One Thing I HATE About My SANY Excavator! (SANY Problems)
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2023
- In this Video I Take the time to point out the one thing I don't like about my Sany SY80 Excavator!
I haven't had any real problems with my Sany so far and I am overall VERY Satisfied with it! If You are considering buying a Sany excavator I would highly recommend them!
Exactly, run what you want to run! It's your money and your business. For me tracking backwards with my feet is so uncomfortable. I almost always grab the sticks with one hand and work the sticks. Enjoyed the video and editing..
God Bless
Thank you sir ! Appreciate it ! I’d love to have a new Cat one day but today I am grateful that Sany is at a price point that allowed me to consider a new machine ! My older stuff was wearing me out with repairs! Hard to mechanic and operate at the same time !
@@diggingwithdylan9092 I'm getting rid of my cat for a Sany sy60c. I'll never own another cat bullshit for the money.
I have a sany sy35u! I love it! I previously owned a kubota 040-4.. I spent more time broke down in limp mode.. at the dealership.. I hate that machine. Dpf don’t belong on these machines! Anyway I love my sany. The yanmar diesel runs good and the capability of the machine is amazing. The kubota moved faster but that’s about it.. kubota AC unit failed, regen failed.. parts were expensive as hell.. I get the same work done with this machine.. less problems! Sany all the way!
How many hours do you have on it?
I am currently in the market for a 7.5-8 ton shovel, I just realized we have a dealer right here in my town. Definitely going to speak with them, they look like a nicely built machine.
you will not be disappointed! I love mine!
WOW! Cool! Thank you for your support and thank you for sharing your experience! Your video and your feedback is a great value💓
No problem! Thank you guys for making a great product that the small guys can afford !
I have about 50 hrs on my 60.. (almost went with the 80) So far I couldnt be happier.. Pretty dam strong IMO.. Im right there with ya, wanted a new machine that I could afford and cant beat the warranty..
I have a Sany Sy35U and I couldn't be happier with my purchase! The one thing i wish it had was a 4 or 6 way articulating blade!
Yeah me too!
Run what you want, can afford. I have found most of the negative comments from people who have never had to purchase any machines AND run a profitable business for any length of time. I had a Sany 8100 crane I bought out of Peachtree Georgia. CUmmins engine, Kawasaki pumps, all known good name components. It would chart as well as a 218 HSL LB. It's what I could afford and it was a good machine. I would buy another one if I needed to. Resale was low comparatively to other names but the savings was up front and warranty and service was top notch.
I'm looking at getting a SY26U. Its great seeing people happy with the machine.
Over 500hrs now still very pleased!
I have over 600hrs with mine. Runs an auger and has left me really impressed
@@crockerscustoms9414 Good to hear it. I'm ordering an auger with 2 sizes of bits. I have quite a bit of fencing to do with a list of other stuff.
Good video. I have a 35 that I"m pleased with. I am a noob, but so far so good.
The only thing about this video that I have an issue with is: Mountain Dew... that shit is nasty.
🤣 appreciate you watching!
Greetings from Herzegovina, thank you for your video, researching to buy my first mini digger, looking at the SY35U and some Japanese made... 5 year /10k hrs warranty is leaning me towards the Sany.
I have a sany 80 , it’s a stout digger and has great balance. The thumb cylinder has went out twice, the water pump and hydraulic junction block with only 300 hrs . The service is outstanding at equipment share where I bought it. 5 star with them , they come right out whenever I call them. I hate the small fuel tank , the Kubota 80 has about double the size one.
I like Sany's , and I agree with the track petal issues, and it's not just Sany with that issue. I don't care for the side swing back hoe boom types. When you are doing demo, grubbing or other high pressure work. It's real hard on the pins and bushings on one of those side swing units. They are handy for other types of digging though. I am used to full size big machines so it doesn't bother me much.
Yeah with the tilt rotator I have now the boom swing is used very rarely. Unfortunately they don’t make a machine this size with the fixed boom. I would have had to go up to the 95 and they aren’t quite as nice as the 80
I agree with you, when someone wants to finance your business, only then should they have an opinion on what machines you buy. I dont understand why people want to be that way. Cool project.
Thank you sir ! Appreciate you watching !
A quick fix for your pedals that worked for me. Don’t extend the pedals because they’ll bottom out and hit the floor when going backwards. Imagine a timber door wedge about six inches long. I welded up a three inch piece of flat steel by six inches long and then welded a small three inch long by two inch angle to the back. I screwed the front plate to the existing pedal and then drilled and tapped two holes into the bottom of the angled steel and screwed that to the back of the pedal. It did feel slightly different underfoot but it didn’t take long to get use to it. It helped me so good luck.
