Which one should I buy?

[deezler]

Wow that thing is just cute as a button. They drove it into the office? Haha! Congrats good luck getting her delivered/home.

 

[spitter]

Does that have the tracks that move in and out to decrease with ? Our bobcat does we use it in office spaces for plumbing trenches. Comes in handy inward for inside building level conc floor . Wide outside for uneven ground . Congradulations I think you made a wise choice. Good luck.:thumbsup::drink:

 

[Dougeye]

Round trip of about 360 miles yesterday to pick up the little machine. The dealer loaded it with a forklift, we strapped her down, and my '07 Silverado 2500HD handled the return home with ease. I thought long and hard about how to get it off the truck. We're pretty much flat ground here, so no option to back up to a bank or something. I took the tailgate off, backed up nice and close to my dump trailer which is about 12 inches lower than the truck bed, and walked the machine over. Then I moved the truck out of the way, and it was an easy ride on the dump trailer ramps to the ground. Took my time and nothing bad happened.
It's a solidly built machine, it feels like good quality, it has plenty of grunt and the hydraulics run quickly and are nice and smooth. It's very small. So far, I really like it.

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[Henro]

Pictures do not work when I click on them. Only me?

Would like to see them...

 

[dragoneggs]

Pictures do not work when I click on them. Only me?

Would like to see them...

Not working for me either.

 

[Dougeye]

Here's a few photos: two of the machine on my 3/4 ton, one with it on the dump trailer, which was the first step in getting it down, and one of me starting to learn how to run it. I'm not big, 160/5-9, so you can see how small this thing is. Someone much bigger might be a tad cramped...

 

[CobyRupert]

Maybe unloaded it like this? Well, maybe not on the first day.
Or, if you can this on the first day, everything else should be easy.

Terex mini excavator unload from truck - YouTube

 

[Dougeye]

Maybe unloaded it like this? Well, maybe not on the first day.
Or, if you can this on the first day, everything else should be easy.

Terex mini excavator unload from truck - YouTube

Uh, mebbe not. I think the truck bed is higher than the ground contact part of the tracks are long. Sumpin would have gone bad...

 

[kenmac]

I was looking at a TB230 was priced a 2019 TB230 600 hrs ? with hyd thumb for right at 30K

Unlike other brands, It doesn't appear t brands offer a zero tail swing machine

 

[Dougeye]

I was looking at a TB230 was priced a 2019 TB230 600 hrs ? with hyd thumb for right at 30K

Unlike other brands, It doesn't appear t brands offer a zero tail swing machine

See the comparison chart, Takeuchi calls theirs a "conventional" tail swing on the TB230:

https://www.takeuchi-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/TB230-Product-Comparisons-2019.pdf

 

[kenmac]

See the comparison chart, Takeuchi calls theirs a "conventional" tail swing on the TB230:

https://www.takeuchi-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/TB230-Product-Comparisons-2019.pdf

Yeah, I even looked at the TB235 and it's conventional tail swing.. I don't believe they produce a zero tail swing machine

 

[jcbGM]

Tak doesn’t make a zero. It’s a give and take. They believe you give up too much in lifting and digging performance by going zero tail.

Two machines weighing 6k pounds with one being conventional and the other being zero with have different characteristics. The conventional will be more balanced, and generally better lifting performance (the weight is further from the balance point). The zero can get closer to buildings, but you can generally make allowances for that.

 

[Todd727]

Look at Yanmar, 4 year/4000 warranty. Best built machines out there.

 

[metaletiket]

Thanks for metal etiket

 

[dirttoys]

Here's a few photos: two of the machine on my 3/4 ton, one with it on the dump trailer, which was the first step in getting it down, and one of me starting to learn how to run it. I'm not big, 160/5-9, so you can see how small this thing is. Someone much bigger might be a tad cramped...
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I know I am late, but that thing is cute as a barrel of kittens