E60 Skid Steer Fixed Backhoe | Eterra Reviews

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Eterra E60 Fixed Backhoe with Fixed Thumb Description This skid steer backhoe system is an Eterra original from decades ago when the company began, and it is still immensely popular to this day. Originally termed the EZ-HOE, then the EH-5000, the product evolution has produced its current name, the Eterra E60, with optimized benefits and dynamic characteristics. Eterra has removed their original precision pins and replaced them with an exclusive ECS Backhoe Quick Exchange Coupler, resulting in a truly original and multi-functional attachment. This enables you to change out various implements with incredible ease. The various Buckets, Grapples and Accessories available for the E60 model are:
8” Trenching Bucket with 2 removable digging teeth 12” Digging Bucket with 3 removable digging teeth 16” Digging Bucket with 3 removable digging teeth 22” Digging Bucket with 3 removable digging teeth 32” Clean-Out Bucket (No digging teeth) 5-foot Mini-Lifting Boom Ripper Grapple Rake
This package comes standard with the E60 Backhoe Exchange Coupler and Thumb, 3” x 12” hydraulic cylinder, hoses and hydraulic flat face ISO ½” couplers.
What's Included?
Eterra E60 Backhoe attachment Universal Skid Steer Mounting Plate Standard digging bucket Hydraulic hoses Flat faced couplers Owner's manual

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“Am building a house and have the E60 with an 8 and 22 in buckets and the grapple rake. Have used the buckets for trenching, digging and setting culverts and drop inlets, taking down small oaks and evergreens/digging out their roots, slope cutting along a driveway, etc. - all quite effectively. The grapple rake has turned out to work well for digging up and pulling manzanita bushes of all sizes which are a fire danger and generally annoying to have on the property. The thumb means the buckets and grapple rake all work well for lifting and carrying. The boom is long enough by itself for lifting and carrying 20 foot culverts, swinging them to one side and still fitting within a driveway. The equipment has proved reliable. The system for swapping accessories works well although the pin was difficult to remove the first time. I do have a few issues, the main one being I wish the unit could swing side to side. Having to rotate the skid steer when trenching works until you need to work from the opposite direction because of obstructions. Then you end up filling your trench with material shifted by the tracks or wheels. Rotating the machine also means taking extra time to realign the machine to the trench or hole each time. Unfortunately, units that swing, like the Bradco, are correspondingly more expensive, so the E60 is a good choice if you aren't working in confined areas. My second issue is I am working on shallow slopes a lot of the time and the lip where the backhoe's adapter plate engages the machine's adapter is short. If the E60's plate and the machine's adapter aren't level side to side with each other it takes a lot of finesse to get them connected. The lip on one side will engage but the other side won't easily. The backhoe's plate will shift as one side lifts first (it becomes kind of a two legged stool). A bigger lip would help a lot. While the E60 tends to be the better bargain, you might want to consider the E70. The reach of the E60 was just a bit short for a couple of my jobs (digging for drop inlets for culverts), leaving us to dig out the rest by hand. Keep in mind that, at full depth, the bottom of the hole will be like a bowl - you can't get a square bottom at full depth so you'll have to break out your digging bar and shovels.”

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Posted 9 years ago

“I like the backhoe attachment very well it does what it is supposed to do the only negative is the bucket is weak it needs to be beefed up”

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Posted 9 years ago

Thank you for your review, we appreciate you taking the time and we will take your feedback into consideration with the Eterra team. Please let us know if Skid Steer Solutions can offer you any assistance. Thanks again! -Kyle

Posted 9 years ago

“I have been using this attachment on a Bobcat 763. The backhoe is very stout and digs surprisingly well. Very pleased with the quick delivery and service.”

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Posted 9 years ago

Robert, thank you for your review. We're happy to hear that you're satisfied with the backhoe attachment. Feel free to get in touch with the team here at Skid Steer Solutions with any future questions or concerns. Thanks again! -Kyle

Posted 9 years ago

“I ordered an Eterra E60 backhoe attachment for my Tacheuchi TL 230 skid steer almost 3 years ago and have been absolutely 100% pleased with the attachment as well as the customer service from Skid Steer Solutions. This is probably the second review have ever done for any product that I have purchased. I have performed many projects to put this backhoe attachment through its paces and it has performed flawlessly. I would not hesitate to buy this all over again!!”

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Posted 9 years ago

Barc, thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we appreciate you letting everyone know that you're satisfied with the E60. Please let the Skid Steer Solutions team know if we can be of any help. Thanks! -Kyle

Posted 9 years ago

“The Bacot has been a tremendous asset and is very useful for digging trenches or small holes such as landscaping projects. It also helps with lifting objects onto the back of trucks or trailers.”

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Posted 9 years ago

James, we appreciate you taking the time to review the E60 skid steer backhoe. It's great to hear all the way you're utilizing the attachment. Thanks again, and please let us know if we can assist you any further. -Kyle

Posted 9 years ago

“Inexperienced residential user here... Works as expected; product quality 8/10. Most likely the best bang for your buck.”

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Posted 9 years ago

“I cracked the head & had it repaired & you paid for part of the repair . I have had no problems since I had the head beefed up .”

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Posted 9 years ago

Joe, we're happy to hear your issue has been resolved and the E60 is back to work. Thank you for leaving a review. Please get back in touch if we can answer any questions or help out in any way. Thanks again! -Kyle

Posted 9 years ago

“Unit is awesome and you won't find any better for the price . I use it to dig and remove stumps and it works great! Skid steer solutions did a great job asking all questions that needed to be asked to get my order right and to me quickly ! Highly recommend these attachments as they are very well made !”

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