As a heavy equipment mechanic I'll say this, for what it's worth. Send the junk machines back and repair the old ones.
Over the years I've had several customers that 'restored' their older equipment instead of buying new. You'd be amazed how much money can be saved by doing that over buying new......
Seriously, unless joints/wear points are worn outside of the bushings, replacing them is an easy task. That is if they need it, and if they have been greased properly they probably don't.
For the engine, figure around $2000 per cylinder to have an independent pull, rebuild, and reinstall it. The transmission and drop box would probably run about the same, depending on what brand it is.
In other words, you can spend $100,000 plus on a new machine that will be a constant, electronic problem, and will always require dealership involvement, at elevated labor rates........Where the older, mechanical ones, could most likely be rebuilt for $50,000 and can be serviced by independents for about 1/2 of what the dealerships will run.
But that's just an opinion from someone who actually knows something about heavy equipment.......as opposed to some 'politician', with an education, who thinks he knows what's needed because his college/business courses taught him that new is always better.........
As far as what to buy in regard to the operators... reference what I just said. In other words, get what the man running the machine wants.....NOT what some salesman, or college educated idiot thinks they should get.........
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