Yes, you can! The loader on the MAGNATRAC MH8500 or the MAGNATRAC MH4900 are not just loaders, they can excavate as well. Building terraces with these machines will work, however, there are probably a few different ways to go about the project. If you’d want a backhoe on the back of the machine to aide in the project, you can add that as well. You could buy a backhoe at a later date as well and add it to the machine.