How big of a role is your mini x?

just got a tacheuci tbo35 mini...love it

I built my business with minis. I was so busy the first year I bought a second the year after. They are busier than the skidsteers we have although they are paired up quite frequently. Like was mentioned before, hydraulic thumbs and boom swing make these a versatile machine. We do garage slab preps for a local lumber yard that sells garage packages. We also install sign bases for several sign companies. Several landscape companies and carpenters use us when they need a machine as well. Add to this the residential customers and we're are kept busy. But saying this, it depends on your area etc. too.

I was going through some of the older threads and came across this, I ended up trading in the Kobelco 135 for a Tak 153 last month. Just never broke in to the big dig market and can put the mini on jobs instead of renting a small one now. Had to learn the hard way I guess.

Yeah you gotta put your toe in the water as every area is different - at least you know now.

You know, there are echos here of what a Cat salesperson told me a couple of years ago- "A lot of our folks are buying a mini-ex and a skid steer rather than 1 backhoe. Oftentimes, add the second operator and double the job speed. "