I thought I would provide some thoughts on the 2020, LB 160X4. The machine is much faster than what I am used to in my CX160. The good: The cab is very comfortable, and quiet, ergonomics are very good, I really like the display, its intuitive and full of info. Machine is quick, it is going to take a couple more foundations to get myself dialed to the machine. I like having the camera.. Easy to access everything for fluid checks. That Izuzu sips fuel, much more efficient than the Cummins in the CASE. Lastly, this five year warranty that Link Belt offers on X4's is comforting, hopefully I wont need it, but its comforting knowing that is there. The not so good: The machine gets tippy at full extension, I don't blame it necessarily on the machine, but rather the way I have it set up. The 42" bucket, hyd coupler, with the prolink thumb are just a bit heavy dealing with the heavy pitrun material we deal with here. Nothing I cant deal with but my CX160 had a 36" bucket, prolink and hyd coupler, and it was rock solid at full extension. While I like the camera, the wide angle makes it difficult to see exactly where something is at. First world problem I know, you can see if something is there, but its hard to tell where the machine is at relative to the picture if that makes sense.
Have a large demo project coming up which will give me a chance try out the new EPIROC MB1000 hammer on the machine. Overall, so far, very happy with it. I am getting holes dug faster than I could with my older machine and am more comfortable doing it. So to steal an old saying, "Money may not buy happiness but it can buy you a newer excavator, and that is the same thing".