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Read articles →This is a real-world jobsite video, not a spec review: Brock uses his John Deere 2038R's backhoe and loader to cut back a steep hillside above a building, working around a buried French drain line. He tests loading dirt directly into a dump trailer versus grubbing loose with the backhoe then scooping with the bucket, showing the backhoe's limited reach firsthand. Good for owners curious how a compact tractor backhoe handles real earthmoving and its practical limits.
Posted by the Rockhill Farm channel, an owner-operator documenting hands-on daily work and experimentation with his own equipment.
Not efficiently. The backhoe's short arm and limited range of motion make it hard to reach over the trailer side without losing dirt or risking hitting the trailer.
Grub the dirt loose with the backhoe first, then scoop it up with the loader bucket, which moved material much faster than loading the backhoe directly.
A thumb helps isolate rocks from dirt so you get a clean dirt pile and a separate rock pile instead of mixing them together while digging.
Pile and tamp dirt against the wall to secure the blocks from shifting, while covering a buried French drain line that sheds water down the hill.
