A tiny $25,000 backhoe-is it worth it?

all right guys today we're going to be checking out one of the smallest tlbs in the world that's what i was told there it is we're going to be seeing is this actually something that's a practical machine or for what is who's this meant for so we're going to be putting it to the test all right guys i've never actually ran one of these before in my life but dan owns it dan will you show me what all the bells knobs and pulley things do on this i can remember okay um okay so right here is your ptos you got dual ptos and then you got mid pto so you've got three settings uh this is for a mower deck right here this is for your back pto and your mower deck right there or whatever other attachment will go in the middle and then just the back pto okay and you have it set up for both ptos but you don't have it in gauge yeah i don't have a pto back there so i don't need the ppt so here's the engagement of it so that engages the pto okay hey this is your diff lock right here that's your difference yeah just for the back though you just hold it i don't think it has a front diff lock oh oh so you so it's a temporary diff dip box okay it's stuck you just hold that down it'll kick in okay so you don't they don't want you holding that and driving around with it because you'll tear the machine apart right okay here's your mower deck height if you have a mower deck on it okay um next to that this uh adjusts the on the uh the three-point hitch it adjusts how much uh you know how fast it goes up and down okay okay your throttle right that's your throttle uh quick disconnect so that disconnects all four at once wait all four what hydraulics so when you're taking the loader off oh my god you can flip this one lever up and all four get released nice yeah that's cool nice this is your main controls for the front boom obviously it has you know curl back forward down float flow speeds travel speed travel speed travel speed okay four wheel drive two wheel spin the seat you basically just pull up on here and then it just spins around there we go and then it locks down on that side so then you have the backhoe uh out you have your out this is a lock lock st lock some outriggers and then your controls for your backhoe but that's not standard equipment okay what engine does this have um it's got a uh so we pull guys i'm not here to sell this kubota doesn't pay me kubota's never talked to me the only time i've actually talked to a kubota rep his name is johnny's a good friend of mine he's a cool dude the other guys i don't know this is your air intake it's reversed so the forward front of the engine is here this is a homeowner tractor that's why i got it just ease of use of everything you know it's got the ag tires it's got um quick disconnects up front here so it'll fit most equipment but i mean obviously it only lifts like 600 pounds or something all right well we're gonna we're gonna test this out uh first off we're gonna see if it can do something as simple as move a pile of compacted material this is this is compacted so we're gonna see how the bucket does going into it and we're literally just gonna attempt to move this pile how it does how it handles it then we're gonna put the bucket on and we're gonna do some digging with it so and then we're to do some grading as well how well does this thing great that's the plan let's get on it all right guys i do want to jump in here and let you know that today's video is sponsored by lmn so big thanks goes to them um but we are going to be putting this thing through the test and the first one is how well will it actually scoop into a pile of compacted material this material right here is class five that's been in this pile for i don't know years and years so it's basically turned into an almost one solid mass of material at this point [Music] so then i switch around and i use the claw and this claw is an optional equipment it does not come with the kubota but the reason i'm leaning over the back of the seat if you're a tlb operator how many of you guys have done this before you just want to quick loosen something up so you lean over the back it's actually kind of a common thing if i was gonna say that there's one thing that kubota could improve on this machine it would be that seat it's just kind of wonky when you go to spin it when it's just not fluid and smooth i mean and i it's it's like a saying that we used to use inside of our company picking peppers out of fly crap it's a minor point [Music] the dealer told dan never move the hydraulics never move the tractor anything in idle never why what will happen i don't know i just said it's bad but your dealer said that so here's where your setting is for motorbikes so is this actually the world's smallest tlb i don't know if it is or not i'm gonna guess there's probably some companies out there making even smaller ones than this dan doesn't think it's gonna move it [Music] it has a surprising i wouldn't really call it power but i would guess the gearing to the engine is very well balanced the power you do have in this machine is substantial [Music] [Music] let's put the bucket on let's see what it takes to switch between attachments and let's do some digging that thumb was not part of this package that it dan bought from kubota he had to buy that separate should slide out do you think let's see not a big fan of that thing and then once you get the seat in place you have to crawl over all of your controls to get to it i'm just not i'm not complaining i'm just saying if you're a bigger guy and this is something you're going to want to do you're going to be probably i you're probably just going to get a little frustrated till you get used to it i don't know [Music] this machine though is very smooth it literally functions just like a tlb there's no shortcomings to it and i was looking for them it's a very well-built piece of equipment all right let's show these guys how we lock everything out this keeps it from going up and down and then simple as that nice easy pin lock all right so we see all these ruts right here what i'm gonna try to do is use the kubota to uh level some of this out and we'll see how she does so now you guys take a look at those tires on this machine i know some of you guys will be maybe wondering how well would this work like on turf or on grass well i don't have terp or grass