Chuck Currie
New Member
Hi new member here, thanks for letting me join and for reading this post. I'm looking for advice on a 2004 kubota kx 161-3 I just looked at today.
Machine was clean and looked well taken care of, guy selling is 3rd owner and uses it for firewood processing. New tracks, serviced, and painted. Previous owners were local construction/landscape companies. 5100 hrs, auto idle, hyd thumb. Said he would take $25,000.
Concerns I have: bucket pins/bushings were fairly sloppy, as well as where stick meets boom. Also seemed to have "slop" when rotating/swinging, when you stopped rotating it would keep going a couple more inches then stop and bounce back, similar to bucket slop. Temp gauge also not working, said he replaced sensor and thermostat so must be gauge.
Questions: Any idea on temp. Gauge repair? is there a way to tell if it's just pins and bushings, or if the bore is worn out and will require extra work? How much $ to have someone replace all stick/bucket pins and bushings, and/or line bore everything? Should I be concerned about the slop when swinging? Does the price sound reasonable, and how many more hours can I expect to get out of it if I fix these issues?
Sorry lot of questions thanks in advance for any input you may have! Looking to use the machine on a 100 acre farm digging water lines, flail mowing fence lines, loading logs on wood mizer, and other misc farm tasks, probably put less than 100hrs/ year on it.
Happy digging! -Chuck
Machine was clean and looked well taken care of, guy selling is 3rd owner and uses it for firewood processing. New tracks, serviced, and painted. Previous owners were local construction/landscape companies. 5100 hrs, auto idle, hyd thumb. Said he would take $25,000.
Concerns I have: bucket pins/bushings were fairly sloppy, as well as where stick meets boom. Also seemed to have "slop" when rotating/swinging, when you stopped rotating it would keep going a couple more inches then stop and bounce back, similar to bucket slop. Temp gauge also not working, said he replaced sensor and thermostat so must be gauge.
Questions: Any idea on temp. Gauge repair? is there a way to tell if it's just pins and bushings, or if the bore is worn out and will require extra work? How much $ to have someone replace all stick/bucket pins and bushings, and/or line bore everything? Should I be concerned about the slop when swinging? Does the price sound reasonable, and how many more hours can I expect to get out of it if I fix these issues?
Sorry lot of questions thanks in advance for any input you may have! Looking to use the machine on a 100 acre farm digging water lines, flail mowing fence lines, loading logs on wood mizer, and other misc farm tasks, probably put less than 100hrs/ year on it.
Happy digging! -Chuck