Sany 80U Excavator

[Flyin6]

I sold my Kobelco SKC-250 Excavator machine this week.

That leaves me with no excavator down farmside...Hmmm

I have the majority of the big work completed, and now have a long line of chores to complete with an excavator

I'll need to:

Pick up and stack stones into retaining walls
Dig drainage ditches
Dig ditches to bury pipe and conduit for electrical cables
Dig the foundation/basement space for the new house
Pull up trees
Lift semi heavy things onto the second floor/roof of my buildings
Smash up poachers trucks I find on my property
Pick up and stack logs
and a variery of other tasks

So I think I need a "Midi", something bigger than the minis because I need more power and something smaller than the massive big excavator I used to own.

Looking around the Kubota KX80 was my first pick followed by something near a Cat 308 or a Deere of the same size.

But there happens to be a SANY dealership about three miles from me and they actually still have a couple 80's in stock

They will sell me a rubber track machine with a 36" bucket and a hydraulic thumb for $96K

And get this, it has a 5-year/5,000 hour bumper to bumper warranty!!!!!!!!!!

Ya, if something happens they will send a truck out and repair my machine on site for free...for 5 very long and abusive years...

So I am considering purchasing one.

[Flyin6]

For its size, this is one terrific machine.

73 horsepower Yanmar 4 cyl diesel engine and two hydraulic pumps!

This machine can run a thump and also a hammer or in my case a mulcher head as well as having hydraulics to maneuver and operate the boom/stick

[Bigdave_185]

What is their next size up Don?

Why do ya want a rubber track? All they do is wear out and rip as JR has figured. 


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[Bigdave_185]

We have one of these and every op loves it’s size and power and the ability to fit in lots of places our big stuff won’t, it’s a rubber track but maybe it’s just our guys that are hard on the tracks

https://www.deere.com/en/excavators/mid-size-excavators/130g-excavator/

We do have a hitatchi 80 that has a billion hours that’s been a good runner for years. 


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[Flyin6]

What is their next size up Don?

Why do ya want a rubber track? All they do is wear out and rip as JR has figured. 


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I believe it's a 95
80 is a 19,400 lb unit, so the 95 would be 22K-24K perhaps.

I wanted steel track, but that is 1. a special order and 2. Sany can't tell me when it would come in if ever.

[Flyin6]

What is their next size up Don?

Why do ya want a rubber track? All they do is wear out and rip as JR has figured. 


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I believe it's a 95
80 is a 19,400 lb unit, so the 95 would be 22K-24K perhaps.

We have one of these and every op loves it’s size and power and the ability to fit in lots of places our big stuff won’t, it’s a rubber track but maybe it’s just our guys that are hard on the tracks

https://www.deere.com/en/excavators/mid-size-excavators/130g-excavator/

We do have a hitatchi 80 that has a billion hours that’s been a good runner for years. 


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Nice machine
But
I couldn't afford that
and it is a couple classes larger. It's 29,000 whereas the SY80 is 19,000

Around here contractors are buying the heck out of this Sany 80. Cheaper than all the other brands by a bunch, and notice that it has a lot more horsepower than the other machines in this class.
But
The
Big
Factor
IS The 5 year bumper to bumper, they come to you to repair warranty. Nobody anywhere has anything like that, no body!

[JR]

Looks like a nice machine. I watched a vid on how they are made on YT. Nothing wrong with rubber tracts, mine came in bad condition. New ones are great.

100k, love to have a little newer machine but I want to avoid all the emission crap, specially DEF.

[Flyin6]

Looks like a nice machine. I watched a vid on how they are made on YT. Nothing wrong with rubber tracts, mine came in bad condition. New ones are great.

100k, love to have a little newer machine but I want to avoid all the emission crap, specially DEF.

This machine has zero DEF, only a catalytic converter

[JR]

I could live with that, stupid for a diesel though.

[Flyin6]

Well, easy come, easy go!

I had this thing bought!

I was right up to the point where I had to start signing paperwork and making payments

and

that

Is where it hit me. Payments..., yea, payments!

I have worked so hard to get myself into a very good financial picture and if I sign, I'll be looking at six years of payments, notwithstanding the good possibility that I get it paid off quickly. But what if I didn't?

I fought with myself and wrestled with the idea, and in a moment of clarity, I realized if I am wrestling over the decision, then it is the wrong thing to do.

So just like that, I cancelled the purchase.

I own my farm completely! No mortgage, no liens, no nuttin. I own all the buildings, and almost all of the equipment. I can be the captain of my own ship there and I want to keep it that way.

Perhaps come some time, I will revisit purchasing an excavator, Lord knows, I could use one, but for now this is put to bed.

[JR]

Was just about to ask about this in the mulcher thread. Yeah, payments suck. Was there a cash discount?

[Flyin6]

Was just about to ask about this in the mulcher thread. Yeah, payments suck. Was there a cash discount?

They already gave me a killer deal, but I didn't have 96K laying around $40K I could handle...

[JR]

You could get some very nice now for that.