|
chuck, I have the T340's bigger brother (TD9B Drott loader) with 4-1 (weighing about 21,500lbs with 75hp), so I've never used a T-340. But I can say that the 4-1 will work great for you, I love mine. Its great for picking up stumps and whole trees and moving them around. Plus for grading and dozing roadways and fill, and it allows you to dump in a higher dump truck etc than a conventional bucket. The 4-1 is awesome and if you only have the smaller trees, it should work great on them. And as long as your crawler is tight, with a good motor, hydraulics, tranny and clutches it should easily dig 3-4' pits in the clay (and a lot deeper if necessary). I've dug down nearly 20 feet into hard packed clay with my machine with relative ease, so I'm sure a T-340 could handle 4' pits with ease. Basically I would think your machine could do everything a larger machine could do, it would just take a bit longer thats all. In my opinion $5K would be an ok price if the machine is in good shape and everything works well. Good hydraulics, good tranny, good final drives, good clutches, good brakes, strong motor, no excessive leaks, bucket in good shape, and most of all a good undercarriage with at least 50% life left on all components. I would expect the machine to be fully functional in every way for that price. See the other recent T-340 post for details on what to look for. Plus here's a site for T-340's you migth find interesting: Link Good luck
|
