Thanks Robbie! I appreciate your insight. the 2004 87L is the piece I'm looking at real serious. $60K "slightly" used 400 hours total only 160 on the engine story goes that on all 04 raycos they came with a factory recall and when a machine went in 4 service they would change out to a new engine. some of the sensors for the temp did not work corrrectly so they would change to new sensors and new engine. Kinda taking care of the customer before the problem is known. This particular machine kept blowing a fuse but found it was due to a rubbed wire @ the ocupant switch under the seat. Has only been a factory demo never sold! I currently have a 257 Cat with the ASV undercarrage and know that the rubber won't last long. was hoping the tripple grousers would not be as aggressive as singles. The head may be FAE but I know that the FTX 90 FECON is made by rayco so I assumed that Rayco used the same head but I may be wrong (Has happened).
The rayco seems to be the right choice and I decided to go the loader route 1 for the versitlity and two for the added reach when getting tall bent over skinny trees covered in kudzu. Can your ASV out cut the average Rayco? Will I bennefit from the pressurized cab and place to put rear hydraulic skidder style winch?
I also have a line on a Gyrotrac but it is the GT10 with swinging head not the planer style
. I can not find the GT 13 used anywhere and 200K for a new one is out of the question right now. The GT 10 is actually an ASV with paint
Mabey later get the 140 rayco after I know that I can make the payments and just get my feet wet for now? I have broke down the operating cost and can e-mail them to you for your enjoyment! My target customer base will be private landowners and hunters for now but who knows. Would like to get into govt contracts.
Hope the biz picks up in the ATL for you. Have you took the full time plunge yet?