Just to add to the list; I always check the air filters, hours on fuel and oil filters among a few other things. Matching oil and fuel filter hours usually indicates that they change them together instead of being cheap and saving on the fuel filter , which can shorten the life of the pump. If an air filter is new ( possible red flag), filthy ( definite red flag). Good job guys
@@GOAT_GOATERSONit means they bought a new one to sell it likely because they barely changed them so the last one was absolutely filthy, so bad they thought it wouldnt sell like that
That 270D undercarriage is textbook “Run to destruction” territory. I figure the pump is bad too. It would have to go cheap - but nothing does anymore.
That’s why you just go with case for your first machine and go through all the warranty’s and fees pay for all the good shit just one time and make all that money back in your first 2 years
Hey Chris !! Great explanation of what to look for on "USED "" equipment !! Guess you got lucky with "BARNEY & the Dozer !! TOO bad "BETTY "" turned into a "PAIN ""!! Have a good week & Thanks again with Mike !!
We do appreciate all the info and tips that Chris, Mike, and Clint shares with us. Thanks guys. It's crazy how much people are asking and paying for pigs with lipstick.
I don't have the budget for equipment like that, but the education I just received is excellent. Thank you for pointing out potential problems, great information.
That deer looked like a lady I seen walking around the truck stop in Indiana one night her undercarriage was plumed clapped out her teeth where missing and her pins and bushings seemed to be loose 🤪
Like to see the difference between candc(trading) and you(user) point of vieuw. There is a guy called i c weld. Does repair jobs on equipment. Some times finds design faults.
good question my Guess ,, they might not be able to afford the payments or the bank insurance is trying to get there money back on a repo ..just a guess ..
@@letsdig18 Damaged in transport, repaired, but then can't be sold as ''NEW'' was another thought. Can't see a cheeky bridge strike with minor boom damage justifying the scrapping of the whole machine.
Chris thanks to you and Mike for taking time and pointing out a few things to look at. When I bought a dozer years ago I spent hours researching what to look for.
Always 'pays' to know what to look out for - paint hides so much. I bought a rust bucket (car) once - poor Dad he was horrified so much he bought me a decent one which lasted for years. Lucky me and lesson learned. Great coverage video.
Great video Chris ,, just so I don't screw up and buy the wrong machine ,, can you buy me one that way it don't hurt my pocket book for 50 years ,, lol .. thank you for giving the high lights on what to look for .. think the one you showed the other day that they still greased might of been the same owner as this fine beast .. I think I would go with the valvo .. or a older machine that predates the gov specs ..
Thank you very helpful indeed as I am just about to start looking for one over in the UK. Have you got any advice on makes as there are so many to choose from I know its a bit like a buying a car but could you at least guide me a little please?
Didn't Clint say the same machines were selling on auction a year later with 200 more hours and costing an extra 20 grand. For the price to have somebody come in and due a job, you could buy one of these machines, do the work yourself and resell the machine for as much if not more than you payed for the machine as long as nothing breaks on you.
@Your Name the way things are going, it's cheaper to buy a new excavator, do the project yourself, and then sell it for what you paid for it if not more.
I love that this kind of thing is on youtube. Thanks heaps guys! We bought our first Exc about two years back and had almost no idea what we were doing .We only needed something to clean out a few farm dams so we were looking at some really worn out machines😅. My biggest fear was having multiple hydraulic hoses fail. Funny thing- In my head i counted up how many hoses there could be on a machine.When we bought one,got it home and started to pull covers off i got a huge shock. I was off by a factor of three at least! I didnt even know pilot hydraulic circuits were a thing.Or bunches of electric solenoids to control them. More by luck than anything we ended up with a reasonably reliable machine but it could have been a disaster 😅😅
Just wait until one hose goes bad, the second you replace it the next weakest hose is going to go. We said screw it and starting doing all the hoses on our Backhoe instead of the piecemeal replacement we had been doing.
This is a fine tutorial that you & Mike produced. I won't ever be in the market for heavy equipment but if one of my friends are, I have a video for them to watch. Thanks to both of you for this.
