Recent content by MattB4

It depends if it is helping a friend or doing work IMHO. Since you cleared the land with your equipment you should be paid for the effort. If he had asked you to do it for free he would be trying to take advantage of you. You have to watch out for those type of folks that always take and never give.

Watch the pin spacing on some of them. After I sold my 1-ton and let go the rock ripper I had bought for it I simply bought the cheapest one on Ebay I could find that had the pin spacing to allow my spring loaded quick connect hitch to work with it. ~$90. These rippers are not all that good on...

A couple of questions. "Threads that hold thumb to the mast." "I would hope an R18 would be able to rotate" MY TT-17 uses 30mm pins for the thumb, the only bolts are for retaining the pins. Are you using the tracks to turn or are you trying to use the boom to move the excavator around...

I had a 1-ton Typhon B&S gas for a couple of years that I sold in June and bought a 2-ton (3700lb with cab) Typhon with Kubota diesel for a little over twice the cost of the 1-ton. I feel with all that comes with a upgraded machine the value is there. I could wish for more features but the more...

Have not priced trucks since buying my new 2000 1-ton regular cab and chassis that I put a 11ft flat bed on. Might be an option to get one that you can put your own bed on and have a more traditional truck. Just a thought.

Yeah the TT-17 and Huayee 18 look quite a bit alike with just a few marginal differences. Only up to 12 hours runtime on mine so far. Looking forward to Fall to spend some more time operating it.

I found some 3/8 to metric 14 x 1.5 flat faced couplers. and adapters to attach to the selector switch. Ebay has the couplers (Pardon Our Interruption...) and Discount hydraulic hose has the adapter (DIN TUBE - L08 X DIN TUBE - L08) This coupler should not be as much as a flow restriction...

There are several YT videos of folks using the hammers on the 2-ton machines. Like you I have no need for one but I could see the utility of such a thing for use with these throw away little excavators. I took exception to DFKrug because of the tone he takes when replying to my posts. Cliff...

Yeah years ago and when buying with other attachments/excavators direct from China you likely got great prices. Not saying you are wrong about breakers being hard on the machines but unless you are speaking from personal experience of it wrecking your excavator, or can point to someone with...

Recently I have noticed Ebay is flooded with buckets and other attachments for these little excavators. Many of the Sellers will accept lower price offers and some are even making offers if you simply have viewed their Ebay ad. Some good bargains exist. Just this morning I received an lower...

I would think the best all around unit for the price at 5000lbs+ is the Typhon Terror XXV. Seller on Ebay has it for just under $18K but allows offers. Don't like the thumb design on it but that could be improved afterwards. Pardon Our Interruption...

Found a video review about the Bull18X. Some interesting improvements (protected drive motors, 2 speed and Parker pump) and it does come with some additional attachments standard. Like Carl-NH I am not sure the price increase over similar 2-ton models is worthwhile.

That one appears a bit sketchy. Not only no Seller history but listing shipping by USPS ground. I do see the 16C listed at HUAYEE FREE SHIPPING Mini Excavator HY16C Kubota Engine pilot controls | eBay and it is possible that Seller could arrange an 18B if you contacted them. They would have to...

If you buy a mini off Ebay some of them allow to split the charge over 2 CC's. Ebay does provide purchase protection for many of the sales though you need to read the terms about returns whether allowed and paid for or not. I don't think I would trust dealing with any individual merchant from...

Your credit cards should have Buyer protection. Not sure how that works when you spread a purchase over two different cards. I would not be all that concerned about your credit score from using 1 card over two. They look at total indebtedness. If you pay it off within a short time it probably...