Step 1: O&O Backhoes

We based these calculations on a John Deere 310, model year 2008, with a purchase price of $75,000.

That’s the bare-bones model. Deere told us the price could go $10,000 higher with enclosed cab and auxiliary hydraulics (which is something you may want to seriously consider when you look at the labor costs.)

Now let’s look at the owning costs:

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