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I bought a Cheap John Deere Tractor Loader Backhoe on an Auction

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What happens here

After all mechanical and cosmetic work is completed, the restored equipment is put to the test. The video shows both the yellow John Deere 310E backhoe and the black/green restored backhoe (which the presenter refers to as 'his favorite') actively engaged in various tasks. These include clearing heavy snow with a plow attachment, pushing snow with a skid steer, and digging trenches. The presenter notes the specific challenges and advantages of his machines, such as the John Deere 310E being only '2-wheel drive' and getting stuck, indicating the trade-offs of budget equipment. This final step confirms the success of the restoration efforts by demonstrating the equipment's functionality and practical utility.

Goal: Verify functionality and put equipment into practical use.

Tools and materials

  • ASV RT-75 Skid Steer — Pushing and clearing snow, assisting with other heavy loads
  • Fuel — Powering the heavy equipment
  • John Deere 310E backhoe — Performing tasks like snow plowing and digging
  • Plow Attachment — Clearing snow from driveways and parking lots

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a little bit more of a warm fuzzy feeling now not a great feeling but a little bit more confidence agree or disagree okay the numbers the number one the best piece of equipment you can buy at an auction is a municipality piece of equipment this is a piece of equipment that a county state or federal agency has decided to sell they have zero interest in it they don't care what the going rate of that piece of equipment is they don't need it they don't care what it sells for they may have some kind of a minimum or something like that that they want to get out of it but it's not a requirement so with that being said the number one piece of equipment if somebody's going to an auction that they should look for would be a municipality own piece of equipment and there'll be tiny indicators that it's been municipality owned you'll be able to look over the machine and look for small little stickers like this that may they may have left behind and other indicators that will say hey this was Prior owned by a large organization it's almost like hints that you've got to look dude there's just no traction under there maybe he was sliding without having anything under him I think it's pure ice down below I think that what the lots were warm then the snow hit and then they froze organization it's almost like hints that you've got to look for that would be the number one piece of equipment that I would recommend to people are john deere 310 II was municipality owned and a lot of times what happens is those pieces of equipment have more hours idling than actually working on a job so the state-owned ones they bring them out they turn them on and then they go do whatever work they got to do then they turn them off at the end of the day and that hour clock will say eight hours but the tires may not have rotated three times during that eight hour day I will by a municipality own piece of equipment or a state-owned piece of equipment over anything else plus their maintenance on those things is superior than almost anywhere else you can go to get when you buy a piece of equipment so when a guy is looking for that one piece of equipment if you're on an auction and you know it's run owned was owned by the state for sure go for that but now there's the big warning the big red flag guys like you and me guys like you and me are the ones you don't want to buy from ok now I'm going to tell you right now we're taking care of this piece of equipment but it's getting the most TLC that it's…

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