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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 6884" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>I was given a "free" backhoe for my Bobcat. The backhoe had previously been used with a skidsteer and was lying dormant in the weeds the past 15 years or so. All the cylinders had to be rebuilt, some replaced completely, and the valve arrangement totally rebuilt. Cost of the foregoing was $3000 (I had it done by a commercial shop). Then, we found the "main kingpin" was broken, and one of the valves was not holding. $1K to rebuild the large main knuckle with pin, and $300 to add another outboard valve which cured the creep in the main boom cylinder. So my free backhoe only cost about $4300. Which is not too bad for a nice backhoe with what I call outrigger hydraulic stabilizers (vice the ones that just jam staight down) and all new hoses and essentially brand new cylinders. But it sure wasn't free. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ---Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>