Piston
Elite Member
Hi all,
I'm hoping some of you have eperience with excavators, and more specifically Hitachi Excavators. I don't know hardly anything about them. A friend of the family is selling an excavator and it just so happens that I'm also clearing my land. I've been using my tractor but it's a slow process. If I could buy the excavator for a decent price, then it may be worth the risk of buying it, using it, and selling it when I'm done. I have experience operating backhoes and of course tractors.
I started a thread about replacing my tractor with a skidsteer and mini ex, because I thought what he was selling was a mini ex, but then learned it's much bigger than that. I posted the following pictures on this thread, but will post them again here as well.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/.../274285-single-tractor-vs-skidsteer-mini.html
My question is, what do you think this excavator is worth?
It's a Hitachi 230-LC5
No hyd thumb
good condition
it's currently in use on a job and I can try it out
I know the owner, he's a lifelong family friend, and I absolutely trust that he wouldn't sell me something about to blow up.
I suppose you can't really say what it's worth without knowing the hours and undercarriage amount, which I don't know about yet, but will update when I find out. Is there any rough idea you can give me for something like this, if we assume the undercarriage is fair, and the hours aren't excessively high?
I apologize for not having more info, and I should probably wait to post this until I do, but I'm too interested to wait :laughing:
If you can't help me with any pricing info, can you share any and all experience, good or bad, about Hitachi excavators in general?
I'm hoping some of you have eperience with excavators, and more specifically Hitachi Excavators. I don't know hardly anything about them. A friend of the family is selling an excavator and it just so happens that I'm also clearing my land. I've been using my tractor but it's a slow process. If I could buy the excavator for a decent price, then it may be worth the risk of buying it, using it, and selling it when I'm done. I have experience operating backhoes and of course tractors.
I started a thread about replacing my tractor with a skidsteer and mini ex, because I thought what he was selling was a mini ex, but then learned it's much bigger than that. I posted the following pictures on this thread, but will post them again here as well.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/.../274285-single-tractor-vs-skidsteer-mini.html
My question is, what do you think this excavator is worth?
It's a Hitachi 230-LC5
No hyd thumb
good condition
it's currently in use on a job and I can try it out
I know the owner, he's a lifelong family friend, and I absolutely trust that he wouldn't sell me something about to blow up.
I suppose you can't really say what it's worth without knowing the hours and undercarriage amount, which I don't know about yet, but will update when I find out. Is there any rough idea you can give me for something like this, if we assume the undercarriage is fair, and the hours aren't excessively high?
I apologize for not having more info, and I should probably wait to post this until I do, but I'm too interested to wait :laughing:
If you can't help me with any pricing info, can you share any and all experience, good or bad, about Hitachi excavators in general?