What Have We Done?!?! Should You Buy the Backhoe for Your Subcompact Tractor? Kubota BX23S BT603

A hobby homesteader looks back on three-plus years of owning the BT-603 backhoe on a BX23S, cataloguing a long list of real projects it made possible: drainage ditches, utility trenches for water/sewer/electric, a duck pond, fence stretching, stump work, and neighbor trades. No specs or comparisons, this is purely a use-case retrospective that's most useful for someone weighing whether the backhoe add-on justifies its roughly $5,000 price tag.

An owner-operator on a working 38-acre hobby homestead sharing personal experience, so the perspective is genuinely hands-on but openly favorable toward the purchase they already made.