictures of my thumb. I like how with the weld on you can put it down almost all the way to the buck, that way you can grip smaller stuff easier. I found this (http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-21-inch...ps=63&clkid=7352396759760347446#ht_500wt_1413) one as well. It's larger, less money and made by the same company. I'd take some measurements of your hoe and see what would fit best first, though.
Do you weld, though? If so, I think that one for $200 is the ticket. The steel alone would be close to that amount, they can't be making much profit out of that, especially with free shipping! I'll post some pictures of my thumb. I like how with the weld on you can put it down almost all the way to the buck, that way you can grip smaller stuff easier. I found this (http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-21-inch...ps=63&clkid=7352396759760347446#ht_500wt_1413) one as well. It's larger, less money and made by the same company. I'd take some measurements of your hoe and see what would fit best first, though.
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You probably know him and don't know it! Just wait to find out he's your boss:laugh:
And I agree with you completely about TBN. After coming here, I've been spending nearly all my time here and only replying to threads I've subscribed to over there. The orange users may call us green lovers bad, but I would really like them to take a look back at the situation and see some of the things they post. Don't get me started on some of these people. I don't want to name names publicly, but there are some bad ones that drive me up a wall. You post something suggesting something different than a Kubota and they pull out the green lover card. Then they go on to say what's wrong with everything besides Kubota. It's not everyone and there is one particular that is the other shade of orange (Kioti), don't want to name names, but you probably know, who has a dealer who has told him that some JD products are flat out bad and to buy something else and they have their repair center in the front of the store. Sorry about the rant, and for those of you to ask, I do feel better now.
All the more reason to be on GTT, the people here are MUCH more reasonable and not uppity about everything like on the other side of the fence.:focus:
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