fried1765
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I am sure that more equals better!
Insight on buying a mini excavator vs renting
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I am sure that more equals better!
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gtbensley
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Money or weight?
5600lb and 9' digging depth.
If you want to stay in NH, there are very few machines available under 20k.
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Make sure you check out Deere, Takeuchi (invented the mini ex in 1969) and Yanmar. Fine machines.
Properly cared for, they are all good. Some of the big names (Case, New Holland, etc) are just re-badged Japanese, Korean, Italian or German machines.
I read a Terex machine for a while. Thought it would be inferior and it was just fine.
Properly cared for, they are all good. Some of the big names (Case, New Holland, etc) are just re-badged Japanese, Korean, Italian or German machines.
I read a Terex machine for a while. Thought it would be inferior and it was just fine.
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gtbensley
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Yes I have seen a lot of them are the same machine just different badges.
As long as the motor is a brand I am comfy with and I can get parts I am game.
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Watch the pump brands, too. I just replaced a Rexroth pump in a farm tractor for $8,500!
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Type wise the cx 36 uses a axial piston pump that puts out two separate flows of 10gpm each, then piggybacked to that a gear pump that puts out about 5gpm that supplies your swing motor and blade. Pretty sure that gear pump also adds supplemental supply to your boom and arm cylinders, it's known to be a good system. As far as OEM manufactures of the pumps they all seem to keep that somewhat of a secret but I think that 36 may use a Bosch/rexroth. Whatever brand of pump used as long as the hyd oil is kept clean, not allowed to overheat and run at a reasonable speed they should go for many hours.