Good video Chris, that Volvo looked like it was in damn good shape, yeah it sucks that someone will buy that clapped out johnny popper an it's gonna need thousands of dollars of work to even be worth putting in production to make money, that thing is in bad shape, thanks for sharing Chris, good explanation of what to look for, 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Good stuff here... When I was still pulling equipment regularly, I saw all kinds, of course... Brand new Komatsus out of Houston to ragged out junk from Arnold... One that sticks out was an excavator at the Houston RB that had taken a swim over around my hometown of Beaumont. It had to be pulled onto the trailer, in fact. I delivered it to a father/son team up in South Dakota, as I recall, but they were simply buying old machines, repairing them, using them for a project, then reselling them. To each their own, I guess, but I'd be leary of anything that's been underwater. I agree: If someone's going to buy a modern machine, give them a good once over and don't let the glare from fresh paint blind you.
I bought old 1995 loppy Catterpillar 307... it has its leaks and play in everything, tracks are shot .... but i paid 10K and use it just around the building. And dug a water line with it and saved 5K i labor doing it ;)
That John Deere reminds me of a saying my friend used to use when checking out a girl across a dark bar. She looks good from far but she's far from good. LOL
You aint seen nothing. I bought a Hydromac H95 in 2018. Ancient Italian machine that no one has ever heard of. Put into production in 1962 6 Cylinder Perkins engine Has clearly had 3 re-paints. Had to get 1 idler ram re conditioned. Dipper ram and cylinder were both scoured, replaced seals rather than having them rebuilt. Boom ram is leaking, must be scoured too. Burned out starter, bought a new one. Battery does not charge, fault in electronics somewhere. One frost plug missing, random piece of timber bunged in instead. Exhaust gone, replaced with gutter pipe. Hydraulic oil was well below level, I drained 3 20 gallon drums out of it and replaced with 7 Still needs more Grease nipples in tracks are not the same as each other, one has to be slightly screwed out to work Not the original cab, "new" one has more Perspex than glass and a right hand door (?) Overflow pipe into the hydraulic oil tank was broken, fixed with hose and jubilee clips. Bucket sway? The "Pins" holding the bucket are pieces of old hydraulic rams. Rotation creaks when stopped. Only one boom ram, struggles to lift weights that similar sized machines with two rams would lift. Mechanical joysticks, need greasing regularly. Return filter to hydraulic oil tank was FULL of metal. Long magnet in tank looked like a caterpillar with all the metal on it. Tracking has very little power. Drinks water. But I bought a 17 tonne machine for €2,500. Beat that.
Chris or Mike. I am looking for a mini excavator like your Yanmar VIO55. In the last year the cost of these in used condition has gone up $15,000. Have either of you got and idea what caused the increase? I see these machines sit on sites for months. Are dealers hoping the right guy walks through the door or what?
Up here in canada,its about supply and demand.People want a machine now and some are not willing to wait months so they are paying premium to get a used machine.Certain models of name brand machines that are hard to get now are fetching some obscenely high prices used.Any name brand lower hour machine here right now,expect to pay a high price,and with spring just around the corner,you'd better dig even deeper.If you don't,the next guy in line will,that just how times are rolling.
I would much rather see the machine in its original shape than a shiny new paint job. What are they trying to hide is the first question you ask when you see a new paint job.
Just to add to the list; I always check the air filters, hours on fuel and oil filters among a few other things. Matching oil and fuel filter hours usually indicates that they change them together instead of being cheap and saving on the fuel filter , which can shorten the life of the pump. If an air filter is new ( possible red flag), filthy ( definite red flag). Good job guys
Why is it a red flag when the air filter is new or filthy? Aren't they all a little dirty?
@@GOAT_GOATERSONit means they bought a new one to sell it likely because they barely changed them so the last one was absolutely filthy, so bad they thought it wouldnt sell like that
With the Deere, you don't need to worry about getting dirt in the pin bushings. They're so sloppy, dirt and grit will fall straight out.
True, Unfortunately that is a sad statement
With that much slop, you could feed hog and keep fat for a year. LOL
Not an headache for the mecanic to get the pins in and out😉😉. Who needs grease? Make the clearence big enough.
