Suburban Plowboy
Gold Member
Hope it's okay to put a backhoe question here.
I saw an interesting backhoe on the web. At 29.5K, the price is right, since I would probably be putting under 200 hours a year on it. I don't need a new machine.
Anyway, generally, ads for these things are pretty lame. "Hours unknown." No information about leaks or wear. "Runs!"
I found one with a very detailed ad. It supposedly has 2400 hours on it. Nonetheless, the ad lists a ton of work:
Here is what I am wondering about: how can all that work be needed just because a machine sat around? Most of the hydraulic cylinders had leaks. And why would a machine with 2700 hours need to have the head planed and the valves replaced?
I know 2400 hours mean it's not new, but I know a lot of earth moving machines go much longer than that. I always assume any tractor under 4K should be in reasonably good shape.
I saw an interesting backhoe on the web. At 29.5K, the price is right, since I would probably be putting under 200 hours a year on it. I don't need a new machine.
Anyway, generally, ads for these things are pretty lame. "Hours unknown." No information about leaks or wear. "Runs!"
I found one with a very detailed ad. It supposedly has 2400 hours on it. Nonetheless, the ad lists a ton of work:
When it came in it had some leaks and a bit of a miss due to not being used alot over the last few years. We started by cleaning the fuel system entirely and replaced the injectors all 4 are brand new after doing so it still had a slight miss so we then replaced the injection pump .In the mean time we went ahead and replaced 3 out of 4 tires , replaced the suspension seat ( had a rip in it ) , repacked most every cylinder , serviced the unit , greased , pressure washed , replaced the decals , and did an upper end service. The upper end serviced consists of a fresh head gasket , having the machine shop plain the head , re-work/ replace the valves , valve seats , copper orings ect.and re-torqued head to oem specs.
Here is what I am wondering about: how can all that work be needed just because a machine sat around? Most of the hydraulic cylinders had leaks. And why would a machine with 2700 hours need to have the head planed and the valves replaced?
I know 2400 hours mean it's not new, but I know a lot of earth moving machines go much longer than that. I always assume any tractor under 4K should be in reasonably good shape.