ForsytheBros.
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I'm doing some tread kicking in looking to the future regarding the purchase of a larger sized excavator.
We're a small civil engineering/construction company doing mostly water and wastewater work. Current equipment fleet is limited to full sized backhoes and mini-excavator.
In my mind's eye, i'm leaning toward a future purchase (someday if the $$ can ever be saved up!!) of something in the Cat 320 class.
The following questions immediately come to mind:
1. Thoughts and experiences by owners or operators of the cat 320?
2. Preferences of other makes on similar class/size?
3. Thoughts on used machines? Expected maintenance issues on machines 2000-3000hrs? Overall expected machine lifetime?
4. Given above hours, i'm guessing i'll need to spend approx. $100K. Reasonable?
5. Thoughts on max bucket width for such a machine?
Primary duty will be pipe work excavation to depths in softer material up to 20' deep. Service for primary makes (cat, komatsu,case, kobelco, etc.) is readily available in my area.
thanks!
We're a small civil engineering/construction company doing mostly water and wastewater work. Current equipment fleet is limited to full sized backhoes and mini-excavator.
In my mind's eye, i'm leaning toward a future purchase (someday if the $$ can ever be saved up!!) of something in the Cat 320 class.
The following questions immediately come to mind:
1. Thoughts and experiences by owners or operators of the cat 320?
2. Preferences of other makes on similar class/size?
3. Thoughts on used machines? Expected maintenance issues on machines 2000-3000hrs? Overall expected machine lifetime?
4. Given above hours, i'm guessing i'll need to spend approx. $100K. Reasonable?
5. Thoughts on max bucket width for such a machine?
Primary duty will be pipe work excavation to depths in softer material up to 20' deep. Service for primary makes (cat, komatsu,case, kobelco, etc.) is readily available in my area.
thanks!