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Read articles →A hobby homesteader looks back on three-plus years of owning the BT-603 backhoe on a BX23S, cataloguing a long list of real projects it made possible: drainage ditches, utility trenches for water/sewer/electric, a duck pond, fence stretching, stump work, and neighbor trades. No specs or comparisons, this is purely a use-case retrospective that's most useful for someone weighing whether the backhoe add-on justifies its roughly $5,000 price tag.
An owner-operator on a working 38-acre hobby homestead sharing personal experience, so the perspective is genuinely hands-on but openly favorable toward the purchase they already made.
