Rentalguy saying hello

[rentalguy]

Hi,

My name is David and I live in Orlando, Florida. Without boring you with too much detail, I moved to the USA in Oct 2002 and run a car rental and property managament business with my wife. Starting up 2 businesses has been fairly time consuming! I have to confess to having found this forum while trying to source some Mitsibushi engine parts for my Kato excavator which is in need of some urgent attention. Anyway, at least I found this forum which will greatly help with my need for knowledge as I operate the machine. I only hope that I can contribute some worthwhile info in return or perhaps share the occassional funny misshap which I encounter while I fulfill a 15 year old dream.

Thanks for taking the time to read my intro and first posting.

David

[Steve Frazier]

Welcome to HeavyEquipmentForums.com!!:drinkup

One of our members is a parts manager at a heavy equipment dealer, Jim Vilardi. Look him up and drop him a line!

[rentalguy]

Steve,

Thanks for the welcome and pointer. Trying to obtain a dealer contact in the US from Kato in Japan has been tough going even though I understand the engine to be pretty common. I will contact Jim.

Thanks again

David

[Bill zimmerle]

Hi I am Bill. My Interest our old excavating equipment. I would like to talk to other's that have the same interest. Hopto backhoe's, Bantam crane's. I have a hopto backhoe model 105D trailer mount. Model C350 bantam drag line Crane.I work as a constructon forman for the city of Elkhart, In. I have worked their for 13 years. Before that I was self employer Excavtor Contractor. Thanks Bill

[Mass kato]

My name is gary from MA I need a pinion gear part #04720201001 that would fit a 550 kato se II I also have a kato 550 as a parts machine and a kato 770 seII parts machine as well.