Mini Excavator Questions

[oldafretired]

Thanks! I guess the 42 will work OK then. A mini ex sure does make it a lot easier to get stumps out. Been taking out a bunch of stumps lately.

 

[mike69440]

Re: Mini Excavator Questions, Will my excavator pick and place this?

Once I set the foundation blocks in an elevated, (less than 3' tall) round stone garden, I plan on pick and placing this gazebo http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/374740-my-wife-wants-gazebo-help.html?highlight= with my excavator by running a threaded rod down the center of the roof Simpson center connector, lifting with a strap around on the 2 X 10 Center plate under the floor rafters. Sort of a giant X-mass tree ornament.

I hope I have the lift height with the boom, as the gazebo is over 12' tall, plus the 3' to set it on the blocks. Going to be a short chocked chain I figure.

The pictures are of some work I finally did cleaning up the junk growing in around our drive, moving some rocks and keeping the battery charged up. For the little I use it ,the wife says sell, it but then I wouldn't have it when i need it. Note the obligatory "See me using a grapple pictures"

 

[mike69440]

Re: Mini Excavator Questions, Handy to have

I did a lift test, no problems, but it is a good reach to the center of the stone garden and the garden is raised about +30"

 

[mike69440]

Re: Mini Excavator Questions, Handy to have

Real Handy!

 

[BarnStangz]

Did OP ever get a mini ex? Add me to the happy Kubota list. I've had my U35 for almost 2 years and it is a VERY handy machine!

 

[gtrippleb]

Did OP ever get a mini ex?

I was wondering the same thing. I picked up a JD 50D with a cab a few weeks ago and have been clearing a few acres digging up stumps.

 

[mike69440]

I don't dig often, but when I do I prefer excavators.

 

[flienlow]

Did OP ever get a mini ex? Add me to the happy Kubota list. I've had my U35 for almost 2 years and it is a VERY handy machine!

I have a BX25 (which I bought first) and also a U25 I recently purchased. I have no idea how I ever got along without the U25. I tell folks the bx is like using a hand saw with a miter box, and the U25 is like using a compound slide miter saw in comparison.

 

[Otgaugres]

New to the forum...just read this thread with interest. I'm running a Bobcat E42 that I purchased earlier this summer. For me, it was between the Bobcat and Kubota KX040-4. I think I would have been happy with either, but my Bobcat dealer made the difference. So far, so good. Mine is pretty much loaded with the extendable arm, which isn't something I was looking for, but my dealer gave me a brand new demo which was equippeds such, then offered 1/2 off on that option price. The demo never left my property. . After having it, it would be hard not to have it. You always seem to need a little extra reach. I got a 24" digging bucket, a 52" grading bucket, grapple, and frost ripper. The frost ripper is great for stumps...I've dug out a ton this summer. It seems a lot easier on the machine than doing it with the bucket or grapple.

 

[oldafretired]

Did OP ever get a mini ex? Add me to the happy Kubota list. I've had my U35 for almost 2 years and it is a VERY handy machine!

I was wondering the same thing. I picked up a JD 50D with a cab a few weeks ago and have been clearing a few acres digging up stumps.

Yup, got a U55 back in April. I think it got lost in all the posts since this thread is so long.