We have rocks here, so trenchers don't work. Big enough to dig a decent amount, run a 24-30' bucket, or stick a 12' and cruise when you only need a conduit trench. Most likely because I have a ton of hours in one. The cat stuff is what I prefer for control feel. Still running last I saw it at the old bosses house. It also once went about 5 years without an oil change until someone noticed it was rather loud with no oil. Used to run a Kubota 121x? It was a good machine even if the cab bounced on the turret and it had worn out cylinders that couldn't even pick it up anymore unless you were at the limits. I've run quite a few, but the rentals are always cat or Deere because they're abundant and they work. He thought he was going to get to keep it. I borrowed a Bobcat E35, from work, for the party. Picture- We threw a construction equipment themed bday part for my oldest and a nephew when they turned 3. Intended use is- expanding a pond, general building a house uses, and farm shitįB marketplace has popped some options like:Īll of the above appear pretty clapped out, but I expect that to be the case with most machines in my price range.Īnything special I should be looking at on these little machines? How many hours is considered a lot? max budget $20K but really prefer to stay under 15K. I have very little experience in this category, so any recommendations? I was planning to rent a machine but started adding up what I would spend on rental by the time I'm finished with property development and house buildng and I decided I'd be better off buying some old junk to cause me more work. I'm looking to pick up a used low budget machine in the 6-10,000 lbs range. Figured we could use an all things mini X thread.

Bobcat 331 mini excavator bucket