I picked up the WM6600 about 3 years ago and it's been awesome. As was any dealings with the company. GET the hyd thumb if you even think about picking anything up, it opens a lot of doors you wouldn't think you would use it for. I've use it to pick up tree's, large rocks, stumps I dug out, etc. On the heavier loads, If it could lift it then all I did was back my old wannabe HF trailer under it take it to where I needed it and pick it up again and drive off. I got the "quick change" for the bucket as I also got the 'Ripper' so it would be easier to change out and maybe in the future buy a larger/smaller bucket. I had looked for a loong time at the different 3pt backhoe's and the WoodMaxx just had the most bang for the buck. I was looking for a lighter one for my old '97 JD770 but not something that was going to fall apart after a few month's. It's a bit on the high side of the grey area for the JD as far as heavy but I just used common sense on what I did. I used it for two years on the JD before I got my LS MT235HE and transferred it over. The only problems that went wrong, -that I didn't cause-, was I had the pressure hose burst into an small Old Faithful fountain. I contacted WoodMaxx and even tho the hose was a few months out of warranty they went ahead and sent me a new one anyway. And a metering valve started seeping and was sent a new one under warranty. Not too bad to get to and replace. Now the problems - I - caused, when you do more then the intended use, the articulating part of the bucket bracket may bend a bit. Pressing it back straight helps. Also, DO A PRE-TRIP every day. My clip for the chain to the pump fell apart and wrapped the hose's into a pretzel, -at an idle-. Things I would change if they haven't already, put stronger clips in the leg pins as the movement in the pins sliding will bend or break the smaller ones. Also a maybe get a few larger washers/bushings to take some of the slack out of the pivot points in the joints? As is I would still buy it again.
Why in the "World" would you Lay out All that money for a unit that HAS NO GREASE FITTINGS & only "kotter-pins " holding things together? Just is So cheaply constructed; could of been great "IF" the company could of invested 27$ in sourcing IT With GREASABLE PINS & BUSHINGS!! The "sloppyness" eventually WILL Be CATISTROFIC.
@@donaldstrishock3923 No where in my comment did I say it DIDN’T have grease fittings. So without even looking at this brand you come up with that conclusion? Every pin/bushing that has rotating movement has a grease fitting. The pins where the legs pivot up and down, there’s just a bit more movement, side to side, of the leg that I think it should. The “clip” for the pump was actually a nut and bolt that I thought I could hand tighten which was all on me. The leg pins are the only ones that have a “Clip” and - I - feel they could be larger. This is NOT a commercial backhoe. I do not use this 8hrs a days / 7 days a week / 52 weeks a year. I do more than dig holes or trench’s. So the small things that I mentioned are the end results of not just digging holes. So I may use it for a month straight. And yes also in my “World” I spent all that money so It will probably sit for 10 months out the year, my brush cutter will sit for 7 months, my hydraulic bucket may sit for 6 months, my tractors may sit for 6 months, but when I need them I have immediate access to them and I may use them for months at a time. I don’t have to wait for a spot in line to rent one or a day they can deliver it to me and spend $300 a day on a day that is not good for me and I have to take a day off in order to use it.
@@jaygyver7213 So sorry for my "mis-calculation & conclusinons". I JUST DID NOT See GREASE-fittings anywhere during the "Assembly Procedures". I'm sure glad for you "Sir" that it does. My Apologies. I just can't believe that l didn't see "Them"!
I picked up the WM6600 about 3 years ago and it's been awesome. As was any dealings with the company.
GET the hyd thumb if you even think about picking anything up, it opens a lot of doors you wouldn't think you would use it for. I've use it to pick up tree's, large rocks, stumps I dug out, etc. On the heavier loads, If it could lift it then all I did was back my old wannabe HF trailer under it take it to where I needed it and pick it up again and drive off. I got the "quick change" for the bucket as I also got the 'Ripper' so it would be easier to change out and maybe in the future buy a larger/smaller bucket.
I had looked for a loong time at the different 3pt backhoe's and the WoodMaxx just had the most bang for the buck. I was looking for a lighter one for my old '97 JD770 but not something that was going to fall apart after a few month's. It's a bit on the high side of the grey area for the JD as far as heavy but I just used common sense on what I did. I used it for two years on the JD before I got my LS MT235HE and transferred it over.
The only problems that went wrong, -that I didn't cause-, was I had the pressure hose burst into an small Old Faithful fountain. I contacted WoodMaxx and even tho the hose was a few months out of warranty they went ahead and sent me a new one anyway. And a metering valve started seeping and was sent a new one under warranty. Not too bad to get to and replace.
Now the problems - I - caused, when you do more then the intended use, the articulating part of the bucket bracket may bend a bit. Pressing it back straight helps. Also, DO A PRE-TRIP every day. My clip for the chain to the pump fell apart and wrapped the hose's into a pretzel, -at an idle-.
Things I would change if they haven't already, put stronger clips in the leg pins as the movement in the pins sliding will bend or break the smaller ones. Also a maybe get a few larger washers/bushings to take some of the slack out of the pivot points in the joints?
As is I would still buy it again.
Why in the "World" would you Lay out All that money for a unit that HAS NO GREASE FITTINGS & only "kotter-pins " holding things together? Just is So cheaply constructed; could of been great "IF" the company could of invested 27$ in sourcing IT With GREASABLE PINS & BUSHINGS!! The "sloppyness" eventually WILL Be CATISTROFIC.
@@donaldstrishock3923
No where in my comment did I say it DIDN’T have grease fittings.
So without even looking at this brand you come up with that conclusion?
Every pin/bushing that has rotating movement has a grease fitting. The pins where the legs pivot up and down, there’s just a bit more movement, side to side, of the leg that I think it should. The “clip” for the pump was actually a nut and bolt that I thought I could hand tighten which was all on me. The leg pins are the only ones that have a “Clip” and - I - feel they could be larger.
This is NOT a commercial backhoe. I do not use this 8hrs a days / 7 days a week / 52 weeks a year. I do more than dig holes or trench’s. So the small things that I mentioned are the end results of not just digging holes. So I may use it for a month straight.
And yes also in my “World” I spent all that money so It will probably sit for 10 months out the year, my brush cutter will sit for 7 months, my hydraulic bucket may sit for 6 months, my tractors may sit for 6 months, but when I need them I have immediate access to them and I may use them for months at a time.
I don’t have to wait for a spot in line to rent one or a day they can deliver it to me and spend $300 a day on a day that is not good for me and I have to take a day off in order to use it.
@@jaygyver7213 So sorry for my "mis-calculation & conclusinons". I JUST DID NOT See GREASE-fittings anywhere during the "Assembly Procedures". I'm sure glad for you "Sir" that it does. My Apologies. I just can't believe that l didn't see "Them"!
You may have said but approximately how long does the assembly process take?