Appreciate that! That’s a good idea! Definitely would have tried something like that but fortunately I talked to my dealer about it and switched the petals out from a Sany 215 and it fixed my issue !
i have a 60 the only thing I dislike is the front slide up window, it doesn't have shocks to assist with lifting and closing and the window frame in the track is sloppy and somewhat difficult to open and close, when you do close it, make sure your fingers are far away from the bottom half glass because the force of that window dropping without shocks to slow it will cut off your finger
I dislike closed cabs in general they are restricting me. Especially on skid steers hell no!
Caterpillar has plants in china, Lewis
Thanks for answering me so fast. They are delivering it next week, same company that sold you yours
No problem! Appreciate you watching! And congrats! I’m sure you will love it!
Hi, was really interested to hear your thoughts on this machine BUT the noises from the engine drowned out your speech. Have up trying to listen even with the volume on full. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching! Sorry about he poor audio quality! If you check out my new videos they should be better! I invested in a good quality microphone to hopefully make it more enjoyable for the viewer!
I agree...I have sany 60....only thing I don't like....are blade control lever....and backwards tracking
It’s definitely a real issue ! Hope they take note of it and get it improved ! Because otherwise they are awesome machines ! Thanks for the comment ! And thanks for watching !
I have an SY35 and the track pedals dont require a lot of effort in reverse but the blade lever is a shocker, little short lever behind the arm rest, hopefully they are listening and rectify this. otherwise its a good machine.
When I was at ConExpo this year they showed me that they have actually already improved the blade lever on the 35 !
@@diggingwithdylan9092 that would be good, apparently they do listen to constructive criticism and address the problem, which is nice to see. I have had 2 hitachis , 2 kobelcos and a volvo in the 3.5 ton class and this machine is every bit as good as both the hitachis and the kobelcos and is streets ahead of the volvo.
I have a 215 and a 60 and soon to have a 155 they are great machines great price warranty etc. 0 issues in the 7 years ive owned my 215
Just found your channel, good seeing, a young buck, getting it done.
Thank you sir ! I appreciate you watching !
my sany has just over 100 hours and its been great.
Okay, thank you very much, friends, for the very detailed and useful explanation... Have a good day, friends... Greetings from Indonesia🇮🇩
I lowered the pedals in my Kubota KX 040. I hate when the customer wants a pad after the house is in the way. Could have done a compacted fill and had a nice flat spot to build on.
A lot of the spec home builders around me just want cheapest way possible. The minimum to get by. Unfortunately.
Great Video! We are about to purchase an excavator and was wanting to hear a good review on the Sany.
Amazing how people fuss about them being made in China.
I'm in the supply chain for industrial equipment and have personally been to the manufacturing facilities in China, and they are quite phenomenal.
I’m almost a year into my machine and around 500hrs! Still very happy with it ! Don’t think you would be disappointed! Thanks for watching !
@diggingwithdylan9092 great to hear! I deal a lot with overseas manufacturers so I'm literally talking with a supplier now lol.
Enjoying your footage
That you sir ! Really appreciate you watching and commenting ! Will have more videos out soon !
I have an SY80 and have been really happy with it for past 2 years
How many hours on it?
I have mostly all Cat machines. But realizing many machines are just a mix and match of off the shelf parts and some brands like Sany and XcMG built excavators and parts for other big brands kind of eliminates the blind loyalty to brands. Sany is a monster company outside of USA and if they are coming in to usa as strong as they have everywhere else I wouldn't worry about parts and brand identity. Id run a Sany.
its all about support really everything breaks just a matter of time and if u can get parts and service quick go for it
15:06 use the pedals like a car, put your feet on the floor and push on them like a car set up for backwards travel, works for me, but def not the most comfortable
Do you think it’s mandatory to have a counterweight if you do not have the rotator bucket? Keep in mind I live in West Virginia and work on very steep areas.
Without the tile rotator no but I promise it is well worth the investment if you’re running a 3’ or larger buckets at all.
Great video! i sell these in Canada and i dont have an issue selling them! you will always get the negativity but i always turn the table by saying that all brands including Cat have some Chinese in it!
Where do you sell them? They run around 100k+tax right now I heard (with the thumb, steel tracks, two buckets)
Can you just slip your toes lower onto the peddle for reverse? I get you wouldn't want to shift your feet etc. Even in the Kubota kx080 the foot peddles are a bit off for reverse. The shifting boom is a great options there is a blind spot in back of the boom on all machines and being able to kick the boom to one side brings the bucket into view even with a tiltrotator its super handy. The Kubota dealership I work with has recently brought on Sany as a line up of equipment. Is your Nox rotator working with Sany or just what your dealer went with?
