Hi there,
I run a small landscaping business here in Victoria, Aus, and im looking to up grade our old yanmar vio20 to something a bit bigger and newer. It needs to be small enough to work in backyards but we do quite a lot of excavation where a bigger machine would speed up work. The new machine will need to be able run an auger and a hydraulic thumb, and id like something with less than 2000 hours, although with a budget of $40000 im aware that might not be viable.
Ive read a lot of good things about the newer vio35's and the takeuchi tb138fr although most seem to be out of my budget. Theres some reasonably priced cat 303c's and kubotas and E32 bobcats..
If anyone has any first hand experience with any of these or similar size machines and can pass on some advice that would be great!
Cheers,
Chris.
I run a small landscaping business here in Victoria, Aus, and im looking to up grade our old yanmar vio20 to something a bit bigger and newer. It needs to be small enough to work in backyards but we do quite a lot of excavation where a bigger machine would speed up work. The new machine will need to be able run an auger and a hydraulic thumb, and id like something with less than 2000 hours, although with a budget of $40000 im aware that might not be viable.
Ive read a lot of good things about the newer vio35's and the takeuchi tb138fr although most seem to be out of my budget. Theres some reasonably priced cat 303c's and kubotas and E32 bobcats..
If anyone has any first hand experience with any of these or similar size machines and can pass on some advice that would be great!
Cheers,
Chris.