KX057 Excavator: Track wear question

[diesel85]

Don't feel bad... there are a lot of things I own that a "homeowner" just shouldn't own or have... lol

I like everything industrial grade. It drives people insane though.

My next house I want to build will be industrial warehouse style... double-block concrete walls, steel I-Beam everything. All electrical in external metallic conduits... lol

For instance, I have 240v in almost every room in my house sans bathrooms and closets.

 

[4570Man]

Don't feel bad... there are a lot of things I own that a "homeowner" just shouldn't own or have... lol

I like everything industrial grade. It drives people insane though.

My next house I want to build will be industrial warehouse style... double-block concrete walls, steel I-Beam everything. All electrical in external metallic conduits... lol

For instance, I have 240v in almost every room in my house sans bathrooms and closets.

That was fairly common back in the days of every room electric heat but what other purpose does it serve?

 

[t320pilot]

I got the cab w/ angle blade. Have had a Bobcat Toolcat 5600 for years and wouldn't give it up - and pairing it with the excavator is excellent. I've got the root grapple on the bobcat to move around piles of logs/brush and the excavator lets me dig out stumps and reach things the bobcat couldn't get to. I'm working up slowly with trees so I can figure out just where that line is between using the excavator to fell vs the chainsaw. It makes quick work of mulberry trees vs the chainsaw and I'm thrilled with it so far and have read nothing but good reviews from others online. I still feel like it's something a homeowner just shouldn't own... but I'll get over it

Oh, that's cool, mine is a cab and angle blade too! Yea, the chainsaw is mandatory as a standby tool. I'm reclaiming my acreage from hurricane damage.

 

[t320pilot]

Oak tree stump in the easy area. Most of what I'm working in is overgrown with grapevines 10ft high.

 

[EyelashViper]

Thanks to everyone for the quick and helpful replies -- what a great resource this group is for newcomers like me.

@t320pilot - Yep, this is a sweet machine for 10ft grapevines and stumps. I'm reclaiming property from crazy straight line winds that hit us several years back and took out major trees all over my woods. Some are still too dangerous for this machine so I've got a professional with a BIG excavator coming in for those... but most of it I can now clean up. Also, the continual fight with mulberry, walnut, and black locust... all are nice in smaller numbers but you need to control them around here or you'll have no pasture left.

@diesel85 - Nice - that sounds like quite a house project.

 

[4570Man]

I really wanted a 57 but I ended up settling for a 40. It’s surprising how much these little machines will do.

 

[t320pilot]

I really wanted a 57 but I ended up settling for a 40. It’s surprising how much these little machines will do. View attachment 703150

You have the ideal set up for some serious work! I'm sure you have a chainsaw hiding under a tree back there somewhere. haha

 

[4570Man]

You have the ideal set up for some serious work! I'm sure you have a chainsaw hiding under a tree back there somewhere. haha

I’ll have to bring one but everything so far I just dug up and piled. There’s about six 36” or bigger trees to come down and I’ve been waiting on a bigger trackhoe. I did get to knock down a house, that was fun.

 

[4570Man]

It would have cost me $10,000 each to go from the 40 and 75 to a 57 and 95 is the biggest reason I didn’t but I can haul the 40 and 75 at the same time.

 

[EyelashViper]

You have to be pushing the limits (assuming that's a standard class V hitch), right? How much is your setup all combined with trailer?
That is the one downside I've found -- I don't have a towing package that'll move the excavator -- next truck will have to have a gooseneck ball and then I need another trailer... threads on a sweater...