My dealer changed my petals out for some petals from a 215 and that fixed my issue! I’ll make an update video soon. Nox and Sany are partners now. I could have ordered other brands but I went with the nox for a few reasons.
@@diggingwithdylan9092 I like the nox, no tilt cylinders to get hooked on things and I hear it tilts more.
@@diggingwithdylan9092 My Hydradig doesn't have foot peddles, just a reverse switch under one of the joy sticks, forward neutral reverse. wheeled excavator are a bit different.
Cab extremely basic but that isn’t really a concern. And price is a little cheaper than the bobcat e60’i just bought with all the discounts
Where are you located? With the trees and terrain it looks like you may be close to me. I need a house lot cut in and graded about like this one. I’m near Blacksburg, VA
I am in middle TN about an hour east of Nashville.
The foot pedal issue is the same in any size machine that size.. except a cat 308.., a deere 85, same thing. Just use your toes.. your running it like a old school feller buncher, i never throw my whole foot on the pedals even in a big machine... but move your feet where your heels are on the floor and toes on the pedal to walk backwards... walking forwards same thing except higher up.
It is not the same in any machine this size. I sat in every 80size machine at ConExpo and none of them were as bad as this. I know that using the toes is an option but it is not optimal for comfort. The dealer swapped my petals out for the petals from a 215 and that fixed my issues. I will post a follow up video on that soon ! Appreciate you watching and the comment!
@@diggingwithdylan9092 your much smaller but seem taller then myself.. im 5'11 and like 280 pounds but and I definitely dont fit well in those size machines to begin with. My 303.5 is the same issue, and I just use my toes to move the machine backwards. I only see afew that run a excavator like a TimbCo or Timberjack feller buncher.. they are full foot all the time which to myself is super un-comfortable when your doing 10-12 hours in the seat lol
The foot pedals are like that for safety. to prevent back too fast and crush someone....... In general when you drive an excavator in reverse you have to use your hands and look back, all excavator doesn't have cameras.
What the excavator forum you mentioned? If you don’t mind telling me.
I would’ve looked at a Sany. But the nearest dealer near me is about 2-1/2 hours away. I looked at the dealers within an hour and those were Bobcat, Deere, Kabota and Takeuchi. I ended up get the TB240 w/ thumb and 3 buckets and stick rake for $23k less than the Bobcat, $14k less than the Kabota. So price definitely made the difference. I’ll be using it for personal use on my timber farm. I’ll be using it mainly for stump removal, blow downs and general maintenance. But since I’ve never operated one except for a rental to dig a French drain and to removed a couple of stumps in the yard on a weekend I don’t know how much one is better than the other. I got the on I did because my trails between the trees is about 6-8’. So the track width could be wider than 72”. It would have been nice to get a large excavator as there cheaper used than a new and some used mini’s.
Good job. Have a safe New Year.
The Sany group is on Facebook just search Sany owners and it should pull up! But Takeuchi is a nice machine! That would probably be my go to if I was buying a big name brand machine!
@@diggingwithdylan9092 Thanks for the heads up and the reply. I subscribe when people respond. Because you know there taking time to reply.
Guess in need to find a Takeuchi and a general excavator group.
@@caseyjones6197 appreciate the sub! There’s a good Takeuchi group on Facebook as well! I have a mustang MTL20 skidsteer it’s the same machine as a Takeuchi TL140.
@@diggingwithdylan9092 I was going to get a skid-steer and mulching head to work on my property with and maybe do some small mulching jobs on the side. But after considering every thing I decided not to. But I decided then that I was getting the Takeuchi TL12V2 and a Fecon Mulching head. Early this past yea it was $150k for both. So , in your area what do you get per hour? If you don’t mind or I’ll try and find the post you were talking about. Of course you excavator is about twice the size. The TB240 is about 9k pounds so it’ll bring more. I just can’t ever figure out what it should cost per hour. I thought $125. Then I’m thinking the guy I had do my timber mulching was $150. So then I thought $125 is too much. The median income where I’m at in a rural area is about $50k. The largest town in my area is about 5000 people.
One more thing where do I find the kind of insurance that covers the machine and accidents on the job. Does it have a name? I’ll have to go and look for you other videos now. Thanks again and have a good night.
