Thread: Excavators

I'm not so sure about 20T diggers for farm work... I have a cat 308 and sure it doesn't shift as much dirt but it causes nowhere the damage getting out the back to sort a culvert or some such and you can work all afternoon for 12 litres of diesel. good for awkward jobs too. on hill country tracking you can put in a useful farm track without having to go too wide. The convenience of having your own digger onsite is a real plus - a while back we had a physcho heifer that was trying to kill her new calf every time it moved... bravery on my part wasn't working so i grabbed the digger and scooped the calf up , transferred it to the ute and off we went. The cat cost 60k +gst with 4700 hrs on it.