Ouch. That hurts. You ever watch I C Weld videos on YouTube? He fixes those on a regular basis. But he's in Texas and if memory serves Texas is close to Mexico so the travel would be a killer.
Boom can be fixed but those cylinders are toast. Be interesting to know what the parts will be...$30k?
I've never owned an excavator but was looking at one pretty serious a few years back. I can't afford much so did a little parts searching and everything was so high. I figured $7,000 per cylinder and $16-20k for a boom on this deal. That's just a guess though.I'll be we'll north of there if they buy all new Cat parts. A rod for the cylinder is nearly $5000, a cylinder barrel is $5500, add in all the various parts, and the boom section... yikes
IC Weld (Isaac) is awesome.. he's SO chill, just goes about his work.. he is amazing with a torch! I like how he just says "I don't know if this is the way you're supposed to fix this, but this is the way *I* am going to fix it.Ouch. That hurts. You ever watch I C Weld videos on YouTube? He fixes those on a regular basis. But he's in Texas and if memory serves Texas is close to Mexico so the travel would be a killer.
I think the cylinders are going to be a lot more money than that.. this one was $10K CAD new from CAT, so 7k USD... those boom cylinders have gotta be more than double that much... they're 3x as long and 2x the diameterI've never owned an excavator but was looking at one pretty serious a few years back. I can't afford much so did a little parts searching and everything was so high. I figured $7,000 per cylinder and $16-20k for a boom on this deal. That's just a guess though.
The repairs some of these heavy equipment guys can do are very impressive. Hopefully they can get that section repaired for a reasonable price. I watch Jon Johnson from Johnson Trades and a few others and they can fix about anything that can be welded on I guess.
I think the cylinders are going to be a lot more money than that.. this one was $10K CAD new from CAT, so 7k USD... those boom cylinders have gotta be more than double that much... they're 3x as long and 2x the diameter
Wow. I would have never guessed that much for a cylinder. Are Deere, Volvo, or Case parts similar in price?
Would the cylinder need replacing? Or just make up a new rod for it Nesi? Curtis could do that job for you. (Cutting Edge Engineering). Freight might be an issue though.I think the cylinders are going to be a lot more money than that.. this one was $10K CAD new from CAT, so 7k USD... those boom cylinders have gotta be more than double that much... they're 3x as long and 2x the diameter
Cat prices (and Kenworth) both make my jaw drop on EVERYTHING
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Would the cylinder need replacing? Or just make up a new rod for it Nesi? Curtis could do that job for you. (Cutting Edge Engineering). Freight might be an issue though.
Ken