Hello group, I am a farmer with land in a low area near the creek. I have to build a 6-8 foot high levee around the field. The levee is about 4000 feet in total. It will about 10 feet wide. I want to get a smaller excavator (JD 120 size) for all my other general farm work, but don't know if I could build the levee with the smaller machine. Any thoughts? Could I add a 42" bucket with a 1.5 cu yd capacity on this smaller tractor? The ground has no rocks. Thanks for any help. Todd
How far do you need to reach in order to retrieve the dirt to build the levee? Even a mini-ex has a dump height of more than 6' so I'm not entirely sure what the Q' is ....... A deere 120 won't handle a 1.5yd efficiently regardless how wide it is. Looks like a 120 weighs about 26k so you are already too heavy for a pickup/gooseneck so I would guess you have a semi/lowboy so you might as well buy as large as you can transport, you will never be dissapointed with a larger machine Pj
Morning, price wise & amount of work it may be worth it to look at a 200/690 class 22ton excavator. Good luck
Don't need to reach far for the dirt. Probably 20 feet. I would haul it around on a 30 ton lowboy w/ semi. What would be the max yard size bucket for a lower hp machine? (70-90 hp) Todd
Horsepower has very little to do with bucket capacity, you need to concentrate on machine weight not horsepower as this is not a tractor, an excavator is totally hydraulicly powered and all the diesel motor does is run a pump.....nothing else! How much money are you looking to spend ? So there is no way to answer your question but a 120 will handle a 1yd max bucket, depending on stick/boom, whether or not it has a coupler/grabber, thumb or any other weight on the end of the stick etc. Pj
I was looking to spend around 30K or less. I am going to the richie bros auction in Nashville tomorrow and they have some small and large stuff. Todd
I tried to pm you but can't, send me an email I may have something that could possibly work for you, we are rolling out one of our 30ton hitachi (same thing as a deere 330) if your interested I can send you pics [email protected]
Yair . . . ten feet wide and six feet high by four thousand feet long even with 1:1's is a lot of dirt to place and compact with a little ex . . . just sayin'. Sounds more like dozer dirt to me. Cheers.
I'd have to agree with Scrub Puller. Sounds like you should be looking for a D6 size or better dozer. If a excavator is what you need for other jobs I would look for a 200 size machine. That machine could swing a 2 yard bucket with no problem, pluse a 27 ton machine can pack dirt pretty good if done in thin lifts.