@@henkoosterhof5947 seizing up isn't going to be an issue I think.
Easy to lipstick a pig, until u ride em!
The best phrase I've heard of when looking at used items is that they look "used but not abused"
@0:11 excellent dumpers behind you. And thx for the education and lessons!
It's always more expensive to buy the cheapest option. Thanks for another great video.
That’s a awesome quote
“Even brand new it still has some side to side play” yea. It’s a doosan! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I really like these collaboration videos.
Great video! This was very informative! Thank you sir 👍.
I love these vids of you and Dirt Perfect together.
Thank you
The amount of information in this.... GOLDEN.
Between this and the pointers on auction buying from Clint, this has been a pretty educational week on my RUclips feed.
That 270D undercarriage is textbook “Run to destruction” territory. I figure the pump is bad too. It would have to go cheap - but nothing does anymore.
That’s why you just go with case for your first machine and go through all the warranty’s and fees pay for all the good shit just one time and make all that money back in your first 2 years
I thought this was going to be one super sarcastic " walk arounds" chris normally does with his buddies. Impressed in how informative it was!
Really good info Chris, that's going to help many people out 👍
Really a good presentation on used excavators.
guys need do lot more these ,,what watch for ,,and how day maintain
Excellent tutorial
Very informative video TY.
Any chance you could do a similar video on rubber track machines.
Hey Chris !! Great explanation of what to look for on "USED "" equipment !! Guess you got lucky with "BARNEY & the Dozer !! TOO bad "BETTY "" turned into a "PAIN ""!! Have a good week & Thanks again with Mike !!
Dawns here ☀️
JOHN oh Deer, 270D has had a Dulux overhaul!
The Deere 270D is a Prime Example of Why you Don’t Waste 💰putting Make-up on a Pig. 🐷 Go ahead and Enjoy the Ham. 🐖😬👍
Thanks for taking the time guys 👍
In classic cars we call it a 100footer. Looks good at 100 ft.
What do you mean by bucket packing?
Hitting the bucket off the ground to pack material in
Good to know, thank you
We do appreciate all the info and tips that Chris, Mike, and Clint shares with us. Thanks guys. It's crazy how much people are asking and paying for pigs with lipstick.
I’m glad to see you made this video. I appreciate it !
I just bought a new excavator, figured screw it, I don't want any headaches
You would make a good salesman
Thank you, have great day.
nice video , and we r a reliable company specially in selling used machine
I don't have the budget for equipment like that, but the education I just received is excellent. Thank you for pointing out potential problems, great information.
andrew camarata will buy that 270d
That was a very informative video. I never really knew what to look for on used machines. The lessons for the undercarriage were great!
for someone with a small farm who needs to pull stumps that probably deere aint to bad
Great camera operator 👍🏻
The old John Deere Sounded like an old pin ball machine lol. Appreciate all the great videos you guys present. Thanks
I wish you could see and run the 303e i have for work. Got 1609 hrs and it's 1 off from that 270 deere
Good video by dp and Chris.
That deer looked like a lady I seen walking around the truck stop in Indiana one night her undercarriage was plumed clapped out her teeth where missing and her pins and bushings seemed to be loose 🤪
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that was a good one Marc Therrien. 😂😅😆
Like to see the difference between candc(trading) and you(user) point of vieuw. There is a guy called i c weld. Does repair jobs on equipment. Some times finds design faults.
Andrew Camarata would say this is too new
“Ok so I got this busted up excavator. Let’s get to work.”
Camarata is a junk collector.
Great video Chris. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
How do brand new machines end up straight in auction lots? Have they failed final factory inspection?
I've always wonder that myself
good question my Guess ,, they might not be able to afford the payments or the bank insurance is trying to get there money back on a repo ..just a guess ..
@@letsdig18 Damaged in transport, repaired, but then can't be sold as ''NEW'' was another thought.
Can't see a cheeky bridge strike with minor boom damage justifying the scrapping of the whole machine.
My 14 Ram had paint damage at factory, owner refused delivery, sold dealership can then buy them at auction.
Great info for us could be buyers..thanks so much !!!
