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

[DarkBlack]

I’m wondering if the dealer didn’t get back that excavator from somebody with 7 hours of use, and had an issue with the plow assembly, and swapped it out with a new one?
Notice how the whole bolt-on plow assembly looks brand new , with …… no dust or dirt on it.

Did I miss the “technical “ explanation from one of the equipment experts here, why the entire core machine is dirty and used looking, except for the bolt on plow assembly?

Contrast it to the boom cylinder, which to anyone unbiased, shows dirt patterns that develop with use, ..not from simply sitting

 

[ruffdog]

I’m wondering if the dealer didn’t get back that excavator from somebody with 7 hours of use, and had an issue with the plow assembly, and swapped it out with a new one?
Notice how the whole bolt-on plow assembly looks brand new , with …… no dust or dirt on it.

Did I miss the “technical “ explanation from one of the equipment experts here, why the entire core machine is dirty and used looking, except for the bolt on plow assembly?
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Contrast it to the boom cylinder, which to anyone unbiased, shows dirt patterns that develop with use, not from simply sitting
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I have to wonder if the hour meter was swapped also.

 

[4570Man]

I have to wonder if the hour meter was swapped also.

It’s stored in the computer. It’s not as simple as that. And why do you think it’s been swapped?

 

[4570Man]

I’m wondering if the dealer didn’t get back that excavator from somebody with 7 hours of use, and had an issue with the plow assembly, and swapped it out with a new one?
Notice how the whole bolt-on plow assembly looks brand new , with …… no dust or dirt on it.

Did I miss the “technical “ explanation from one of the equipment experts here, why the entire core machine is dirty and used looking, except for the bolt on plow assembly?
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Contrast it to the boom cylinder, which to anyone unbiased, shows dirt patterns that develop with use, ..not from simply sitting
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The blade has the same grease stains around the pivots and the folding wings have some rust around them. It doesn’t look out of place to me.

 

[DarkBlack]

The blade has the same grease stains around the pivots and the folding wings have some rust around them. It doesn’t look out of place to me.

You need to visit the eye doctor apparently..

 

[JRH02]

I took my 2020 F350 to the dealer where I bought it for an insurance repair for gray digger rodent damage around the fuel tank / canister. The pickup was done but they said they were still awaiting the insurance check. On it went for a few weeks to over a month AFTER it was done and ready for pickup. The insurance company / agent verified the check was sent. I finally had the wife drive me there and I confronted the guys at the service desk. Finally one of them returned from the office and said the check was sitting on someone's desk. I got the keys and needless to say I was POed.

I got in the pickup and there was no hang tag. I looked at the service ticket which had the check-in mileage but there was over 1500 miles over that for the check-out mileage. The odometer had another 300 miles on it from the check-out miles on the ticket. They were obviously using the pickup internally. They had changed the oil, which was not requested, FOR FREE, and there was no charge! The wife was standing outside the door and grabbed the service ticket and marched in and ripped everyone and there brother a new poop hole (She's a vet Army drill sgt). How they thought they could pull this off to long time customers who have bought several new pickups there plus always having our service done there is beyond me.

Don't kid yourself about the things a dealership will do and think they can get away with it.

 

[ultrarunner]

Probably using as a parts gopher?

 

[4570Man]

You need to visit the eye doctor apparently..

This is my 40 when it was new. Those pictures are timestamped August 29th last year, the same day I picked it up. Look at the grease around the pins. That’s not quite as bad as the op,s machine but let’s park it on a dusty lot and drive around it with a bunch of forklifts kicking up dust and see what happens. And for the 20th time I’m not defending the machine being dusty. The dealer should have washed it. I’m defending the idea that that machine is used. It’s clearly not.

 

[4570Man]

You need to visit the eye doctor apparently..

This looks like the same grease caked with dust stains on the blade to me. And while we’re inspecting the blade do you see any dents on the pins from driving them out and back in? Any scratches on the bolts from taking them out? Any paint chips on the hose guard where it’s slightly misaligned under the bolts? They would have had to take the hoses off to change the blade. Do you see any hydraulic oil statins on the blade? Either that’s the work of the most careful mechanic in history or that blade is original to the machine.

 

[DarkBlack]