Loaders & Backhoes in Jasper, TX

We sell used equipment along with new at our Buna store. Whether there's a used loader or backhoe depends on what's been traded in and what's sold, since the lot changes. There's no standing list. Call the store before you drive down from Jasper and ask what's there that week. Whatever you find, it still has to suit your tractor's mounts, hydraulics and lift. Look over the pins, bushings, hoses and cylinders on any used unit. A little play or a weeping fitting tells you how hard it's worked.

Grease it, watch its hoses and keep its pins tight. A backhoe has more pivot points than a loader, and every one needs grease on the schedule in its manual. Dirt in a dry pin wears it out. Check the hoses for rubbed spots where they bend at the boom and the bucket. Look at the bucket teeth and the cutting edge, since worn teeth make the whole machine work harder. Clayey soil packs into the bucket and the linkage, so knock it off after each job. The shop at our Buna store works on backhoes, loaders and the tractors they mount to.

Back to our Buna store. The counter handles wear parts like pins, bushings, hoses, seals and bucket edges, and it can order what isn't on the shelf. The shop does repair work on the loader and on the tractor it's mounted to. Bought new or used, it's the same counter and the same shop. From Jasper, a phone call before the drive makes sense. Tell the counter or the shop what you're seeing: a leak, a clunk, a cylinder that drifts down. That gives them something to go on before you load anything up.

Begin with what your tractor can carry and power. A loader needs the right mounts, enough hydraulic flow and a front axle rated for the load. A backhoe needs rear mounts and a tractor heavy enough to dig without lifting off the ground. Attachments like these fit most brands, so the badge on the hood matters less than those numbers. Write down your tractor's make, model and year. Then decide the main job, whether that's moving hay, grading dirt or digging a line. Bring all of it to our Buna store and compare the specs side by side.

It can, with a bale spear and a loader rated for the weight. Mahindra makes bale spears. Know what your bales weigh and check that against the loader's lift capacity. Carry a bale low, not high. Mahindra's own loader advice is to move with the loader as low as you safely can. A bale held high throws off the tractor's balance, and on some setups it can roll back toward you. Add rear ballast or a heavy implement on the hitch as your operator's manual calls for. Go slow over rough ground and through turns. Never let anyone stand under a raised load.