Heavy Lift! TAKEUCHI 290 VS KUBOTA 080

I too would like to see what a new Kubota would do from my experience the older machines tend to be slower but stronger and the newer ones tend to be faster but weaker in the hydraulics, so I sure would like to see a new Kubota working to compare that what I saw in this video I say the Kubota would be my choice

I love how you zoomed in to show the O80 smoking at start up lol but I’m impressed, the Ol O80 held his own ground just fine

Cat,Tak,Kubota,all good stuff.you can't go wrong with any one of them.

Not sure about these machines but I boosted hydraulic pressure on a kubota BX tractor with a shim kit on the hydraulic relief valve.

Awesome video should try a new kx08

Nice... With a kubota kx080-4 super series. Who would you put your money on?? Between the two

Cool! I gotta remember 'gription'. I loose that sometimes myself. LOL --gary

With are using a bobcat e85 and so far is doing everything we've need to do picking up Boulders and gigant stone block that weight between 2500 lbs to 3500 lbs.

I have an old bobcat 331 that is half the size of those machines with more hours, and she shows her age. But i did go thru it and turn up the reliefs(using a gage) to get back to the spec pressures to compensate for the years of wear. This can get your lift capacitys back but still won't help much with flows(slow operation). It buys a little more useful life. But if i recall from a past video the 080 has a newer hydraulic pump?? or maybe just a newer stage, so i wouldn't expect it to be too far off on pressures.

Traction and Gription, words of the month.

Great 👍

I love Kubota and a big fan of the orange 🍊 club but the TAKEUCHI is the much better quality machine. 😊

Rusty need to lay out a length of timber and practice getting from one side to the other, without touching the timber. Good examples of how to do this can be seen on any video showing an excavator operator conducting pipe laying activities. Also a good skill if you break a track and need to position the excavator back on top of the track chain. I was watching the digger come off the trailer. Tip: whenever the machine is on an incline (especially when the attachment is perpendicular to track frame.) or is about to pitch over a crest, lower the boom. Better yet, place the arm on the ground an walk past the pivot point then lower yourself down. Pitching over a pivot point like that with you boom up high places the GOG closer to the edge of the machines footprint. Coupled with the forward motion of the boom in a raised position creates a relatively 'top heavy' COM, which acts as leverage that can momentarily shift the COG outside the footprint as it pitches forward. This monetary breach is all that is required to unbalance the machine and results in it raising the rear to pitch forwards further and the problem can then compound. Remember... Boom/bucket close to the ground when tramming/operating on inclines and slewing around. (Bucket in reasonably close but not so close that the arm will bypass if it is used to catch the machine) And at any time, if things go wrong, your instinctive response MUST IMMEDIATELY BE, GET THE BUCKET ON THE GROUND. ASAP *Preferably facing directly 'downhill' but as close as you are able to manage.

Did you happen to be up at butt lake last week? I think I might've seen you towing up that nasty hill.

Your traction means good gription 😂

What about bobcat e88 they seem to have huge lift capacity?? I'm buying one soon love to hear from you

Is the stick longer on the 290? It looked like it might be and also noticed it had a coupler.

Hey that last scene with the caterpillar was the boom locked in upright position

Man the 080 still has some life in her lol.

What’s your boys favorite machine to ride in with you Sam? My son loves my mini excavator.

Don't knock the 0 80 it got you where you are today

Does the 290 have a longer boom and stick?

Have you tried a hyundai?

You cracked your windshield already? How’d you manage that 😂