245dlc
Senior Member
Hi guys we've got a small excavating company and the bulk of our work is utility installations and fine grade work like laser ditching and drainage related work. We also do some brush mulching with our Promac 36" brush cutter and our 52" Promac flail mulcher. We've got an '06 Hitachi ZX160LC with nearly 7,000 hours and its starting to need some pretty major TLC like pins and bushings, maybe a swing bearing, and at least one seal for the track slack adjuster. However its been very reliable and give very little trouble and has excellent fuel consumption. Our other excavator is a 2013 Kobelco SK210LC Mark 9 with the POS CNH or Fiat Iveco engine that has caused us quite a few issues with its DEF system (that has since been resolved with a bypass) and then last summer the fly by wire control system had a major SNAFU resulting in us not being able to use the auxiliary hydraulics. The dealer that sold us the POS Kobelco is also now selling Hyundai and I've been wondering what the quality and reliability of these machines is like? I think if we did get one it would be either another 160 or a 180 as the 220 model would be too heavy for our truck and trailer. I would also be hoping to get one with a backfill blade as I see its an option on their website and they come in very handy on a wide variety of jobs.