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  1. J

    8 ton excavator

    Tak mini’s are pretty popular here, our dealer has been selling them for a long time, and the old time operators really like them. For the dealership the Takeuchi has been a winner. They also sell Case machine, and they have not been a good seller. When it comes to the bigger stuff, I pretty...
  2. J

    8 ton excavator

    $35-40k+ for the Cat over the equivalent machine is really overboard in my opinion. No wonder they can finance it for $0 down 0%! Tak, is offering 10% down 0% for 4 years, at least in our area they are priced very competitively. KSSS I’m really interested in how you liked the TB2150. Our dealer...
  3. J

    Dig with the blade in front or back?

    It depends. Most of the time blade front, especially if pulling something heavy out of the hole.
  4. J

    8 ton excavator

    I’d find a great dealer first and foremost. In the mini’s we like the Takeuchi’s, the TB290 would be closest to what your looking at. I will say the next gen cat lineup looks pretty sweet 306 to 310’s. Our cat dealer is offering $0 down 0% for 60mo. Might be different in Canada?
  5. J

    CAT 305.5e2 Opinions

    We run Takeuchi mini’s and love them. They are super durable in our hard rocky ground here in Hawaii. I own both a TB240 and a TB260, and we run Montabet hammers on them quite a bit. They punch above there weight, we were cutting a slope the other day and we’re lifting 36-42 inch lava rocks out...
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