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  1. Lynxie Bobbles

    Need general opinions about brands

    Thanks for the info Steve. Thanks Z Nice! Saving up cash...don't like debts.
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    Need general opinions about brands

    Yes
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    Need general opinions about brands

    Thanks very much Allan - always nice to hear when you've put some effort into something. Yeah I agree, homework done -- now for the labwork.
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    Need general opinions about brands

    It's definitely a good point. I'd like to be able to just order parts online, watch some videos, and DIY. I do weld and know my way around engines, but... not necessarily looking forward to that as a part time job. I don't have a feel for how much maintenance these machines are, so that could be...
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    Need general opinions about brands

    It took a bit of work, but adding a factor in the model for each brand increased the accuracy quite a bit. This is the brand premium it produced by fitting the data, with some regularization. CAEL has by far the lowest brand premium, as they only have for sale this severely discounted, and...
  6. Lynxie Bobbles

    Need general opinions about brands

    Hm. I am very curious what the 1-2 year future will look like. Will prices come down because of high interest rates and payments, or will they still go up because of high inflation? :s
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    Need general opinions about brands

    It's a percentage, and like the other parameters it's fit to the data using gradient descent with mean-squared error as the loss function. I tried this adjustment factor modelled as a constant, but got greater error overall so a percentage works best. It's simplistic for sure, but I'm wary of...
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    Need general opinions about brands

    Hey Allan, much appreciated giving the in-depth info above. I'll get back to that later since I'm at work. One of them is the prediction of what the average market value is for that excavator. It takes a 'sold' variable into consideration, because sellers ask high and buyers bid low - so...
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    Need general opinions about brands

    Thank you kind sir. Thanks for those thoughts K, I will keep all of those in mind. Dealer access and supply of affordable parts is a big one. My assumption is that continental brands will have easier supply of parts but I could be wrong. I will have a welder shop to fix some things...
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    Need general opinions about brands

    Hi folks, I've been pondering a first purchase of a used mini excavator. I usually build some kind of predictive model to see if an offer is a good price, given several factors. Here's my first attempt...
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