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My first excavator

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JoshC

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Picked up a 2012 JD 35D with a long arm and angle blade. It has 1476 hours on it. Ran it last night for a bit digging around a big Poplar stump. First thing I'm going to do is add a hydraulic thumb. Anyone have suggestions on where to buy that from? Already have a lead on a couple of buckets, this one is a 24". I'm going to scrape off the dealer stickers and freshen up some rough spots with paint. Great overall machine. My 10 year old daughter approves :)
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JoshC said:
Picked up a 2012 JD 35D with a long arm and angle blade. It has 1476 hours on it. Ran it last night for a bit digging around a big Poplar stump. First thing I'm going to do is add a hydraulic thumb. Anyone have suggestions on where to buy that from? Already have a lead on a couple of buckets, this one is a 24". I'm going to scrape off the dealer stickers and freshen up some rough spots with paint. Great overall machine. My 10 year old daughter approves :)
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Awesome...looks like your daughter is going to be at the controls soon enough.
No idea where to get a thumb for a JD, but it looks like your in tree country, and you definitely need one, unless you like hand picking limbs/branches and numerous cab exits to chain up a log etc...lol
I have a thumb on mine, but my neighbor doesn't, and he pines for one everyday...
 
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There are a handful of companies that sell the weld-on thumbs, just have to pick one that suits your budget. Esco would be a high dollar one and the Cheapo might be less expensive. place called usa attachments, excavatorthumb.com has a big pile and free shipping, not sure about the quality.
 
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Machine looks like a great size!! Awesome
 
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Thank you all. I ended up placing an order for a thumb from miniexcavatorthumbs.com After spending the cash on the machine, it left me a bit short to buy a nicer thumb. But this one may do just fine.
 
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Just curious what was the price on this unit. I'm kind of looking for one this size. Thanks and nice looking unit!
 
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