I've had several of the bobcat backhoes on skid steers from the 743's, 863's and a 953. They all locked on a bracket mounted solid on the skid steer. He might be better off getting a decent older skid steer that can be used for other purposes and get a backhoe to go on it. He is spread over about a 2 mile area with 4 different sights. They are also short handed most of the time as help is really hard to find and keep in the hog industry.