Good honest review. Everyone fixates on it being Chinese and not Japanese. I've got 170 hours on mine and its still thumping away around the garden. What amazes me is how the original design is just good enough to do an incredible amount of work especially for non commercial use. Its not a Kubota but it sure beats a shovel. Well done
It's nice to see a video from early on in someone's tenure with one of these and from someone with operating experience who appears to have an open mind about them. I bought the next size up (3 cyl) from UHI last year and like you, I have experience on bigger machines so I had no trouble operating mine smoothly after a couple of hours of use but the chinese machines' reputation is often derided through new owners claiming they are "jerky" and unstable simply because those owners are often brand new learners and don't realise that the muscle memory and mechanical feel to get these to act smoothly is something that people learn over time, it doesn't come on your first day of operating. With regards to your seating position over the levers, I took my levers off and used an oxy to bend them to lean much more towards me so that I can sit back in the seat and operate, it made the world of difference to both my comfort when using it for hours at a time and for my ability to operate precisely and in a relaxed manner. As for seeing more videos, yes please. I can promise you that potential buyers go looking for these sorts of videos to help them make a decision on whether and where to purchase a little chinavator and what model to choose. Yours will be a help to many.
This is great! My buddy just got charged $1,000 for a weekend of work at his house. They stung him an additional $400 for going over the hours too, so that’s $1,400… he’s got a few months of weekends left in work at the house, so after 10 weekends you’ve paid for it if he buys this! 👌👏
Good video. I was impressed how you just worked it out for yourself how to get the track back on. Maybe it would have been better with the machine facing up hill but as you showed you did need it facing downhill to use the blade to stabilize the machine while digging. Probably that site was a bit challenging for your first job on the digger, but remember time in the seat is the best teacher. You may only have 1 or 2 other jobs to do with it but I'm sure now you have the machine you'll think of other jobs to use it on. Must be quite a powerful machine, I'm not sure my 2T digger would lift your brother. (Don't tell him I said that) Cheers.
Hey mate! Great review. I just bought some land, and about to build my own place. Im a tradie, and pretty handy, but never done earth works before, only on the shovel when i was an apprentice.
Thanks for sharing i went to look at that machine as well but couldn't stand the noise of the engine .i am considering buying the 1. 5 ton machine . Doyou have any thoughts on the larger machine.
Hire rates at $400 a day ? You mean rental rates . Hire is when you get an operator person to operate the equipment for you. A hire car is originally a version of taxi . Today , hire gets used as synonym for rental . I learnt about wet n dry hire the other day , very funny . I previously knew about wet or dry clutches though .
As a heavy diesel mechanic who has worked on excavators for 15 years, I can honestly say they look like many Conor’s have been cut for cost cutting when being engineered. Cheap and nasty in my opinion and you literally pay for what you get.
Good honest review. Everyone fixates on it being Chinese and not Japanese. I've got 170 hours on mine and its still thumping away around the garden. What amazes me is how the original design is just good enough to do an incredible amount of work especially for non commercial use. Its not a Kubota but it sure beats a shovel. Well done
It's nice to see a video from early on in someone's tenure with one of these and from someone with operating experience who appears to have an open mind about them. I bought the next size up (3 cyl) from UHI last year and like you, I have experience on bigger machines so I had no trouble operating mine smoothly after a couple of hours of use but the chinese machines' reputation is often derided through new owners claiming they are "jerky" and unstable simply because those owners are often brand new learners and don't realise that the muscle memory and mechanical feel to get these to act smoothly is something that people learn over time, it doesn't come on your first day of operating. With regards to your seating position over the levers, I took my levers off and used an oxy to bend them to lean much more towards me so that I can sit back in the seat and operate, it made the world of difference to both my comfort when using it for hours at a time and for my ability to operate precisely and in a relaxed manner. As for seeing more videos, yes please. I can promise you that potential buyers go looking for these sorts of videos to help them make a decision on whether and where to purchase a little chinavator and what model to choose. Yours will be a help to many.
You are my Hero Damian.
This is great! My buddy just got charged $1,000 for a weekend of work at his house. They stung him an additional $400 for going over the hours too, so that’s $1,400… he’s got a few months of weekends left in work at the house, so after 10 weekends you’ve paid for it if he buys this! 👌👏
Good video. I was impressed how you just worked it out for yourself how to get the track back on. Maybe it would have been better with the machine facing up hill but as you showed you did need it facing downhill to use the blade to stabilize the machine while digging. Probably that site was a bit challenging for your first job on the digger, but remember time in the seat is the best teacher. You may only have 1 or 2 other jobs to do with it but I'm sure now you have the machine you'll think of other jobs to use it on. Must be quite a powerful machine, I'm not sure my 2T digger would lift your brother. (Don't tell him I said that) Cheers.
I am looking at buying one of these, thanks for the insight. Its good to know what to look out for. 👍
Very good review, enjoyed watching, looks like a great, cheap machine
Hi keen on getting one for a small property, keen to see the auger in action and digging strength, got a lot of fence post to install👌
Thanks for the video mate! I just got the same excavator lolllll
Hey mate! Great review. I just bought some land, and about to build my own place. Im a tradie, and pretty handy, but never done earth works before, only on the shovel when i was an apprentice.
That is about what I would expect coming from China. What's the old adage you get what you pay for?
Thanks for sharing i went to look at that machine as well but couldn't stand the noise of the engine .i am considering buying the 1. 5 ton machine . Doyou have any thoughts on the larger machine.
How’s it going now? Did you get all the jobs done? I’m looking to buy the 12p model as it’s cheaper than getting contractors in.
Hire rates at $400 a day ? You mean rental rates . Hire is when you get an operator person to operate the equipment for you. A hire car is originally a version of taxi . Today , hire gets used as synonym for rental . I learnt about wet n dry hire the other day , very funny . I previously knew about wet or dry clutches though .
As a heavy diesel mechanic who has worked on excavators for 15 years, I can honestly say they look like many Conor’s have been cut for cost cutting when being engineered. Cheap and nasty in my opinion and you literally pay for what you get.
they will lift 650 kgs wih ease
I am still using my donkey !
You paid $11,000 too much.