What do you think about the Korean Excavators

now this is completly second hand but a guy i know bought two doosan excavators and hates them with a passion. says they are put together poorly and they don't hold up to heavy work. I have never operated one and their starting to sell in my area. anyone ever hear anything like this?

dayexco said:

i'm curious...how many different hyundais have you operated? and seat time in each one? i can say that the hyd seemed outta whack on my dad's hopto 300 also. and many people here would "probably" agree with me. my hyundai runs...5.9 cummins, "not a fuel squeezer, that's for sure"....and a kawasaki pump. not sure who makes the valving/computer components..but, it performs not a bit different than my 210 case, the 690 deere i had, the 200 hitachi i had, the 6620 koehring i had, the drott 50 i had, the FE20 fiat allis i had, the rh 150 ruston bucyrus i had.............

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I have ran quite a few 15-20 maybe from 500s down to 210s. I can't even begin to guess on seat time for each individual machine. Its not normally more then a few days before I done with a project or am needed else ware. Now that jcbmanuk brings it up I don't notice it as much on the newer ones that I can think of. I think there newest ones are signified by a -9 and the previous was -7. We have noticed on -7s. A 250-7IIRC that the last place I work owned was horrible. I had to change up the way I load ADTs because I kept grazing the side "boards". I'm not a guy to complain about equipment that is difficult to run but the hoe was very aggravating for me to run. I have ran several 360s that don't start worth a crap when it gets even a little cold.

CAT D8 N said:

Well has says it all I'm going for a new Korean Exc.

Thanks every one.

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Mine is Chinese , the fit and finish on the cabin is typical Chinese but the rest of the machine is good . Parts are not a problem , most of the clones have American Cummins engines , Jap Kawasaki pumps , Toshiba swing motors and HyDash final drives . Hoses , undercarriage , pins/bushes , slew gear etc can all be sourced locally so don't be put off by parts availability . Be warned tho , resale value is way down on generic machines but if you get 7000 hours out of it and sell it to a farmer for $30K you wont have lost anything . The depreciation you will claim against your tax and the money it will earn you makes up the difference .