I Went To Purchase A New Mini-Excavator And This Happened.....

[ultrarunner]

A car collector friend did a special order and contract said less than 4 miles at the time of delivery…

He went to pick up his new special order and it had 237 miles… salesperson took it home over the weekend…

Situation got ugly and a significant accommodation made…

 

[LittleBill21]

i agree machine is not remotely used, sat on a lot for a little bit, no digging machine would be that clean in 7 hours, the heat shield is fine and has no issues either. I'm starting to wonder if people here actually use there machines, as mine looks like this from a single rainstorm, even after i clean it. A power wash should have been in order.

 

[DarkBlack]

i agree machine is not remotely used, sat on a lot for a little bit, no digging machine would be that clean in 7 hours, the heat shield is fine and has no issues either. I'm starting to wonder if people here actually use there machines, as mine looks like this from a single rainstorm, even after i clean it. A power wash should have been in order.

You’re right. That machine is brand new. Even the rocks wedged in the tracks are brand new. Spotless

 

[4570Man]

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Dented? Gouged. Not sure. Looks kinda crappy.
Lower bolt bracket already rusting. Bad factory paint coverage?
Air filter cover not put on correctly.
Is kubota getting sloppy at the factory, or did someone remove the cover on a “new” machine, and why so?
At least the factory person who applied the kubota sticker , cared enough to orient it correctly with the “TOP”, but not whoever last assembled it.
Even the rubber drain nipple on the air filter cover looks like it’s spent some years in the sun .
Maybe that’s just the picture? Not sure
Definitely is not new. Almost new, slightly used, yes

You realize that’s the muffler with a heat shield right? Exhaust manifolds are always rusted literally every single one. I’ve never seen the heat wrap not be wrinkled either. Moving the air filter cover one notch around would take 5 seconds.

 

[DarkBlack]

Looks like it’s fresh out of the factory

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

A car collector friend did a special order and contract said less than 4 miles at the time of delivery…

He went to pick up his new special order and it had 237 miles… salesperson took it home over the weekend…

Situation got ugly and a significant accommodation made…

Exactly. It's not about what other people want. It's about what you want and you paid for.

 

[LittleBill21]

You’re right. That machine is brand new. Even the rocks wedged in the tracks are brand new. Spotless

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lol sat on a dirt lot? guess they shrink wrap the machines were you live. I live next to a dealer for kubota, most of their machines look worse then this brand new

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

You realize that’s the muffler with a heat shield right? Exhaust manifolds are always rusted literally every single one. I’ve never seen the heat wrap not be wrinkled either. Moving the air filter cover one notch around would take 5 seconds.

Thanks for pointing this out. My last name is not Kubota, and I don't make excavators, so I am not familiar with every part. I thought this was a thick metal part that had somehow gotten mangled.

The hours are the big issue, though. Used is used.

 

[LittleBill21]

Looks like it’s fresh out of the factory
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no it looks like it sat on a dirt lot, not an air conditioned room? are you serious with these questions

 

[5030]

Another fishy thread....