Elkhart Info. Elkhart, Texas is located in Anderson County. Zip codes in Elkhart, TX include 75839. The median home price in Elkhart is $142,500 which is roughly $51/per square foot.
Average Salary. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the average annual salary of a backhoe operator in the United States as of May 2010 is $44,830, or $21.55 per hour.
In my area $85/hr on the low side, $135/hr on the high side for a TLB. I would expect to pay an hour for travel unless it was a big job. If it was a big job they wouldn't bring a TLB, they'd have an excavator. IMO people are asking you to do backhoe work for them because they don't want to pay the going rate for a legitimate contractor.