Yep, I agree, can't just throw out this stuff without experiences to go with it.
So here's the drama.
I just bought a 257B from them. I was sweating it, had a wire transfer completed to them and just wasn't sure what would happen. But that part went well, no issues, they shipped the unit right away.
I unloaded the unit, drove it to the barn. Went to start this morning and noticed smoke from the fuse box under the seat. One side of the box was hot to the touch. Nothing visible until I pulled the fuses out to check them. Burnt connections on every one. Several items on the skid didn't work when it arrived, I think I know why. Someone had attempted to change 6 fuses on it (brand new fuses vs the old ones you couldn't even see from the dirt on them), they just shoved them in the holes even though the inside connectors had melted away or broke off from heat. So someone knew this unit had an electrical issue. I also found out the harness to the box is burnt and that will be an expensive fix.
Cost of the new fuse boxes came in at $300. I asked Seth if they would help by covering the parts, I'd fix the skid myself. I have 2 minutes run time on tis 257B to the barn, but the price paid doesn't reflect a machine needing major work to it. I was nice in my request, I even acknowledged they had no obligation to do so. And they didn't. He basically got snippy with me in email, arguing about irrelevant stuff.
Yep, I bought it as-is, I get it. But, I think 2 min runtime is a little low to run into a major issue like that and knowing someone already shoved new fuses into a corroded and burnt fuse box really torques me off. Have some integrity. I wouldn't trust a thing they say about the condition of a unit.
Bottom line is, I would never buy another item from them. I learned a lesson, I hope you don't repeat and purchase from another vendor. Seth can come back with all kinds of nonsense and attacks like he always does with bad reviews, I am simply stating facts so make your own judgments and avoid buyers remorse. Had I bought a 19K skid for 14K, I wouldn't have an issue but this was a 14K skid for 19K. My mistake.
Update 2 days later: I got the machine running, luckily I found a fuse box harness on another skid at a not-so-local salvage yard. I pulled the fuse boxes, both of them had been pressure washed outside, but the insides were caked in mud, not dust, but mud. Explains the reason 6 of the fuses had started to burn up internally. Someone had shoved new (those really cheap Harbor Freight fuses) in the old sockets, but never addressed the issue.
I started to wonder why the mud, had an immediate suspicion. I started tearing off panels that you might not normally take off in an inspection. I also broke out my el-cheapo videoscope to look inside of channels you cannot see with the naked eye. Yep, suspicion confirmed. This skid steer is a flood unit. There is mud, twigs, rocks, all kinds of river crap in every nook and cranny that couldn't be easily cleaned with a pressure washer. So this is probably a 10K unit, someone would be willing to take a gamble on not a "quality" skid steer.
I can't say the QUE bought this, cleaned it up, and sold this thing without disclosure because I have no proof. All I can do is tell you this was advertised as a good quality ready to work unit and it is not. You can make your own assumptions on just how this unit went from being underwater to all prettied up and cleaned up and ready to be sold. It's flood unit that will cause me nothing but electrical headaches for the rest of the time I own it. This is absolutely disgraceful.
Found out another thing today. The bucket they had attached has been jerry rigged, crappy welding, and the QD alignment pins don't engage the bucket at all because someone welded the alignment holes in the wrong area. So the bucket barely holds on. If I really dig hard, the bucket falls off. I'll have to cut the welds and redo this as well. Never ever buy from QUE, you'll probably regret it. End of my lesson.
