On a commune I lived on in Kentucky we had a Backhoe and tractor with an assortment of tools and power tools; we had a solar array to meet our electricity needs

On a commune I lived on in Kentucky we had a Backhoe and tractor with an assortment of tools and power tools; we had a solar array to meet our electricity needs. It was well worth having the Backhoe and tractor - for three people, some jobs are much easier when you have a machine to help (such as digging a wide long trench).