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Homeowners buying old giant excavators?
- Thread starter grachman
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800's can be had for dirt cheap at auctions but there's a reason. Some guy with a small pit bought one and no one would let him load their truck with it. Also if it breaks good luck fixing it yourself. Just trying to remove a pin on bucket would require a crane because everything is so dang big. Break a hose? Going to spend $$ buying wrenches to take it off and $$ finding somewhere with that big of fittings.
cuttin edge
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I was waiting for the giant excavator.
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Kinda seems to be a thing, now. Bless their DIY, home-owner hearts.
Nige
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If that's the size of machine you class as "giant" your ambitions are far too low IMHO..........
See Page 3 for photos.
Homeowner with 2 x 80-Ton Hoes
cfherrman
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Buy excavator for cheap, spend over double the price getting it home
Nige
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This guy bought a 345..........
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hvy 1ton
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It makes sense as long as you never plan on moving it again. What really hurts is a component failure on a 30+ ton machine compared to the smaller ones.
A 690 isn't big enough to fall into the category of cheap, big excavator. There is a premium in the used market for any excavator that will fit on a tag trailer. Mostly the 12-16 ton machines and to a smaller extent the 20 ton machines. In the before times, it wasn't hard to find a better 30 ton machine for the same money as long as we're talking not near-new machines. No idea if that holds true still, I've been avoiding watching the used market. 90's pickup truck prices on Bring a Trailer are depressing enough.
Nige
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Thing is that once you've moved it to your property you don't have to move it again. Whoever buys it from you has that problem .........
cfherrman
Senior Member
A diy homeowner isn't going to use one enough to break it
1693TA
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Just delivered a new mower to a recently widowed woman last week. Her deceased husband recently purchased an older Caterpillar 235 excavator she is going to be selling; it's not been used since arriving at their farm property. Delivery was included in the purchase price, so no idea what it will cost the seller to relocate it once sold.
Cancer took the deceased on a very short timeframe so he never got to use it I'm told.
Cancer took the deceased on a very short timeframe so he never got to use it I'm told.
Welder Dave
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That is one of if not the most epic thread ever on the forum. 2 80 ton front shovels for a 3 acre property. I wonder if he ever put the counterweight on the Komatsu??
cuttin edge
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They would be blown away by a 992