What I Check When Buying a Used Excavator: Will this High Hour Log Mover Pass Inspection?

Can’t see myself ever buying an excavator. But happy to have helpful assessment tips. Thanks Marty.

I have no doubt Marty the machine that meets your specifications will materialize. Your patience and attention to detail will reward you with a better machine than the last two you examined.

How many people buy a major headache because they cannot equate the real value and wished they had "walked" after the fact. Marty is the epitome of value to "me" thinking regardless of desire!!!!

The regret of a lost auction is always easier to stomach than winning a money pit.

Thanks for the visit to the pre-auction look around!!!

No doubt about old diesel engines Marty, they can sit idle for years, as long as you keep the weather out, they'll usually fire up right away with a good battery. Good to see you are a "thrifty" chap and don't toss your cash around.

Imagine the wasp nests you could piss off with that grapple & enclosed cab.

Wants…needs a Grapple = buy and Excavator that has a grapple Love the way Marty thinks

What Marty, you're looking at a machine that's not mired in a swamp? Starts right up. Moving up in the world aren't we?

I love how the guy selling it says it's been serviced every 250 hours and then immediately says he doesn't know the hours

Hi Marty. I’m always impressed when you say you’ve been looking for a certain machine for a few years. You definitely play the long game and play it very well. As someone who has made a few impulse purchases in the past I’m taking careful note 😊

Marty wears many caps, but forestry was not one I was expecting (until the previous episode) I reckon he still has a couple of years before he need a machine with a log grapple to start pulling his trees. Pity about the access to the last one, but wise to step away when you consider the limited access.

My 13 year old son absolutely loves your videos, you are doing the stuff of his dreams. We have some old machinery here that would be fit for your videos haha including a Hitachi UH033 that has a motorboke fuel tank. Hes also stoked because we are in NZ too. Thanks!

That was an awesome video, on what to look for in a used machine. And never go by what it says on the website, but visit it yourself, test it before buying it. I can't believe they went so high on the bid. But I am sure you will find one maybe in the woods 🤔 I can't wait to see what adventures you get into next. 😊

That is a great idea to check it out before you buy it for your help at your house Marty

Learn something new every day cheers Marty 🍻

194 views in only 3 minutes !! Dang Marty !! 👍

Absolutely love your channel man keep it up. I’ve been thinking about making a channel of my own. I’ve got a few motorcycles over the past couple months and then I would love to do rebuld videos on. Not to mention a couple tractors that could use some work that I could record. If I do, this channel would definitely be the main thing that motivated me I’ve watched everyone in your videos

I wonder if whoever won those auctions personally inspected the excavators, and if they, how thoroughly? I suspect not as thoroughly as you did. More fool them. Those prices were higher than I expected — they appeared to have good engines and decent hydraulics, but that dented cylinder rod could be a problem, and the undercarriages did not look super flash. That was a lot of rust on the Picton one. I thought I heard Waikawa mentioned, but I am wondering if it was at Shakespeare Bay, seeing as that's were most of the logs go out. If you went by SH62 rather than QCD, you'd have almost passed by my house at the top of Hammerichs in Rapaura. You should drop in for a cuppa if you pass that way again, and I'll show you my workshop (wood).

I watch a site on You Tube called C & C Equipment in Indiana USA all the time. They repair BIG equipment like Bull dozers & Excavators, used Military equipment etc. When I saw the 9000 price for that old piece, I thought it was too high. The real cost of fixing that stuff (if you can still get parts) is outrageous. I think you are lucky to not own either of those, especially if they have been near water their entire lives.