Yeah I don't get too concerned with color but our DX180 would out dig our Case CX160 all day in eco mode and the Case was in high. The Doosan had a bigger bucket and still handled it fine. I demoed a new Deere and Case before we went with our first Doosan (DX180) and didn't look back.
In December I sat in and ran a Cat 336E for a little bit and really wasn't impressed by it or the cab, and the hyd coupler kept unlocking and beeping. Our Cat rep was pissed when he found out we bought 2 new Doosans and 3 Bobcats this year and didn't call him at all. But I like em a lot. They have come a long way since Daewoo.
Yeah it's irritating to the point that I don't like talking about it because of how stupid it is....It's been over a year and a half of crap so far over 40 ton worth of rock... when we go through 3000-4000 ton per year. The boulders were out of his field and placed along the tree line so apparently they were his property since it was near his property?.... funny thing is he asked my grandpa and his friend to move them a couple years ago and got mad when he wouldn't since there wasn't anything wrong with them or their location. Well after awhile they run out of space along the tree line and it needs cleaned up after so many years. They have been picking rocks since it was turned into a field in 1860 when my Great great great grandpa homesteaded it. But only now that we picked them it's an issue.
Add to that my grandpa has stage IV cancer and dealing with it or having it in the back of our heads is the last thing we want to do.
Sorry for the vent but trying to make money that way is just dead wrong and even though I have never met the guy or have no idea what he looks like or even drives I really hope one day he is ashamed of himself.
Yeah it's not the first time. Most of the time people call us to get rid of them because they are a nuisance. I've still had cops show up when loading out my own rocks from a jobsite. It's alright though. Means people are watching.
We have Limestone here but it a lot more expensive. My 15* setbacks (10* for reinforced walls) are fine with glacial boulders but you have to have a knack for stacking rocks. I can look at most walls around here and tell you exactly who build it and how structurally sound it is onless it totally looks like crap then anyone could have built it.
With field boulders you're not supposed to do rows because that creates failure planes. I think it looks like crap too so I always do a mosaic unless its under 4' and the owner requests rows and global stability isn't a concern.
As for thumb the company runs custom order dual motor Towtem Grapples that are built to my spec.
The DX235 is getting a 72" Grapple, The DX180 has a 60" grapple that's two years old.... and the DX85 is getting a 50" grapple.
Here's a smaller 10' wall I did around Indian burial grounds along the Minnesota River this fall
