ramrod is pretty grimy in the picture as the previous owner had just used it that day on a project and had not yet cleaned it up before taking the pic. Paint is actually pretty decent under all the dirt. Machine will be cleaned up prior to sale.
ramrod is pretty grimy in the picture as the previous owner had just used it that day on a project and had not yet cleaned it up before taking the pic. Paint is actually pretty decent under all the dirt. Machine will be cleaned up prior to sale.
So I hear you're starting a used mini skid dealership? BTW The SK500 is working nicely, just gotta get those governor rods replaced with the right ones and we'll be supergolden.
MT 50 is a tank compared to Dingo we have and had at same time. Sold it for $4k with less hours than that w/ bucket. I believe it was an 03 also. Never took it on lawns but was useful in lot for moving wood around with BMG grapple.
So I hear you're starting a used mini skid dealership? BTW The SK500 is working nicely, just gotta get those governor rods replaced with the right ones and we'll be supergolden.
If your dingo was the 420, I can see why it only sold for less than the asking price of my bobcat. However, at $4k, unless it was complete junk, you sold it about $2k too cheap! Guaranteed I could get $6000 for 420 in good shape around here. Maybe the economy's still sour where you're at.
There's no comparison to that machine and a mt50. Yes, the mt50 is heavier but that's because it's not made of plastic like the 420. I was just really unimpressed with the 420 I owned. A 425 is a lot better. I might compare that machine to a mt50 but definitely not the 420.
MT50 is certainly not the best mini skid out there. If someone has $20k lying around, they should buy a sk650. If they only have $7k, then a bobcat mt50, dingo 425 or ditch witch 500 would all be good starter machines.
Got a nearly new 525 TX Dingo (2 years old bought brand new with grapple, etc). We had the rag MT 50 for about 6 months, about 5 months longer than we could stand it lol. Your tank machine is WAY overpriced.
Dingo is the best machine, pound for pound on the market for the buck.
One more thing - you have no right to insist that my machine is overpriced. I've sold similar used minis - both gas and diesel - for that amount and think I know a thing or two about their resale value. This is a matter of your opinion vs mine on value. If you feel the need to offer advice, let's debate the details - the good and bad of each model. Value, however, is something each AS member is smart enough to decide on his own once he has all the information...
Blakesmaster, did I sell you an overpriced POS MT50?
Limbwalker54, did I sell you an overpriced POS Sk500?
PatriotTree, did I sell you an overpriced POS sk650?
Anybody else buy overpriced POS equipment from me?
AP
One more thing - you have no right to insist that my machine is overpriced. I've sold similar used minis - both gas and diesel - for that amount and think I know a thing or two about their resale value. This is a matter of your opinion vs mine on value. If you feel the need to offer advice, let's debate the details - the good and bad of each model. Value, however, is something each AS member is smart enough to decide on his own once he has all the information...
Blakesmaster, did I sell you an overpriced POS MT50?
Limbwalker54, did I sell you an overpriced POS Sk500?
PatriotTree, did I sell you an overpriced POS sk650?
Anybody else buy overpriced POS equipment from me?
AP
Have had the opportunity to use my SK650 on just 2 jobs so far (plus moving a bunch of logs in yard at home).
The (used) 48" demo grapple bucket does the job, but is too heavy, even empty. I added about 150 lb of steel to the platform as a counterwieght to compensate, and it helps, but at the expense of making the overall machine weight that much heavier. Will look at other options in summer after getting bills and Taxes paid up.
On soft ground - an the ground is awful soft right now, the narrow tracks are rototillers. Going to have to invest in wider tracks and mega sheets of plywood. There ain't no way I can possibly go on a customer's lawn.
sent you a pm. If we could figure out a reasonable way (cost) to swap tracks, I would take your narrow tracks for my wide tracks.
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POS were your words, not mine. I think mine were rag and tank. I owned the very same year machine and model. I traded it for a truck for a back up machine and priced it then and priced it when I sold it 6 months later ....bout a year or more ago. Found many priced a little over and under $4k then and should be less now. You got a 9 year old machine there with a thousand hours on it.
Very non user friendly controls, very heavy and non agile. Very noisy and clangy. Awkward, non smooth in operation, hard on turf, bulky, ....what else? Probably due for a new motor and tracks by now too?
Another choice would be to take the $7k they might mistakenly pay you for it and put it as a down payment on a much more refined machine and make payments.
Would also eliminate their misfortune at having to sell this dinosaur when they try another machine and realize the mistake they made. They WILL take a beating on the resale if they buy it at this price.
This is an open forum and meant for opinions...this is my opinion...hopefully it saves another arborist some headaches.
Aren't you supposed to be in the Heavy Equipment section of this forum, not the Experienced Climber section of the forum? Seen you do the same thing on TBuzz. Shouldn't you pay a sponsor fee like the others on the banner?
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