to test it on but i can tell you just the tread pattern on those tires could get is fairly aggressive and i could see where that may have some potential damage but there was no turf or grass for me to test it on so if you guys have driven one of these on turfer grass would you put in the comments down below how well it does because i'm guessing there's people that want to know [Music] this actually grades better than i would have ever guessed i've tried to grade in tlbs before typically the smaller they are doesn't make it any better but look at what it could do it's got a very good intuitive control pattern you pick it up if you've ran a tlb this is just a smaller version it doesn't take any other skills there's really a very minimal learning curve to it so if you're familiar with tlbs you're going to be comfortable on that machine um let me just kind of you know you guys can't maybe see it very well through a video but it is a very well-built machine you when you're on it you honestly feel like there's nothing compromised about the machine nothing seems to be missing it's got full features on it everything seems to be well built sturdy of course it's a smaller version and so you know you got to take that into consideration as you're doing your you know as you're doing your walk around or is you you know taking a look at it but uh it's definitely a very well built piece of equipment now is this perfect for a small landscape company this would not be what i would buy if you were a landscaper if you have a large ranch a farm or you already have a skid loader or other another main piece of equipment this is a great accessory piece of equipment but this will not replace a skid loader and a mini excavator it just won't do it simply because it doesn't do it as efficiently as a skid loader can grade and load the backhoe doesn't work as well as a mini excavator so there's some things that it just doesn't do as well i still got a lot of work to do here my sun is going down the sun over there is going down on me so i'm gonna let you guys go and i will catch up with you guys later so now there are some people that are absolutely in love with tlbs they find that they're kind of the best all-purpose piece of equipment but in my mind if you're starting a business or you're going to be doing something you know on a day-to-day operation this one this is not the one and you're done kind of piece of equipment because it's just not efficient enough to make your jobs run so smoothly that you don't need to do anything else you don't need a secondary piece of equipment look how bouncy that thing is i mean it's rough i mean it's a small unit and so as you're going over the terrain and you're you're trying to grade and you're trying to do things it's gonna beat the heck out of you this is a great general purpose piece of equipment and if that's what you're looking for then this one will fit your needs but if you've got a cross turf or go over grass i would imagine that those tires and this configuration would tear up your grass pretty fast again i haven't had a chance to run it there so i'm going to count on you guys to give me some information down below but for all practical purposes this is a regular tlb just in a micro version probably the best built small tlb that i've ever had a chance to run period and that's my take on this piece of equipment dan this is dan's baby so he's actually going to be doing videos on this unit over at his second channel called midlife toys so if you guys want to know long term how does this thing perform i won't have it long term he will so you'd have to go over and check him out over there to find out how this thing is holding up in six months 12 months a year two years 12 months is a year isn't it you guys get the idea oh one thing i wanted to share with you guys before i let you go as you guys maybe see the lmn banner i haven't got my regular lmm banner yet but i heard it's coming and so what element is it's actually a software company that helps contractors dial their business in so it's more than just like a tool that you can use it's actually learning education it's it's the tool that actually gets contractors to work on their business and not for their business and i know that's been and some of you guys have probably heard people say oh you've got to work on your business not in your business and you know i mean i think that's all bs to be totally honest with you but what i think about lmn software i think if a contractor starts to use lmn software and gets familiar with it it forces them to get very intimate 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months so if you guys are in the market for a software system for your business check this out because it's more than just a software system that's my promo for lmn but i i put this in here not because i have to but because i want to um they do support me and i believe they'll support a lot of guys out there that's my uh that's that's that but this is my video for today hope you guys enjoyed it god bless you guys go get them and make it an awesome day we've got some really cool stuff coming down the pipeline um i don't know where you're watching things in order but we've got a two-day drain tile job where the neighbor comes out and starts to yell at me that one hopefully is coming up if you haven't already seen it but that video is going to lead us into another video where we take a look at some extremely extremely cheap chinese knockoff chainsaws i haven't even started filming this video yet i'm literally literally going to go on amazon and order my first one but these cheap chinese knockoff chainsaws a hundred percent of the parts are interchangeable with both husqvarna and steel so they literally tell you on amazon what part fits what chainsaw i don't even want to give any more away because this thing this when i learned about this it was kind of like mind blowing and i i want to do more research on it before i talk too much about it so hopefully that one is coming up i still got to order all the i got to order the the chainsaws so but we'll see god bless go get him you guys we'll catch you on another one

Channel: Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

Views: 330,600

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Length: 16min 49sec (1009 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 26 2020