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Got any cool tools lately?

Recently laid off from the construction gig ,have about 10 months until I want to start getting Social Security,which will allow me to make as much as I want without penalty.
Been looking at at these Chinese mini excavators ,with concern over tariffs ,taxes ,and everything else,went ahead and picked up a 2025 1.7 ton and some attachments.
Bidding on local equipment auctions hoping to get a auger with some bits and a hammer for light concrete demo.
Will be looking into dump trailers in the next few weeks,nothing too big ,but enough to haul the mini and some attachments.
Has swing boom, hydraulic thumb,pilot controls ,740 cc v-twin,oil and hydraulic coolers, insulation through out.

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RockKrawler said:
Recently laid off from the construction gig ,have about 10 months until I want to start getting Social Security,which will allow me to make as much as I want without penalty.
Been looking at at these Chinese mini excavators ,with concern over tariffs ,taxes ,and everything else,went ahead and picked up a 2025 1.7 ton and some attachments.
Bidding on local equipment auctions hoping to get a auger with some bits and a hammer for light concrete demo.
Will be looking into dump trailers in the next few weeks,nothing too big ,but enough to haul the mini and some attachments.
Has swing boom, hydraulic thumb,pilot controls ,740 cc v-twin,oil and hydraulic coolers, insulation through out.

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I've been looking at those at our local equipment actions too. We could use it for the business. I can't remember now which brand their selling, but they usually sell for 2 to 3 thousand.
 
Is that before all the fees , through auction or direct sales ? Haven't seen prices that low in a year or more.
Pay attention to what comes standard for that price ,not all models are able to be retrofitted with upgrades such as swing boom or pilot controls.
Pretty sure most can be upgraded to hydraulic thumb which is nice to have .
 
That looks just like the mini-mill trap that I bought into. Half the jobs I try on it make me wish I had a bigger mill.
Even though that excavator can no doubt dig faster than a shovel, I'd probably still find myself bitching to someone over a beer that I didn't buy a bigger one from the start. :ROLFLMAO:
 
Polymath said:
That looks just like the mini-mill trap that I bought into. Half the jobs I try on it make me wish I had a bigger mill.
Even though that excavator can no doubt dig faster than a shovel, I'd probably still find myself bitching to someone over a beer that I didn't buy a bigger one from the start. :ROLFLMAO:
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I have used a few of these little ones and I am not impressed.
Give me a real mini excavator or a backhoe any day.
If my arms spread wider than the equipment width I will pass
 
imiceman44 said:
I have used a few of these little ones and I am not impressed.
Give me a real mini excavator or a backhoe any day.
If my arms spread wider than the equipment width I will pass
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If your any kind of height at all, this would probably be too small then lol.
Only 5.6' outside width of the tracks. :D
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I'm the same way kinda. My little Gehl was to small.felt unstable, so I bought this one.

The super tiny X's like that make me Leary.
This is about as small as I'd like. Actually want that model pretty bad.
Still like $30k though quite used.

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I'll probably get used to em soon enough.
My uncle just bought this, and is about to buy a Chinese mini X of some undetermined brand soon.
I have full use of them whenever he isn't using them.

Think the mini skid will be perfect for cutting in the sidewalks I want to do.

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shady said:
If your any kind of height at all, this would probably be too small then lol.
Only 5.6' outside width of the tracks. :D
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I'm the same way kinda. My little Gehl was to small.felt unstable, so I bought this one.

The super tiny X's like that make me Leary.
This is about as small as I'd like. Actually want that model pretty bad.
Still like $30k though quite used.

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The skid you have is perfect.
Excavator is different, narrow and tall, easily tips over, and I am struggling to dig, almost helping it with my hands.
 
Every old machine can be slowly rebuilt little bits at a time :waytogo:
 
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