MattB4
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- Cat 262 skid and Typhon XVII
After selling my Typhon Mark X (1-ton gas powered) mini Ex 3 weeks ago I ordered in a new 2-ton rated XVII with the Kubota diesel D902 in it from Ebay Seller MachineryUSA. I offered $11,599 and it was accepted. The total price with tax was $12,435.93 (includes my bank wire fee of $25). The deal includes free shipping and I got the Excavator last evening at 5-6pm. The driver called me only a couple hours before showing up.
Shipping was on a large Sleeper Semi with a 53ft drop deck which I was not adequately prepared to receive out on the rural county road I live on. Finding a place for this large of a loaded truck to turn around meant traveling from my house about 3/4's of a mile. It also meant that after unload I had to shuttle the excavator back home. That took most of an hour at teh extreme slow speed of the machine. The truck driver, while a nice fellow, did not operate or unload. He seemed to be a foreigner with not the best grasp of English which complicated understanding. At least the truck came with a nice set of double ramps that meant unload was not entirely difficult although the middle ramps support meant using the bucket to stabilized the ex was a bit tight. Likely a person not used to running an ex would be a bit overwhelmed by this.
As I get some time I will flesh out my review. Some initial impressions are that it is definitely a big improvement over my previous 1 Ton. The diesel engine and pilot controls improve operation enormously. Some negatives I discovered are the slow travel speed, the engine heats up the seat area considerably after running at high throttle for more than 1/2 hour (thankfully the Aircon works some or the trip back to my home in the upper 80F's would have been hard to take.) I noticed no issue though with engine overheating. The cab is very small for my 6ft-3in size. It does seem to be fairly matched to the zero tail turn unit with only a few areas where I need to add some foam to close gaps. The seat in full back position vibrates against the back glass. But the controls have full movement in front.
Shipping was on a large Sleeper Semi with a 53ft drop deck which I was not adequately prepared to receive out on the rural county road I live on. Finding a place for this large of a loaded truck to turn around meant traveling from my house about 3/4's of a mile. It also meant that after unload I had to shuttle the excavator back home. That took most of an hour at teh extreme slow speed of the machine. The truck driver, while a nice fellow, did not operate or unload. He seemed to be a foreigner with not the best grasp of English which complicated understanding. At least the truck came with a nice set of double ramps that meant unload was not entirely difficult although the middle ramps support meant using the bucket to stabilized the ex was a bit tight. Likely a person not used to running an ex would be a bit overwhelmed by this.
As I get some time I will flesh out my review. Some initial impressions are that it is definitely a big improvement over my previous 1 Ton. The diesel engine and pilot controls improve operation enormously. Some negatives I discovered are the slow travel speed, the engine heats up the seat area considerably after running at high throttle for more than 1/2 hour (thankfully the Aircon works some or the trip back to my home in the upper 80F's would have been hard to take.) I noticed no issue though with engine overheating. The cab is very small for my 6ft-3in size. It does seem to be fairly matched to the zero tail turn unit with only a few areas where I need to add some foam to close gaps. The seat in full back position vibrates against the back glass. But the controls have full movement in front.
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