New Excavator owner

[Hay Dude]

New to me, but well used. 3200 hours.
Picked up a 2012 Wacker Neuson 8003-2.
Its about 18,000lbs. Yanmar 59HP diesel.
Has WB manual quick attach, hammer lines and thumb line.
AC still works great! Has 2 speed. All glass in-tact. Pretty good tracks.

 

[dodge man]

Nice, I think you’ve been eyeballing them for a while.

 

[Hay Dude]

Nice, I think you’ve been eyeballing them for a while.

Like 4 years….
Once my backhoe was gone

 

[EddieWalker]

That should make fence clearing a lot faster!!!! How long until you install a thumb?

 

[Hay Dude]

That should make fence clearing a lot faster!!!! How long until you install a thumb?

My bank account is licking it’s wounds….
Could be a while, but if something affordable comes along, I’ll search the couch cushions for loose change.

Having a hard time finding Werk Brau thumb in local searches.
I will probably look for a “bush hog” type small rotary cutter.

 

[IXLR8]

Looks used but not abused. Good find, have fun. I will admit I am a little jealous, I would love one but I don't have enough use for one to justify the cost, if I am going to be honest.

 

[hayden]

Very nice. Congratulations!

 

[Rustyiron]

Taken care of 3200 hours is nothing. A "stiff leg" fixed thumb is almost as handy as the hydraulic version and your upper mounting point is there.
Nice machine Hay!
Congratulations

 

[Hay Dude]

Taken care of 3200 hours is nothing. A "stiff leg" fixed thumb is almost as handy as the hydraulic version and your upper mounting point is there.
Nice machine Hay!
Congratulations

Werk Brau thumb (new) is 6 grand
Thats one thing I dislike about this machine, the Werk Brau attachments to fit Werk Brau coupler are the most expensive out there.

 

[Rustyiron]

Ouch!
Iirc many rigid thumbs just attach to a longer pin at the end of the stick, in other words it could be generic.
(Other than pin size)

 

[TugHillDog]

pretty machine!

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Congrats on the new ride. I could find lots of uses to play with that...

 

[TractorTYMe]

Nice "Vacker Neusom", I'm gonna look for a 3.5 - 5 ton before I retire, since all I got is a 2500 class pickup.

 

[dodge man]

I can’t believe you wasted your money on that. Yesterday I was talking to someone and you can get brand new ones on Amazon for about $6k.

 

[Snobdds]

Welcome to the club...

 

[Rustyiron]

Welcome to the club...

Maybe it's time for an excavator section here.

 

[Hay Dude]

I owned 2 different backhoes over a span of about 25 years.
Rented many an excavator.
Now I’m an owner.
I can see me spending an entire day of each week finally addressing things that needed to be done

Unexpected:
The long arm on this one takes some getting used to compared to extendahoe.
Ground speed is rather slow compared to backhoe.
Can’t believe a 13 year old machine with working AC and no broken glass lol
Very quiet
Pretty powerful- picked up some Barco-lounger sized boulders from below ground up that were crazy heavy.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Hay Dude won't be seen again on TBN, he will have too much fun on the excavator.

 

[Drstrangeglove]

Nice machine. Get the hydraulic thumb. It's worth every penny. I have used mine countless times picking up random junk around my Daughter's new place.

 

[hayden]

Nice machine. Get the hydraulic thumb. It's worth every penny. I have used mine countless times picking up random junk around my Daughter's new place.

ditto on that