Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[doobin]

Secondhand market is superheated currently due to BBLs, Brexit and lack of new supply due to Covid. Make sure you factor this in, as I can't see kite flying prices for second hand junk lasting.

 

Personally it would be too big a risk for me. There's just one dealer, he could easily fold as soon as the warranty claims start coming in. Residuals will be low.

 

They just look the worst of the Chinese stuff. And the dealer's spelling doesn't inspire me with any more confidence than I have in the 'hydrolicks' of the machines he's selling. No reflection on your signature- but if you are running a professional business then you should know to employ a proof reader or copyrighter if it isn't your strong point. That's business- play to your strengths. What else might they not be so good at?

Edited December 28, 2020 by doobin

[dumper]

If your going to use it for handling the reviews reckon track frames are short, not sure I would risk it, would the warranty be worth paper it’s on and the residual value will be dire,

I wouldn’t want to buy on hp end up owing far more than it’s worth.

no local dealer how long to fix when it breaks especially if you rely on it

[Gray git]

Secondhand market is superheated currently due to BBLs, Brexit and lack of new supply due to Covid. Make sure you factor this in, as I can't see kite flying prices for second hand junk lasting.
 
Personally it would be too big a risk for me. There's just one dealer, he could easily fold as soon as the warranty claims start coming in. Residuals will be low.
 
They just look the worst of the Chinese stuff. And the dealer's spelling doesn't inspire me with any more confidence than I have in the 'hydrolicks' of the machines he's selling. No reflection on your signature- but if you are running a professional business then you should know to employ a proof reader or copyrighter if it isn't your strong point. That's business- play to your strengths. What else might they not be so good at?

If your going to use it for handling the reviews reckon track frames are short, not sure I would risk it, would the warranty be worth paper it’s on and the residual value will be dire,
I wouldn’t want to buy on hp end up owing far more than it’s worth.
no local dealer how long to fix when it breaks especially if you rely on it

Both very good points and ones I'd definitely considered but was after a opinion of anyone who had actually sat in one. We wouldn't be looking at return value too much as would expect any machine to be with us far longer than any hp deal.
Unfortunately due to a 16k repair bill on another machine we missed out on bobcat's 0% in November to put down on a e85 but we are in need of getting something sorted before mid January due to works requiring this size machine.
I did consider hiring to see if the second hand market calms down but getting something to take a grab with twin aux lines and any sort of guarding is close to impossible and the price for the hire over the two - three months would fairly cover the years hp repayments

[tree_beard]

I'm sure somewhere on this thread Aspen Bob was celebrating several years trouble free ownership of a Chinese made 8tonner... Sany?

[tree_beard]

Scratch that, nearly right, he's got a Liugong 6tonner... Page 83 of the fings wot broke these... ahem

[Gray git]

Scratch that, nearly right, he's got a Liugong 6tonner... Page 83 of the fings wot broke these... ahem

Ha iv just spent 15min looking for that post, definitely seems to rate it and by the way @aspenbob posts in that thread his lads definitely test gear hard [emoji848]

[monkeybusiness]

4 hours ago, Gray git said:

Unfortunately due to a 16k repair bill on another machine 

Ouch! Merlo?...

[Gray git]

Ouch! Merlo?...

Merlo and turbo on one of the valtras [emoji24]

[monkeybusiness]

11 hours ago, Gray git said:

Merlo and turbo on one of the valtras

Fark... Big dollars, what went wrong with the Merlo? Something electronic/ECU based I’d guess for that dosh.

[Gray git]

Fark... Big dollars, what went wrong with the Merlo? Something electronic/ECU based I’d guess for that dosh.

All pipes and electrics up the boom decided to get in a spaghetti mess, parts weren't too bad considering it's 20 odd m and in 5 sections but some serious amount of time to pull the boom apart and refit everything which really shot up the cost.