Typhon Terror XVII with cab.

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MattB4

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Cat 262 skid and Typhon XVII
After selling my Typhon Mark X (1-ton gas powered) mini Ex 3 weeks ago I ordered in a new 2-ton rated XVII with the Kubota diesel D902 in it from Ebay Seller MachineryUSA. I offered $11,599 and it was accepted. The total price with tax was $12,435.93 (includes my bank wire fee of $25). The deal includes free shipping and I got the Excavator last evening at 5-6pm. The driver called me only a couple hours before showing up.

Shipping was on a large Sleeper Semi with a 53ft drop deck which I was not adequately prepared to receive out on the rural county road I live on. Finding a place for this large of a loaded truck to turn around meant traveling from my house about 3/4's of a mile. It also meant that after unload I had to shuttle the excavator back home. That took most of an hour at teh extreme slow speed of the machine. The truck driver, while a nice fellow, did not operate or unload. He seemed to be a foreigner with not the best grasp of English which complicated understanding. At least the truck came with a nice set of double ramps that meant unload was not entirely difficult although the middle ramps support meant using the bucket to stabilized the ex was a bit tight. Likely a person not used to running an ex would be a bit overwhelmed by this.

As I get some time I will flesh out my review. Some initial impressions are that it is definitely a big improvement over my previous 1 Ton. The diesel engine and pilot controls improve operation enormously. Some negatives I discovered are the slow travel speed, the engine heats up the seat area considerably after running at high throttle for more than 1/2 hour (thankfully the Aircon works some or the trip back to my home in the upper 80F's would have been hard to take.) I noticed no issue though with engine overheating. The cab is very small for my 6ft-3in size. It does seem to be fairly matched to the zero tail turn unit with only a few areas where I need to add some foam to close gaps. The seat in full back position vibrates against the back glass. But the controls have full movement in front.
 

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   / Typhon Terror XVII with cab.
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Your photos are huge, like to see them but....
Sorry about that. I will take some with my digital camera instead of using my phone. Its resolution is less making for a smaller file size. Are the thumbnails too large to show up in the first post?
 

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Sorry about that. I will take some with my digital camera instead of using my phone. Its resolution is less making for a smaller file size. Are the thumbnails too large to show up in the first post?
Here is a photo that's just 150-+kb. Seems OK to me.
6x5dolly0708.jpg
 
   / Typhon Terror XVII with cab.
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You did not answer if you could see the thumbnails instead you just got snorky. Ignore my Threads if you can not control your attitude.
 
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You did not answer if you could see the thumbnails instead you just got snorky. Ignore my Threads if you can not control your attitude.
Snorky? Of course I see the thumbnails but if you click one, you DLed them all. I posted the one photo to show its quality.
 
   / Typhon Terror XVII with cab.
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Snorky? Of course I see the thumbnails but if you click one, you DLed them all. I posted the one photo to show its quality.
Once again. Just go away.
 
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Don't forget, "please change the filter element if it's broken or there's too many dirt"

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Please change the air filter position while your at it - the clean out is meant to point down.
 
   / Typhon Terror XVII with cab. #10  
Nice looking machine Matt - yes they are slow but you knew that going in. The blue looks good - seems to be a Hightop made unit. I see they have some nicer pedals now, and a little better fit and finish than mine a year ago.

You will need to stiffen up the thumb welding some plates between the tines, other than that run it!
 

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