A good operator should never get an excavator stuck.
That being said, I remember when we had an idiot county engineer who fancied himself an operator.
He buried a brand new cat excavator in a swamp near Maplesville. That was funny and sad at the same time. All you could see was the elbow sticking out of the mud.

Know a guy that’s selling a cat 320b in Andalusia if that’s something you’re looking for

We send 4-5 a month to the auction. We maintain them to highest standards and do all the required CAT items plus fluid analysis. They are all monitored wirelessly by CAT. Once they hit a certain hour reading they go to auction. They are in very good shape but for production machines our history says sell and replace with new. But, we use them in a month what a recreational user would in a year so it would probably do you very well. Might be bigger than what you want, but it would come with maintenance records and fluid analysis since new from CAT. And there’s the hauling of it. I’d buy used from CAT and ask for the info above.

We bought a Cat 303CR and I had no idea how much that thing would be used. Best investment I ever made. Didn’t really need the enclosed cab and A/C but it sure is nice. And it will smash the hell out of a cottonmouth.

Check for welds on the boom. I personally feel like komatsu makes the best excavators. Rental on a 160/200 size excavator is $2-3k a week

I'll 3rd the kamotsu vote we have a JD also but it's newer n havnt had enough time for kinks to show up

ok...dam work I had done. it required a track hoe and dozer...don't know the size but both were freaking huge. each one of them took up an entire lowboy trailer. the fee for just bringing them to the jobsite was $1500 each. add the fuel and operator...the $$ runs up pretty quick.

If your gonna resale I’d stick with cat it komatsu

I've got a Kubota. KX 121-3ss I think it clocks in about 9400#. Somewhere around 45 hp.. Super handy machine. I've had it about 7 years. Kubota makes a fine machine. I rigged up a hydraulic bushhog for the front of it. Works like a champ for clearing lanes, pond dam, etc. I also fabricated a boom pole that allows me to set trusses, etc. I dig footers, cut roads, clear cutovers to make greenfields, etc. You'll be surprised how much you'll use it.

Cat or Kom... without a doubt

If buying a steel tracked machine you better pay more attention to leaks and engine hours than the tracks. Hard to wear a set of tracks out on a track hoe. If you are buying a rubber track mini excavator you better pay attention to everything. Most mini’s have a blade and if you push much with it it’s going to wear out the undercarriage.

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^^^^ That one even has the $50 rebuild!

Ats a goodun there ridgestalker

Jm woods fall sale is September 17-19 they will have what you want.

Dear Santa! I know what I want!

Aint that LIL Wayne drivin....

Komatsu or cat is the only way to go

You know what sucker paint is?

That sucker is YELLOW that's sucker is painted good 🤣