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what track machine to buy

  • 08-05-2011 6:42pm
    #1
    countryfile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    hi thinking of buying a 12 or 13 tonne digger just wondering which to buy hitachi kobelco komatsu ? something around the year 2000 any suggestions welcome


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  • #2
    Ford4000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭Ford4000


    Hitachi dash 5 are a great digger, komatsu dash 6 are a great digger also, either of which i would go for, drove a dash 6 komatsu for 3 years and was completely trouble free !


  • #3
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    countryfile wrote: »
    hi thinking of buying a 12 or 13 tonne digger just wondering which to buy hitachi kobelco komatsu ? something around the year 2000 any suggestions welcome

    I would be looking for a Hitachi if you are going for a machine of that era. As Ford4000 said Komatsu are OK but if you buy one that was abused and not maintained properly it will break your heart and pocket..


  • #4
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    I have a gra for Kobelco's. They are a nice balanced machine with good digging power and have nice comfortable cabs and good visability. Also the fact that most of them have control changers on them is useful for me - I learned with Mitsubishi controls so its great to be able to just twist the lever to change from the universal controls to the Mitsubishi ones.

    Kobelcos are scarce enough in the country at the moment - after the boom, a lot of them were bought up by buyers in Easter Europe because they could be got cheaper than a hitachi or komatsu. There's still a few around if you search in the right places.

    If you buy a Komatsu and have to put parts into it, you'll be robbed.


  • #5
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    What are Hitachi like parts-wise and service wise?


  • #6
    kay 9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭kay 9


    Hitachi are pretty much trouble free apart from the normal maintenance. Especially the -5s.


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  • #7
    pjoc2003
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭pjoc2003


    I'm thinking of buying a track machine. What kind of proof of ownership goes with a track machine? Do they have log books the same as cars & tractors?


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