etpm
Veteran Member
Hey all you Chinese Mini Excavator owners,
My son wants me to spend my money on a mini excavator and I don't know if I should consider buying a certain machine.
The machine in question is a Lanty lat-13. The engine is a RATO R420 15 HP. Air cooled. The machine is supposed to have only a few hours on it, less than 20 apparently. I don't have a link yet because my son hasn't sent me one yet.
It does have a thumb but it is not hydraulic. I don't know how hard or expensive it would be to make it hydraulic. About 15 years ago I rented a small excavator that was the same approximate size as the one in question. A little bigger but not that much bigger. It was a diesel powered machine. It had a hydraulic thumb and it was a joy to use. The machine in general and the thumb in particular. Like the FEL on my tractor the hydraulic thumb was super useful. I rented the excavator to dig a ditch and ended up moving a bunch rocks after I dug the ditch. A stationary thumb seems like it would be much less useful. But I don't know. I also don't know how hard it would be to add a cylinder and control to the stationary thumb. The thumb appears to be the type that can be locked in various positions.
The price for the excavator is, I think, $4500.
My son wants me to spend my money on a mini excavator and I don't know if I should consider buying a certain machine.
The machine in question is a Lanty lat-13. The engine is a RATO R420 15 HP. Air cooled. The machine is supposed to have only a few hours on it, less than 20 apparently. I don't have a link yet because my son hasn't sent me one yet.
It does have a thumb but it is not hydraulic. I don't know how hard or expensive it would be to make it hydraulic. About 15 years ago I rented a small excavator that was the same approximate size as the one in question. A little bigger but not that much bigger. It was a diesel powered machine. It had a hydraulic thumb and it was a joy to use. The machine in general and the thumb in particular. Like the FEL on my tractor the hydraulic thumb was super useful. I rented the excavator to dig a ditch and ended up moving a bunch rocks after I dug the ditch. A stationary thumb seems like it would be much less useful. But I don't know. I also don't know how hard it would be to add a cylinder and control to the stationary thumb. The thumb appears to be the type that can be locked in various positions.
The price for the excavator is, I think, $4500.