We have a landscaping buisness and have been renting a mini x when we need one but lately it seems as though it never leaves so im looking to buy a good, easy to mantian mini x. Im looking for a mid sized mini and not wanting to spend over 18000. what is going to best fit my needs ??? Thanks
Hey, T GRIMM. I have been looking for a mini-x for awhile too, I have a Case 580SE backhoe that is a little to big for the jobs i have been getting latley i have check out a few machines and i think i am going to be getting a Bobcat 325 or 331 it will depend on the best deal i can get. either would work for me. but the Dealer support is going to be important. the work i have been bidding on is mostly septic system repairs and they always seem to be in the back yard with a fence around them so the backhoe is out of the question for that kind of work. What kind of machine have you been renting and will the dealer make a deal to rent-purchase for you ????
been renting a new holland, and that dealler rents them out, but im not a big fan of the new hollands. I do have a bobcat dealer 10 miles away but they dont like to make any "good" deales for there costomers .
Kubota or Volvo would be worth a look.
You might look it IHI. I bought a 35J at auction and put 2000 hours on it (had 900 hours on it when I bought it). Traded it when I was ready to buy new and almost got what I gave for it. Excellent excavator and they can be had at a good price. Otherwise there are some used TK 135 coming up on Iron Planet. Not a conventional tail swing mini ex fan, but TK builds a good excavator if you don't mind not having a ZTS machine. On the mini ex purchase itself. You wont regret buying one. It is definetly one of the those machines that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner.
I have a PC 30 Komatsu 7,000 # machine and a EX55 Hitachi, 12,000 # machine used for the same purposes. Love them both. Not much to go wrong just regular maintenance. If you get a grey market machine make sure you can get parts. No trouble with the Komatsu I even got a parts book from Komatsu. But the Hitachi can be a pain and so far no parts or service manuals. :usa
I have a 2000 Yanmar VIO 35-2 that has 2200 hours on it and no major issues except track replacement and 2 new idlers. It has been asked to do a lot. If you are going to be loading in tall dumptrucks alot I think the 35 size machine will frustrate you. When and if business improves I will get a 50 size machine and keep the 35. I will be getting another yanmar. Consider the hydraulic thumb. I don' think you will regret buying the mini X as mine always seems to be very useful on any job and seems to rack up the hours. to me it is the swiss army knife of excavating.
not sure if this might help, but many excavators have found non-explosive demolition products helpful depending on the application
Right on. :usa
Ive worked takeuchi alot and the 2.5 tonne is a nice machine to work. You should hire a few different makes before you make up your mind also. Yanmar is another machine ive worked and is also a great machine. Worke a hitachi 2.5 ton and wasnt too fond of it