...good advice, keep safe and have a great week..
Great info Chris👍👍👍👍 thanks
Great video, guys. Thank you for sharing.
Very informative video, thanks, that last machine was one of those that someone tried to make a silk purse from a sows ear with a little paint
Like making chicken salad out of chicken shit.
@@brianbabb6666 😂😂😂👍
Chris thanks to you and Mike for taking time and pointing out a few things to look at. When I bought a dozer years ago I spent hours researching what to look for.
The John deere got the 5 gallon overhaul
DP should have taken that 220 home with the haul truck.
Thanks for the tour! Good info
Thank you sir…, I won’t be buying anything much bigger than a rubber tire 4WD tractor, but I love watching your videos…
Always 'pays' to know what to look out for - paint hides so much. I bought a rust bucket (car) once - poor Dad he was horrified so much he bought me a decent one which lasted for years. Lucky me and lesson learned. Great coverage video.
Great video Chris ,, just so I don't screw up and buy the wrong machine ,, can you buy me one that way it don't hurt my pocket book for 50 years ,, lol .. thank you for giving the high lights on what to look for .. think the one you showed the other day that they still greased might of been the same owner as this fine beast .. I think I would go with the valvo .. or a older machine that predates the gov specs ..
Thanks for the tips. Good to know.
Thank you very helpful indeed as I am just about to start looking for one over in the UK. Have you got any advice on makes as there are so many to choose from I know its a bit like a buying a car but could you at least guide me a little please?
i'm in the process of buying my first excavator, this is sooo helpful. Thank you good sir!!
Great video guys
i like these kinda videos when u go to actions and show worn out stuff
great video! thanks for the education.
I'm always learning something new from Chris.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. God bless you.
You can polish a turd but it’s still a turd. Thanks Chris!!!
Great video! Hopefully you do more of these auction walk through. Enjoy all of your videos!
for someone new wants t buy their first exacavtor what make should they get or what make of a exacavtor should i get or think off
If I wanted to dig myself a pond I would buy that 270 or one similar then once I’m done just send it back to Ritchie
Didn't Clint say the same machines were selling on auction a year later with 200 more hours and costing an extra 20 grand.
For the price to have somebody come in and due a job, you could buy one of these machines, do the work yourself and resell the machine for as much if not more than you payed for the machine as long as nothing breaks on you.
@@stewiesaidthat idk that was more of a joke
@Your Name the way things are going, it's cheaper to buy a new excavator, do the project yourself, and then sell it for what you paid for it if not more.
@@stewiesaidthat that’d work
I’d love to know how a brand new machine ends up in an auction yard!
Maybe the dealer went belly up.
Its a repo
The owner couldn't afford the monthly payments, on the loan.
I love that this kind of thing is on youtube. Thanks heaps guys!
We bought our first Exc about two years back and had almost no idea what we were doing .We only needed something to clean out a few farm dams so we were looking at some really worn out machines😅.
My biggest fear was having multiple hydraulic hoses fail. Funny thing- In my head i counted up how many hoses there could be on a machine.When we bought one,got it home and started to pull covers off i got a huge shock. I was off by a factor of three at least! I didnt even know pilot hydraulic circuits were a thing.Or bunches of electric solenoids to control them.
More by luck than anything we ended up with a reasonably reliable machine but it could have been a disaster 😅😅
Just wait until one hose goes bad, the second you replace it the next weakest hose is going to go. We said screw it and starting doing all the hoses on our Backhoe instead of the piecemeal replacement we had been doing.
This is a fine tutorial that you & Mike produced. I won't ever be in the market for heavy equipment but if one of my friends are, I have a video for them to watch. Thanks to both of you for this.
Good video Chris, that Volvo looked like it was in damn good shape, yeah it sucks that someone will buy that clapped out johnny popper an it's gonna need thousands of dollars of work to even be worth putting in production to make money, that thing is in bad shape, thanks for sharing Chris, good explanation of what to look for, 🇺🇸🇺🇸
More like $25K
@@noc8076 oh I know, that's y I said thousands! 👍
You can always polish a turd and put a lot of paint on it but underneath it is still a turd.
