I'm new to excavators and wondering if anyone who knows what their looking at can tell me if I'm making a mistake buying this unit.
http://youtu.be/HMWCCBiqiJk
Agreed to buy this excavator but have not inspected it yet. I think its a 2000 Takeuchi TB125 with 2,500 hours.
What worries me is that of all the ones I have seen for sale none are dented and this one has some dents in the back hood and edges along with a re-spray. How hard is it to dent these up and should I suspect an overly abused unit? The treads also seem to have deep cuts in them which makes me wonder if it saw broken concrete/ demo work.
The story is bought from sunbelt rents in 2003 by contractor who supposedly maintained it well until selling to another contractor who bought for a month then resprayed it and decided to sell it.
Do you guys see any problems or things I should check into before forking over the cash?
It's going to be for a farm, and about 9.5k delivered.
What do you guys think?
Any input from those in the know is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mason
http://youtu.be/HMWCCBiqiJk
Agreed to buy this excavator but have not inspected it yet. I think its a 2000 Takeuchi TB125 with 2,500 hours.
What worries me is that of all the ones I have seen for sale none are dented and this one has some dents in the back hood and edges along with a re-spray. How hard is it to dent these up and should I suspect an overly abused unit? The treads also seem to have deep cuts in them which makes me wonder if it saw broken concrete/ demo work.
The story is bought from sunbelt rents in 2003 by contractor who supposedly maintained it well until selling to another contractor who bought for a month then resprayed it and decided to sell it.
Do you guys see any problems or things I should check into before forking over the cash?
It's going to be for a farm, and about 9.5k delivered.
What do you guys think?
Any input from those in the know is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mason