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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    R i mean the value of the machine as a company asset more than makes up for it.
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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    Sorry i didn’t see this. Repairs, replacements, new construction for REITs filling new tenant spaces, in floor hot water heating systems, some HVAC work. We do residential sometimes but this is our bread and butter.
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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    I mean I have a main business but I don’t like buying $$$$ equipment unless I can make money off it. At the very least enough to pay off the machine. I’d be lying if I said I would never use it on my own land because it is one of the reasons it came up. If I can make 10-20K/year from it I’d be...
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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    if I remember correctly I can haul the U27 with a 7k dump trailer and be within the limits.
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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    Right now I have a brand new 1500 gmc so hauling that looks to be out of the question. I will eventually move to a 2500 just didn’t feel the need a few months ago but now I’m wishing I did. A lot of our work is commercial service work so trenching for us is not a money maker outside of renting...
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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    Hmm that’s odd on the land clearing and stump removal. Before I read this I saw a fellow post a lot clearing and stump removal with a Wolf 26E which is a brand I’ve never heard of before but from my understanding is a cheaper Chinese brand. Surely something as notorious as a Kubota could handle...
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    Kubota U27 and small jobs question

    I currently run a plumbing business and normally we rent small excavators for trenching and such. Recently the idea of buying a 3 tonne mini came up. We want to haul it around with our dump trailer and drum up some smaller style jobs. We have been looking at the Kubota U27 and I was wondering...
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