- Joined
- Mar 10, 2012
- Location
- Rocky Mountains BC
Just popping by with a random posting.... I was sitting around drunk and bought a couple of toys off some friends who are "getting out of concrete". Last year I bought a little bobcat 463 for the property and to work on the driveway (3/4km long). Found out quickly that it was simply too small to be any good. So buddy offers me this killer deal on a bigger skidsteer with a catch...I had to take an excavator with it. So now I have a meaty little machine AND a ridiculously oversized excavator.
When he dropped it off, my buddy said "it's a life changing event, owning an excavator". I didn't know what he meant until I started rumbling around the property with the HAND OF GOD at my disposal.
The skid steer just needs a new battery, new tires and some deep cleaning, fluids and inspections were up to date. The excavator needs everything. I think it spent some time in a fair bit of water. It took me 3 hours to hose all the of the mud out of the underside. BUT it runs fine, starts up and does everything, but most of the readouts are dead, so I don't know oil pressure, gas levels, etc etc.
Engine and pneumatics are all working, it moves and digs. Terrifying thing to operate though.
Just sharing here because I don't post enough and I don't do social media anymore.
Just now pressure washing the beast, and I have 10 gallons of industrial enamel paint sitting in the garage for it. New tires for the skidsteer are being put on right now and waiting on a battery.
It's still less work than a reef tank. Anyone else ever revitalized something like this?
When he dropped it off, my buddy said "it's a life changing event, owning an excavator". I didn't know what he meant until I started rumbling around the property with the HAND OF GOD at my disposal.
The skid steer just needs a new battery, new tires and some deep cleaning, fluids and inspections were up to date. The excavator needs everything. I think it spent some time in a fair bit of water. It took me 3 hours to hose all the of the mud out of the underside. BUT it runs fine, starts up and does everything, but most of the readouts are dead, so I don't know oil pressure, gas levels, etc etc.
Engine and pneumatics are all working, it moves and digs. Terrifying thing to operate though.
Just sharing here because I don't post enough and I don't do social media anymore.
Just now pressure washing the beast, and I have 10 gallons of industrial enamel paint sitting in the garage for it. New tires for the skidsteer are being put on right now and waiting on a battery.
It's still less work than a reef tank. Anyone else ever revitalized something like this?
