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Read articles →This is a personal landscaping project log, not a tractor review: the owner uses his 2038R's backhoe and loader to dig up dozens of hostas and lilies, relocate them with pallet forks, pull a stubborn tree stump, lay weed mat, and spread five yards of mulch. It includes real project cost ($400, with a comparison to landscaper pricing) and a 12-16 month regrowth check-in. Best for owners curious about everyday backhoe/loader landscaping work rather than specs or a first-look walkaround.
Posted by Bill Burkhart, an owner-operator documenting his own property projects with the tractor, with a casual, viewer-correspondence style rather than a sales or review focus.
According to the operator's manual, the backhoe reach is about nine foot nine.
He digs up the root ball and surrounding soil with the backhoe, palletizes the root balls, then uses pallet forks to haul and replant them elsewhere on the property.
The project cost $400, and he estimates a landscaper would have charged a couple thousand dollars, crediting the tractor with about $1500 in savings.
He starts digging on the outside of the stump to find the roots, then works his way inward until the roots break and the stump comes out.
