Is this the right board for talking about mini excavators? These things are flooding the market and I want one so badAre they any good?
>>28695543Andrew Camarata made a good video about these Chinese mini excavators. Seems to be capable of actual work.
>>28695543there seem to be chinese ones that use non-chinese diesels, so your cost savings is the metal, the track, and the hydraulics, all of which are simpler than a diesel engine.
>>28695543Do they even dig deep enough to get power and water pipes bellow tillage?
Fuck that. If you're going mini go no smaller than 3 tonne. Any less and youre better off with a shovel.
So long as your get one over 1.7 metric tons, otherwise it will tip over easily.
>>28695936mines digs almost five and half feet
>>28696743I thought most mines where dug deeper than that.
>>28695543>Are they any good?No, but they're cheap and they work well enough.You will almost certainly tip it at least once.
That or DIYLike my Kabota with a backhoe
>>28695543How frequently are you digging on how much land that it would make sense to own one of these instead of renting one? A guy down the way from me with the smallest lot in the neighborhood bought a cat 2 tractor with a loader for his lot that's maybe 1/4 acre and I've never seen him use it except to move his boat. When we were house shopping years ago some boom daddy had a skid steer on his like 2 acre mostly clear property. Why would you own these unless you have a business
Bought one, love it. Fuck using a shovel. Used it to extend my gravel drivewayMove and dig out rocksThe big job will be digging a pond in a few years time. I love it.
>>28696823I have about 100 hours of work lined up for it on my small farm but neighbors keep asking me to bring it over for fall chores.
>>28697363Good enough excuse. But buy a 3 tonner. Youll thank me later.
>>28696791Aaaayyy fellow KabotafagArguably china's best
>>28697415No money for a three tonner but i dug about 50 yards of trench with it already and it was pretty fuckin good! I will get my money back out of this pretty fast
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Please guys I really want to take about mini excavators