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Read articles →An owner-operator on a New Holland Boomer 24 works through the honest cost-benefit question of owning a backhoe versus renting. He shares his purchase price ($9,500), monthly payment context, and covers frame-mount vs. three-point stability, proper storage, and attaching the unit on camera. A short live dig reaches about three feet in under ten minutes. Best for compact-tractor owners weighing convenience ownership against rental economics.
An owner-operator sharing candid, real-world impressions from their own property, with no apparent commercial or dealer affiliation.
The owner says it is mainly worth it for convenience on small jobs around the property, not for big jobs like long trenches where renting an excavator or trencher is faster.
It cost $9,500 including the tractor and added about $100 to $150 a month to the loan payment, part of a $500 monthly payment covering all his attachments.
The owner prefers the frame-mounted backhoe, saying it is a lot more stable and sturdy and does not tear up as easily as the three-point mounted version he used before.
In a live demonstration lasting a little more than five and less than ten minutes, the backhoe dug to about three feet deep.
