Would you buy a KX41

David Devuono · Jan 29, 2015

I will be looking at Freedom 55 in about 10 months. Then we will move to the camp, live in a trailer while we build our house. I have been reading up on code for building septic systems and burying electrical cable so definately will have lots of jobs for the mini. Nice trail. Definately handy to be able to move it around with a 1/2 ton. Problem is my Home insurance does not cover excavators so taking a chance that it does not grow legs and dissappear.

moriboy · Jan 29, 2015

I bought a low hour KX41 last year for digging small ditches and doing a little work around our place. It's a handy little machine and will dig just fine in hard, dry soil. The blade is so handy for leveling small pads out as well. I ended up buying another piece of property this year that needs a lot of brush and stump removal. It's too small for that kind of work, so I am going to purchase something bigger. If anyone is interested I am putting the little guy up for sale...

David Devuono · Feb 8, 2015

Took a couple of pictures this weekend should give you an idea what the KX41 can lift. I don't know what the big log weights but I can't lift it with my B3200 which is good for 900-1000 lbs. Its softwood but approx. 22 inches in dia and 12-14 ft long.

Steppenwolfe · Mar 17, 2015

I'm going Friday to pull the trigger on a new Kubota kx-91. I want it for the thousand jobs that need to be done on our hilly 80 acres. I will also add a Stumper 220 grinder as soon as save the money. Can't wait to start building trails.

Sodo · Mar 18, 2015

Man I would love a KX91 it's still small, but twice the power of what I have. New one, huh? And not to make you money?

Steppenwolfe · Mar 18, 2015

Sodo said:
Man I would love a KX91 it's still small, but twice the power of what I have. New one, huh? And not to make you money?

Well, I figure over several years of using the mini ex I will increase my property value and maintain a high re sale value on the hoe. Money doesn't make a nickle in the bank, anymore...

ultrarunner · Mar 18, 2015

^^^ Got that right and it's exactly as planned.

Punish savers and spur consumption to rewarded those buying on credit.

Steppenwolfe · Mar 18, 2015

ultrarunner said:
^^^ Got that right and it's exactly as planned.

Punish savers and spur consumption to rewarded those buying on credit.

Who is buying on credit? Did I miss something? $42 grand, cash, out the door.

ultrarunner · Mar 19, 2015

Money in the bank is to the point where some have started charging for the "Convenience"

I have a well to do friend since he sold his business and was looking to deposit the cash... his business bank pays 1% on checking to 500k... no interest paid over 500k which seems strange to me until he told me it's not like the old days when savers with large balanced were catered to.

So paying cash would be neutral since there is no taking advantage of low market interest rates.

I had planned to retire my mortgage two years ago and then the credit union said they would give me 15 years fixed at 2.75% at no cost with auto pay... goes contrary to being debt free but I made an exception and my 22 year remaining loan balance will now be retired in 15... well 13 now.

Never bought anything on time except a first mortgage on real estate... guess it's the old family farm mentality passed down from my grandparents who saw too many of the friends loose the farm when they couldn't repay borrowed money.

Sodo · Mar 19, 2015

Steppenwolfe said:
Well, I figure over several years of using the mini ex I will increase my property value and maintain a high re sale value on the hoe. Money doesn't make a nickle in the bank, anymore...

Ain't that the truth. Wise of you to get the machine sooner than later, you only live once, and a life lived with no excavator, is almost like a life lived with no tractor. It's doable, but again, you only live once.

I bought a new pickup last summer, declining $14,000 in googaws (leather, chrome, nav system, emblems, etc) appx. the cost of my excavator (which I had bought a few months before).

I will dig a couple ponds near the driveway, hadn't occurred to me that it would increase my property value but you're right. And a few more ATV trails, so the ATVs & dirtbikes don't dust up the driveway. Actually I will have my kids dig the ponds, because I think creating something beautiful, at an early age, will do them well in life. That's the value I'm looking at now, not thinking of selling the property.