Post by: Flyin6 on March 19, 2022, 11:57:13 AM
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.
Post by: Flyin6 on March 19, 2022, 12:06:45 PM
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
Post by: Bigdave_185 on March 19, 2022, 08:19:25 PM
Why do ya want a rubber track? All they do is wear out and rip as JR has figured.
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Post by: Bigdave_185 on March 19, 2022, 08:24:02 PM
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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Post by: Flyin6 on March 19, 2022, 09:16:59 PM
What is their next size up Don?I believe it's a 95
Why do ya want a rubber track? All they do is wear out and rip as JR has figured.
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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.
Post by: Flyin6 on March 19, 2022, 09:21:53 PM
What is their next size up Don?I believe it's a 95
Why do ya want a rubber track? All they do is wear out and rip as JR has figured.
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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 tracksNice machine
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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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!
Post by: JR on March 20, 2022, 10:57:20 PM
100k, love to have a little newer machine but I want to avoid all the emission crap, specially DEF.
Post by: Flyin6 on March 21, 2022, 09:13:46 AM
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.This machine has zero DEF, only a catalytic converter
100k, love to have a little newer machine but I want to avoid all the emission crap, specially DEF.
Post by: JR on March 21, 2022, 11:05:29 AM
Post by: Flyin6 on March 28, 2022, 01:12:11 PM
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.
Post by: JR on March 28, 2022, 04:48:27 PM
Post by: Flyin6 on March 28, 2022, 07:50:16 PM
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...
Post by: JR on March 28, 2022, 07:56:11 PM