Thanks for the valuable information on used purchases in the used field of heavy equipment 👍
Thanks. That was really helpful.
Great video Chris 🇺🇲 glad to see DP there
Nice, thanks, helpful.
Good stuff here... When I was still pulling equipment regularly, I saw all kinds, of course... Brand new Komatsus out of Houston to ragged out junk from Arnold... One that sticks out was an excavator at the Houston RB that had taken a swim over around my hometown of Beaumont. It had to be pulled onto the trailer, in fact. I delivered it to a father/son team up in South Dakota, as I recall, but they were simply buying old machines, repairing them, using them for a project, then reselling them. To each their own, I guess, but I'd be leary of anything that's been underwater. I agree: If someone's going to buy a modern machine, give them a good once over and don't let the glare from fresh paint blind you.
Nice informative upload Chris and DP 👍🏻
I bought old 1995 loppy Catterpillar 307... it has its leaks and play in everything, tracks are shot .... but i paid 10K and use it just around the building. And dug a water line with it and saved 5K i labor doing it ;)
We call that a rattle can rebuild!
Thanks. I’m hoping to buy one soon this definitely helps.
Operator my rear end. Lol God bless
GREAT JOB ,,, I NEVER KNEW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like the Volvo 220 it was in good shap .
That John Deere reminds me of a saying my friend used to use
when checking out a girl across a dark bar. She looks good from far but she's far from good. LOL
But the girls all get prettier at closing time!
Great video it shows the immense knowledge you and Mike have It's always a joy to watch you two
Thank you gentleman for giving us your insight and knowledge!
You aint seen nothing.
I bought a Hydromac H95 in 2018.
Ancient Italian machine that no one has ever heard of.
Put into production in 1962
6 Cylinder Perkins engine
Has clearly had 3 re-paints.
Had to get 1 idler ram re conditioned.
Dipper ram and cylinder were both scoured, replaced seals rather than having them rebuilt.
Boom ram is leaking, must be scoured too.
Burned out starter, bought a new one.
Battery does not charge, fault in electronics somewhere.
One frost plug missing, random piece of timber bunged in instead.
Exhaust gone, replaced with gutter pipe.
Hydraulic oil was well below level, I drained 3 20 gallon drums out of it and replaced with 7 Still needs more
Grease nipples in tracks are not the same as each other, one has to be slightly screwed out to work
Not the original cab, "new" one has more Perspex than glass and a right hand door (?)
Overflow pipe into the hydraulic oil tank was broken, fixed with hose and jubilee clips.
Bucket sway? The "Pins" holding the bucket are pieces of old hydraulic rams.
Rotation creaks when stopped.
Only one boom ram, struggles to lift weights that similar sized machines with two rams would lift.
Mechanical joysticks, need greasing regularly.
Return filter to hydraulic oil tank was FULL of metal.
Long magnet in tank looked like a caterpillar with all the metal on it.
Tracking has very little power.
Drinks water.
But I bought a 17 tonne machine for €2,500. Beat that.
thanks
So many people out there (like myself) that need this kind of advice. I bought my first excavator 6 months after I started watching your channel haha
Great video, thanks!
You and Mike provided a balanced perspective on what to look at.
which place you are cuz
I need to buy some equipments
Thanks
Great information
Yup Let the buyer be ware. High lights turn into low lights quick Thanks for sharing 👍
Chris or Mike. I am looking for a mini excavator like your Yanmar VIO55. In the last year the cost of these in used condition has gone up $15,000. Have either of you got and idea what caused the increase? I see these machines sit on sites for months. Are dealers hoping the right guy walks through the door or what?
Up here in canada,its about supply and demand.People want a machine now and some are not willing to wait months so they are paying premium to get a used machine.Certain models of name brand machines that are hard to get now are fetching some obscenely high prices used.Any name brand lower hour machine here right now,expect to pay a high price,and with spring just around the corner,you'd better dig even deeper.If you don't,the next guy in line will,that just how times are rolling.
Great video and very informative!!
I would much rather see the machine in its original shape than a shiny new paint job. What are they trying to hide is the first question you ask when you see a new paint job.