I thought about removing the hydraulic lines into it but from what I could see the drives need pressure to deactivate the internal brakes. Just waiting now for the tow truck to fit me into a back haul. He'll just drag it the 10' up the deckBlank the pipes then use the digger to do the lifting.
Just bough a dead EX-58mu
Previous owner broke the main valve bank. All 8 of the little spool valve spring tower caps on the side sheared off, so I'll be buying parts in the future. Local Hitachi dealer is saying that they are 3-2 months out and a custom made to order part.
Since this isn't a common machine, being grey market, I need to find a North American market equivalent. Does anyone know if models like a ex50 or ex60 would share the same parts? Need rear engine body panels too. I doubt that Hitachi would make a 1-off machine with unique parts and not share them in other models.