Thinking about a Mini-X ... ?

[Tomtint]

A bunch of years ago I bought a used 6000 hour KX121.. had it for 7 or 8 years, put another 500 or so hours on it and sold it for more than I paid for it. Bought a new Bobcat E35 with a long stick. ..Bobcat is not as strong as the Kubota was, but it’s more comfortable, has AC and heat , radio, 3rd valve etc. used it yesterday for about 4 hours loading brush and logs to bring to the town drop off day.. A mini X is so much faster at this than any other method .

 

[check 6]

My Little Baby Fergie is about the same size as your BX ... And while the 008 is smaller than I'm looking at ... I'm curious on how you would compare the 008 to the BX w/BH in actual digging performance?

I understand the moving "problem" quite well!

Digging is somewhat similar I’ve dug trenches, almost 6 feet deep and several feet long with a little excavator also pulled out stumps that were up to 14 to 15 inches in diameter just takes more time unless you’re doing large projects. A small excavator in my mind is the way to go because it is more movable can get into tighter places and we’ll do 90% of any job you want done

 

[Seven Gables]

One thing that’s known to be quite abusive to excavators is lots hours spent with a hammer attached. I’d tend to stay away from rental units if they were known to have spent many hours with a hammer attached. Some contractors will rent a excavator with a hammer as opposed to just renting the hammer and using on there own excavator

 

[Yander]

I'm not really worried about tight spaces ... This is my 16 acres, mostly all open ...

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My backyard, the creek is just past the tractor ...

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The front yard ...

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By little TLB has 150° swing with the BH ..

That's a great-looking property. I assume that is your house in the pics, and you are standing at your gate facing your house in the pic of the front gate? I'm guessing because your job it would be tough to have cattle but that would be great to have.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Yes, that's my house in the background of both pictures ... The gate sits back 80' from the road, so I have room to back my 72' long truck and trailer off the narrow road, before opening the gate . . .

Once retired, I'm planning on getting some chickens, and probably duck and/geese ... Protein !

The Mini-X will dig them some ponds ...

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Put the S/N in google its a 2021 model and it sold in GA for $17K July 2025 - looking closely at the pictures there's a dent next in the sheet metal next to the swing arm.

2021 Hitachi ZX26U-5N Excavator | Heavy Construction Equipment Excavators Hydraulic Excavators | Online Auctions | Proxibid

2021 Hitachi ZX26U-5N Excavator, Aux Hydraulics w/Diverter Block, Push Blade, Rubber Tracks, Zero Tail Swing, 2-Speed, 12" Tooth Bucket w/Coupler, Hours: 1,355. Serial HCMACB60E00265899

www.proxibid.com

Nice deal, but someone's flipping it or there may be issues - JD is looking better.

Great detective work! I hadn't even thought it was a possibility to know that!

The seller on TH has a bunch of other equipment, some in the 10-15 year old range, which I thought was strange ...

I'm sure there are lots of other dealers in my area that don't list on TH, I drove by a Tach ____something or other dealer on my way home, I know there is a Bobcat dealer there too, as I called them back before I bought the SCUT TLB

 

[anomad]

I was surfing around looking at mini-excavators. No bargains on the sites I frequent. But, resale value seems to be very strong right now. So even if you only keep a mini for a few years I don't think you will lose any money in the long run. I saw Kubota KX057-4R3A — Mountain Kubota of Boone this one nearby and it is almost identical to mine (they have 3 locations just northeast of me). Even with 4000 hours they are asking 50k. I paid just over 70k new and still measuring hours in the hundreds - LOL. That used listing looks fairly well taken care of, but there is no getting around 4000 hours. I'm surprised they are asking that much.

My plumber has the little 25 horse open station Kubota with zero swing radius so he can do plumber things. It is amazing what capability he has in such a small machine.

 

[Carl_NH]

I'm sure there are lots of other dealers in my area that don't list on TH, I drove by a Tach ____something or other dealer on my way home, I know there is a Bobcat dealer there too, as I called them back before I bought the SCUT TLB

Takeuchi make a very good machine - the last 2 numbers are the rough weight in metric tons - E.G 216 is 4000 lbs, 230 is 6600 lbs, the 240 9000 lbs and so on.

You can do a Serial number lookup on Google for any machine for sale out there and see where its been for the most part today.

Did you check out the JD35 local machine? Thats not a bad deal and for your use may work out fine - it needs some TLC.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

No, I drove through Springfield around 04:00 this morning, got home, got a few things done, and left, now a few miles west of the OH border ...

My official scheduled time off isn't for another 2 weeks ...

The TLC you say ... Is that something that most can do at home?

I was trained as a auto mechanic, two years of Vo-Tech, top of my class, high honors, hired out of there my senior year to work in a big truck shop ... Worked that for two years ... Do most my own mechanics type work . . .

The Deere 35D is about 7500 Lbs, digs 10" deep, and lifts 1700 Lbs ... Sounds much more substantial than my TLB! But I'll need to do some research on that years diesel emissions ...