Canuck Digger
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- Joined
- Dec 24, 2012
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- 264
- Location
- Mission, BC, Canada
- Occupation
- Business Owner, Equipment Operator, Fishing Guide
Thinking of maybe adding a 8-9 ton machine to the fleet. Currently have stuff between 1. to 6 tons. Assumingly there is a correlation between the size of machine and how many reasonably trouble free hours one can expect. Certainly maintenance and the type of work are huge factors among other things.
Here are couple of examples. A lot of o/o and rental shops trade in their 3.5 tonners before 3-3500 hours. For the the 20k ton machines, usually around 7-8k hours. I would think that would be their reasonably trouble free life expectancy.???
Where would the 9 ton type stuff fall. Looking for real life experiences from forum members. THx.
Here are couple of examples. A lot of o/o and rental shops trade in their 3.5 tonners before 3-3500 hours. For the the 20k ton machines, usually around 7-8k hours. I would think that would be their reasonably trouble free life expectancy.???
Where would the 9 ton type stuff fall. Looking for real life experiences from forum members. THx.