Hello all of you once again. We are still in the hunt for the perfect used excavator. In past posts I had asked opinions of the good people on this site of excavators and dozers and am never let down so I thank you. We have narrowed our choice down to: 1. Volvo 210, 2. Deere 200D, 3. Deere 240D Honestly they are all about the same in age, hours and overall condition with the exception the 240D is a 2010 vs. 2007 for the other machines. Also the 240D is in a little better condition and has a ditching bucket. The interesting part of this scenario is the Deere 240D is about $8K cheaper than the other two. My questions is will this machine be too big for my needs?? Land clearing will be awesome for the larger machine but not sure about the other work such as basement excavation, some grading, etc. Your thoughts please?
You sound just like me a couple years ago. 210 vs. 240. I had a buddy from Minneapolis sum it up for me. He said, "Do you HAVE to have that extra 3' of reach or dig depth? Furthermore, if the job you're doing is too big for the 200, you need a 300, not a 240." I thought that was pretty sound advice. Another factor to consider is that a 200 on a 35 ton lowboy with a light tractor will be at or under 80,000 lbs.