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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 32621" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>obxer, I don' t know what a p.m. 1200d is, so I can't comment directly. Let me talk about a backhoe I got for my Bobcat. It was for an old skid steer, so we had to adapt it to a Bobcat, which was very easy. The hard part was getting it refurbished. It had been laying on the ground for 10-15 yrs. Every cylinder had to be torn down and rebuilt or replaced. Every hose had to be replaced. The valve assembly had to be rebuilt, and it still seeps, and the main boom drifts down because there was too much rust to get everything to seal properly. The total bill to me was $4500. For that money, I could have purchased a good used backhoe. I'm very satisfied with the backhoe at this point, but I wanted to illustrate that stuff that hasn't been used for a long time can really eat up the money. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ---RC</p></blockquote><p></p>