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    Any Aussie Kobelco owners here?

    New to the excavator world. Just wanted to see if there was many or any Australian Kobelco owners on the forum? If so how what machine do you have and how have you found it? Good machine? Reliable? How is the service cost? How do you find getting spare parts and pairs carried out? Any models...
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    Advice please

    Even working on a logo this is what come up with so far
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    Advice please

    I’m only starting out in commercial gold mining. However I used to make a few YouTube videos on prospecting in the area I’ll be commercially mining https://youtube.com/@jenkosgoldadventures?si=ZhK3w24mVpGkdY9v
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    Advice please

    Not here in Queensland
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    Advice please

    Awesome, good luck with it all! We will be scrapping and detecting nuggets. Then washing the wash where we find the nuggets. We still have to sort out what wash plant we will have if we build it or buy one it’s very limited & expensive to get one in Australia. We are thinking 30 to 50 tons per...
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    Advice please

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    Advice please

    Cheers and if it’s close enough for me I’ll go and have a look at it first. My nephew is a diesel fitter he’s happy to come for a look. He’s only worked in bigger mines across Australia so hasn’t worked on JCB’s or Kobelco’s unfortunately
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    Advice please

    I got a price for a 30 T excavator from Newcastle to Clermont was $10,000 quote from Brisbane to Clermont was around $5,000 so I was hoping to get them in our around Queensland to put more money into the machine and not freight. I’m thinking from WA would cost a fortune and I’m thinking the less...
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    Advice please

    Thanks for the welcome and advice
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    Advice please

    Hi ladies and gents. I’m looking for approximately 30 t digger for some pretty hard digging in central Queensland highlands gold fields. With a budget of around $100 to $120k. I’d like a Cat however it’s very limited in what available with below 10,000 hours and that’s not old and what looks...
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