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Read articles →An owner-operator documents a real three-and-a-half-hour backhoe job on a Mahindra 1626, deepening a nearly dry creek hole into a small family swimming spot. The video covers working in tight, wooded spaces, moving roughly 15 yards of dirt with a compact bucket, and hitting the water table mid-dig. It also touches briefly on legal considerations before digging near a stream. Best for compact-tractor owners curious about practical backhoe capacity on a modest real-world project.
Posted by the Farm Dad channel, where an owner-operator shares hands-on projects from what he describes as a 90-acre family property in Arkansas, so expect a personal, non-commercial perspective.
The owner spent about three and a half hours digging and estimates he moved about 15 yards of dirt, roughly one dump truck load.
The owner says he is no lawyer but believes he is in the clear since he owns the whole stream, is not diverting water, and it is similar to legal gravel mining.
The owner says the hardest thing in a tight space like the woods is just finding a place to put your dirt.
He dug it about two and a half feet deeper than before, which combined with the normal two feet of water should make it about four and a half feet deep.
