Insight on buying a mini excavator vs renting
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gtbensley
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Interesting....how come?
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Post a bunch of pictures so we can tell you everything that is wrong with it and then also tell you to buy it.
Haha, sounds about right. Good idea though, this can turn into a mini-ex buyer's support thread.
Now if I could just find myself a pristine 7-8k lb machine with hydro thumb for $10k.....
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Parts.. Case is like IH. My buddy has a older cat loader and a newer IH, Dresser , Dressta whatever you call it now and you can call cat and parts are sitting on the counter for you call the other place and the story starts.....well I dont have that part here I might be able to get it ......
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Yeah but DPF stuff is struggling. DEF stuff is selling way faster
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Okay, just went and looked at the cat 303.5. it's in better shape than the seller was making it out to be. It does have play in the bucket pin but the rest of the boom is nice and tight along with the spin bearing.
only leak I could find is the cylinder for the thumb which just needs to be repacked under the machine and undercarriage is nice and dry.
Maintenance is questionable, he says it's been maintained but it was also low on hydraulic fluid so I have to question that. It's obviously got a very slow leak from that cylinder and has been leaking for quite some time judging by the grime of it so I have to wonder how well it's been taken care of.
I'll throw some pictures up when I get home. It's got 3,500 hours on it and he says he wants about 25k for it.
That's a serious chunk of change. Makes me a little gunshine wonders if I should just rent
only leak I could find is the cylinder for the thumb which just needs to be repacked under the machine and undercarriage is nice and dry.
Maintenance is questionable, he says it's been maintained but it was also low on hydraulic fluid so I have to question that. It's obviously got a very slow leak from that cylinder and has been leaking for quite some time judging by the grime of it so I have to wonder how well it's been taken care of.
I'll throw some pictures up when I get home. It's got 3,500 hours on it and he says he wants about 25k for it.
That's a serious chunk of change. Makes me a little gunshine wonders if I should just rent
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gtbensley
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It was dark when I went so this is all I have.
Worries about it. Was low on hydro fluid but the only leak I found was the thumb cylinder.
Owner said it's weak tracking and the dozer blade won't lift the machine (he demonstrated both to me). But the dig functions work perfectly fine with lots of strength.
When I ran the machine shortly after track strength was normal and the dozer blade would lift the machine up at idle.
This concerns me. Is it just the low hydro oil? Swing seals going bad? Stuck valve? Yeah.....
Honestly it's in way better shape then he made it out to be, but I don't want to be buying something that might have big issues.
Worries about it. Was low on hydro fluid but the only leak I found was the thumb cylinder.
Owner said it's weak tracking and the dozer blade won't lift the machine (he demonstrated both to me). But the dig functions work perfectly fine with lots of strength.
When I ran the machine shortly after track strength was normal and the dozer blade would lift the machine up at idle.
This concerns me. Is it just the low hydro oil? Swing seals going bad? Stuck valve? Yeah.....
Honestly it's in way better shape then he made it out to be, but I don't want to be buying something that might have big issues.