@@caseyjones6197 I have an insurance policy called general liability. It covers my work. Then I have separate insurance to cover my machine. Prices around here for a small mini or skidsteer is about $100-$125 my machine I try to get $150 but have a 6-8 hr minimum usually
To me no one company makes a "bad" machine. I personally do not like buying tools or equipment that are not valued in USD (owned by an American company) Sany is valued in CNY and Cat is valued in USD. I also have Cat stocks. Now that doesn't mean I don't own Chinese or foreign tools. But if I'm going to spend $200k I'd rather that go to an American owned Company. And I do know that it is manufactured internationaly. But it's about who owns it.
I agree with that 100% but in my case I was stretching myself pretty far anyway ! The price difference between this or a cat 308 would have cut me completely out of the ability to purchase a brand new machine,which would put me back to turning wrenches on something older which is what I was trying to avoid.
Never operated a Sony in my life.. but the reason I think Sany equipment looks a lot like caterpillars it's because caterpillar manufacturers in China and sells in China.... Every foreign company that manufactures in China has to partner up with indigenous companies. Don't take what I say as gold I'm sure I'm missing facts but in the big picture I think that's the way it is .... That said I love my Toyota cars, the Japanese manufacturer is Superior to American manufacturers, yanmar engines and the hydraulic pumps are also Japanese on the Sany anyways that's my opinion
I own 2 sany sy35u and every part if you wanna buy it you're looking for caterpillar parts
Maybe you could turn the pedals around
I was operating a Caterpillar 374 and a 390, the pedals aren't much better
I like videos where I can hear what the people are saying. I don’t care what it takes. If the audio is bad, so is the rest of the video. I got 3 minutes into it and gave up because I couldn’t understand what you were talking about because of the background noise.
Just my 2¢… because you asked lol
Thank you ! I am working on that ! I will get a Mic for the in cab talk ! Thanks for trying to watch ! 🤣 and thanks for the feedback!
Turn on the CC, It helps If your needing Info.
(My 4 cents)
Still have it? How many hours? Any issues?
I do still have it! I am very happy with it! I have a little over 600 hrs on it right now! Only issue I’ve had was the AC compressor went out but it was covered under warranty and wasn’t a big deal to have replaced!
I have 80 ,215 & 305 all been very good the 305 I absolutely blinding machine
I dont think that is a slight. if he bought an overpriced Cat 80 and cant compete with you. I dont think Sany is a 'cheaper' machine, less expensive to purchase doesnt = cheaper. I rented one for 2 days then bought one. the only think I dont like my the sany is the cup holder, but I found a solution
We rented a 35 at work. Can’t dig to the blade on it. Like the stick is a foot short
I’ve heard a few complaints about that ! Also know that Sany has improved the 35 a lot. But don’t think the new ones are out yet
Anyone could tell me the average fuel consumption per hour on the sany 75c??
Max About 5 ltr/hour.. usually about 30 ltr/ 8 hours
Hitachi, expensive but will last a lifetime. Used to buy CAT, never again!
Please don’t work cheap. Do top notch work and charge accordingly.
Sany sy95 and sy75 to me are the 2 sizes i dont like their just a odd size with no pivot on the boom the 80 is way better
yea dont rest your whole foot on the foot pedals like that keep your heels on the floor and use your toes on the bottoms of the pedal that will solve your issue interested to see how the the sanys hold up over time i never see them in my area
That doesn’t help the issue. If it was that simple I wouldn’t have made the video. Because of the leverage issue it takes way more force than it should to track backwards. I had the petals changed out from a Sany 215 where the petal is centered over the pivot point and now I don’t have the issue.
@@diggingwithdylan9092 interesting
@@windzer I’ll try to make a follow up video soon explaining the details ! Appreciate you watching
Hope that machine wasn't bought at auction. If so, no warranty for you!! Yikes!!
I bought it new. Most people don’t realize the auction deal is actually the case with most brands. I’ve talked with my dealer about this topic since everyone is talking about it. He let me know that they have been talking about it at Sany. I understand from the perspective of people potentially trying to take a junk machine and patch it up to send down the road. But I hope that Sany will come up with a way to have the machines inspected and warranty reinstated. Sany has been great to me so far and do believe in their mission. I really do expect them to come up with a solution. Appreciate you watching and the comment!
Same problem with the pedals on mine. Different model but.
The way around it is to put your toes on the rests to each side and use your heels on the pedal to go backwards. I would say it works so well that I think Sany must've designed it that way.
I had my dealer change my petals out for some out of a 215 and now they feel like I think they should !
Must have been the mini excavator work/bid group. A lot of shit heads in that group haha
I think it was 😂
Instead of making another negative comment, I'm just going to leave your page !!!!!!!!!!!!
Great plan ! I appreciate it
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