This look very similar to my Hightop HT10BZ. The engine is canted the same. The back panel is a little different and I have a cast 89lb counter weight on the back blocking me from an easy mod to open the back. Great little machine and I love it so far.

@whataworld4894

4 ай бұрын

You could take off the counter weight mine seems to do fine with out it .

just posted a video to my channel of me testing one of these mini excavators with a TMK 150 tree sheer. I was mind blown how well it handled 5-6" diameter trees!

@whataworld4894

4 ай бұрын

What’s your channel name ?

@whataworld4894

4 ай бұрын

I found it I was looking at it wrong

@R94GC

4 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aa2T1Lp9ZbfZhKQ.html

Good machine, be sure to check your swivel motor bolts after the first few uses. They tend to loosen up and cause damage. I love mine.

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice I checked them after five hours and they was still tight. I’ll keep an eye on them. Check your hydraulic lines where they go into the machine mine was getting cut into so I ordered some wrap for them and repositioned two. Did you have any metal in your first oil change ?

@jodieadair

5 ай бұрын

@@whataworld4894 I did wrap my hydraulic lines there as they were getting worn as well. No metal in the oil, but it was some odd looking oil. Definitely metal in the hydraulic tank bottom. I added a return line filter on the hydraulic system and a crossport relief valve on the swivel function.

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

@@jodieadair I’ll be adding the filter very soon but I might have to replace the engine first I think I got a bad one. Atleast they are cheap.

@jodieadair

5 ай бұрын

@@whataworld4894 Uh oh, what is the issue. It seems like a small percentage of these engines are giving out really early. Do you have the Briggs and Stratton or the Rato engine?

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

@@jodieadair I change the oil at 2 hours and again at 5 hours and still has a bunch of metal particles in it and it’s ticking louder and sounding louder. I think it’s the rod bearing but not sure. It doesn’t have a name on the engine. Just says 420 cc and 15 which is funny because 420cc is 13 hp someone just playing with stickers.

Machine running away down hill... mine did the same... it's a relief valve issue and is fixable with new relief valve 👍

@whataworld4894

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. Now the search begins again of where to find it and a replacement.

@ronellis2983

2 ай бұрын

There mounted on the main valve/spool bank... can't remember witch one it was but you can feel the pulse in the valve... open/close... when you move the tracks back and forth...you may need another pair of hands.... mine had a tiny metal shard jammed in it.. destroyed the seat 👍

Great review, thanks! Do you know the diameters of the hydraulic cylinders?

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and you’re welcome and if I can remember I’ll measure them and get back to you.

You should make a cover for the swing gear, dirt on that gear cant be good 😮

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea I will have to give it a shot.

Cheak your swing motor hydraulic motor gear. If the bolt somes lose will mess up hydric motor.

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

I’m going to check it every 5 hours but so far so good.

@jtsokiehobbyandadventures6666

5 ай бұрын

@whataworld4894 if lose lock tigh it. I'm the lucky one it did came off and broke the housing.

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up. Sounds like I need to just go ahead and lock tight it.

How did you pay for it? I would never trust alibaba with my CC info!

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

@5-Sigma I payed cash to a local dealer in West Virginia and yes I would rather pay more for it than going through all the bull and waiting forever to get something I’ve never seen except pictures and definitely not my info .

@nicholasproietto2500

Ай бұрын

Auctions all over are selling these for less than what you paid. Most are being bought for less than $5k through the auction houses.

Coments keep getting deleted. You have the Rato engine which is the same as Predator at HF.

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

That will probably be the engine I replace it with. How did you find that information I can find anything? And it ain’t me deleting the comments. I think KZread has a glitch cause comments pop up and then when I have time to sit down and answer them they disappear.

You got ripped off if you paid $7k for your excavator. I was at a local auction today and they had 4 of the AGT H12 R units, which are very similar to yours. One went for $4k, the others between $3500 to $3750. With buyers premium and tax your probably talking $4500 to $5000 max.

@whataworld4894

Ай бұрын

@@nicholasproietto2500 Yea i always get ripped off we payed 7000 and no warranty. I couldn’t find any auctions in west virginia that had them and got ripped off again by the bank loan at 9 percent interest. Everybody just trying to rip everybody off nowadays.

It deletes almost everything I post, I don't know how to convey the info to you.

@whataworld4894

5 ай бұрын

I hear you I try to find part numbers and usually find them. I’m just trying to figure out where to get parts at when I need them but this thing doesn’t have part numbers except on the drive motors so far