Longhauler
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A little backstory...
Late last year a good friend started a new business scrapping barges, and perhaps one day servicing marine vessels. We've reached a point where we need to purchase some heavy equipment of our own. Primarily a crawler crane capable of 100-120 ton lifts and an excavator. Probably a 300 or slightly larger.
So...
That brings me to my question. If you needed to purchase these two pieces of equipment, which manufacturer / models would you buy, taking into consideration ease of operation, reliability, availability of spare parts, etc..
Late last year a good friend started a new business scrapping barges, and perhaps one day servicing marine vessels. We've reached a point where we need to purchase some heavy equipment of our own. Primarily a crawler crane capable of 100-120 ton lifts and an excavator. Probably a 300 or slightly larger.
So...
That brings me to my question. If you needed to purchase these two pieces of equipment, which manufacturer / models would you buy, taking into consideration ease of operation, reliability, availability of spare parts, etc..