Choosing a Mini Excavator

potential of an excavator and then you can work your way up to get like a tilt Rotator or something else on the end of that boom which will then take your mini excavator or your excavator to the next level a four 11,000 lb excavator like this can do a variety of jobs if you want to go up to the next size I would say an 18 to 22,000 lb excavator would be the next best size because that's going to efficiently dig a basement dig an addition you're going to with a little bigger machine you're going to demolish a structure like the barn behind me you're going to be able to get into a larger variety of jobs last but not least is one of my new favorites that I would have never put on this list and that's a cast mini loader now I have two of these and Zach you tell me do you enjoy the cast mini loader oh I love it I it it goes everywhere does everything you need it to do it's not Super Hyper efficient at digging like a skid loader yeah no you're not you're not going to take that that pile of rock right there and push it out with the mini loader you're not going to do that unless you really want to put your thing to the test but so this is a loader that can drive on Turf without damaging it so if your job sites if you're getting into job sites where Turf damage is a key element this is the machine and then you have to outfit it with turf tires okay and not all many loaders are created equal again find the dealer closest to you that has the best one but I would go with this if you have that option because it's steel panels quality we've had we like I said we've got two of them and they've just been amazing from start to finish for us but this is not what I would start with but compared to a skid loader this machine will do more especially if you are own a homestead if you own large acreage if you have a large property and you're going to work around your own property I would buy this before a skid loader that is the exception to to the rule because this is going to do more without damaging it than a skid loader will be able to do you're going to be able to load trucks you're going to be able to throw pallet Forks on and move stuff around you can put a grapple on it has all of the attachments you need it just not going to do it as hyper efficient but you're not on a job site in this case you're on your own property and you need something that can do just about everything right yeah this will do everything in like I said the only thing I might change on this one would…