Digging out Stumps with the Worlds Cheapest Excavator

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Marty T

3 жыл бұрын

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@eyesup1433 3 жыл бұрын

when your having fun on a digger it's too easy to forget the details of which tree stays and which tree goes .

@HeathLedgersChemist 3 жыл бұрын

Video title should have been: 'Man owns 15 tractors, road grader, 20T excavator, 28 boats and now has to borrow a mini excavator'. ;-)

@kpmariner1998 3 жыл бұрын

Dont forget the shitty goats

@jonanderson813 3 жыл бұрын

Every Rotary hoe owner in NZ suddenly just raced to Gumtree or FB market place to post an added - Unused rotary hoe, needs work, perfect for small urban Veggie patches 😂

@briananthony4044 3 жыл бұрын

@@kpmariner1998 and the butt sheep

@getchasome6230 2 жыл бұрын

That engine wobble tho

@HansWeberHimself 3 жыл бұрын

“Too late now” is my excuse as well. 🤣

@michaelowen1750 3 жыл бұрын

If she really was worried, she should have been supervising...

@kevinsamuel717 3 жыл бұрын

Oooops is my reply.

@andymanaus1077 3 жыл бұрын

You know it is REALLY a mini excavator when the operator is used as a part of the counterweight.

@MYEVILTWIIN 2 жыл бұрын

Mate actually made laugh out loud there 😂

@EFCasual 2 жыл бұрын

Or when the bucket has less than 3 teeth.

@adachao5055 2 жыл бұрын

Haha .You know it very well

@rendezvous_with 3 жыл бұрын

Most realistic stop-motion claymation I've ever seen

@borisjohnson1944 3 жыл бұрын

LOL was thinking the same thing. Those old dinosaur movies. :-)

@FC-cz6zd 3 жыл бұрын

Wallace & Gromit go excavating...

@imouse3246 3 жыл бұрын

" ... before the misses sees it." Such is the mantra of men.

@Ferruccio001 3 жыл бұрын

Was gonna comment it's always worth wile to check with the boss before acting 😃😃

@dfross87 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ferruccio001 "It is easier to beg for forgiveness than to seek permission."

@TauCu 2 жыл бұрын

@@TF856 Turns out it only had one to run on all along haha

@peteacher52 3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a little Tonka toy - until you start digging with a shovel using your own elbow grease. Then it's "Give me my excavator!"

@niskaa78 3 жыл бұрын

But a shovel doesn´t leave track marks all over the garden.

@LKN117 3 жыл бұрын

@@niskaa78 grass will regrow. Your back doesn't.

@ckmoore101 3 жыл бұрын

@@LKN117 INdeed. There is a reason all old people tell young people to take care of your back, lift with knees, etc.... Chronic back pain is soul draining.

@LKN117 3 жыл бұрын

@@ckmoore101 yeah. Live it everyday with my back and knees. Only 28. Wasn't even as overly aggressive compared to a lot of people I know.

@ToreDL87 3 жыл бұрын

@@LKN117 Yeah at the wrong time in your growth cycle it doesnt take much at all to really hurt your back. I was a heavy smoker so I literally had perfect body mass index (BMI is archaic body shaming bullsh*t by the way, ideally you wanna be at least 7-15 kilo's above that) and at that point in my time was put to harder work than my body was capable of sustaining (lifting dishwashers and ovens in my late teens/early twenties) and still feel the effects to this day, especially if it's hard work that drags on for hours.

@sparkplug94 3 жыл бұрын

Opens hood to reveal a hamster running around a wheel.

@83delgado 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@thatmeme1360 2 жыл бұрын

Nah thats a steam engine for sure...

@randomschittz9461 2 жыл бұрын

💀

@Will-tm5bj Жыл бұрын

Still better than using my hands. Run hamster run

@rickdearman9992 3 жыл бұрын

Does it seem odd to anyone else that Marty is using a machine that didn't need to be repaired first?

@reviewaccount469 3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@davidvickers8425 3 жыл бұрын

He tried to break it just so he could take it apart, but no dice

@MrPhatties 3 жыл бұрын

Give it a few hours mate 🤣

@KingCam5 3 жыл бұрын

so true, LOL

@BrianSmith-ow9gy 2 жыл бұрын

Unsettling.

@MarksGoneWicked 3 жыл бұрын

It's like watching a Ray Harryhausen movie.

@johngrace199 3 жыл бұрын

Love the reference...LET LOOSE THE KRAKEN

@daver18qc 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like those motor mounts need some restoration! :D

@retro8696 3 жыл бұрын

These small Engines do this its one down side to them they like to shake like crazy.

@TheDemocrab 3 жыл бұрын

It's a single cylinder engine with the cylinder off-centre, it's just gonna shake like it's trying to make James Bond's martini all the time.

@ritchiechristopher5603 3 жыл бұрын

Those little mini diggers are worth their weight in gold with what you can do in a day - guy dropped a hire one off for me two years ago and I dug six pole holes 4 feet deep in one hour and he had just finished his flask of coffee !!! so he loaded the bugger up and took it away again and did not charge me !!! Enjoy the vids Marty.

@JeffsFreedomGarage 3 жыл бұрын

@Marty T - That is the coolest powered wheelchair I've ever seen.

@madox76 3 жыл бұрын

And its..... ARMED!!!!

@TechGorilla1987 3 жыл бұрын

Mate, I absolutely love when you post content. I really, really do.

@YorkshireD1 3 жыл бұрын

Wifey - "Babe, are u digging up my Camillia"? Marty - "Er sorry I just got carried away having too much fun" 👍😆😆

@markhensley9378 3 жыл бұрын

That little digger made short work of those 3 stumps. The ground around the garden looks like it'll grow most anything. You've got a nice big yard to enjoy. Thanks again for your time and videos. Have yourself a great weekend.

@PS-Straya_M8 3 жыл бұрын

LOL Marty trying to be neighbourhood friendly with his Tonka toy ... if the neighbours only knew :)

@DanKoning777 Жыл бұрын

I once dug up the wrong thing(s) too-a lot of them; they looked like weeds/branches to me. Sigh-I hate sleeping on the couch. ;) Thanks for leaving that in. *God bless.*

@bombardier3qtrlbpsi 3 жыл бұрын

There you go. That little china hydraulic shovel saved you a sore back.😅

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly mate, I would have been broken for days if I'd had to do that by hand

@rpc47 3 жыл бұрын

Aliexpress

@rugershooter5268 3 жыл бұрын

@@MartyT worlds cheapest........so how much is it

@robertschemonia5617 2 жыл бұрын

@@rugershooter5268 asking the real question here. My question is, where is the link to the shady chinese importer website where I can buy one? I think I'd have to fight my 7 year old son if I got one and ever wanted to use it tho. Lol

@wwfeatherston 7 ай бұрын

That beewax and olive oil is so versatile! I use it for wood polish, patches for black powder shooting, chapped lips, leather conditioner, squeeking furniture...

@j.w.3345 3 жыл бұрын

Nice little machine! After cutting down 15 trees to carve a backyard out of the woods, I dug out two stumps by hand. Then I hired a guy with a good size tractor with a backhoe. Best money I ever spent.

@dejanbrice8774 3 жыл бұрын

1:30 Made by Rolls Royce that engine! Look how smooth it runs, you can balance a coin on it.

@davidcook5994 3 жыл бұрын

Love the comment from your wife not wanting it pulled out.

@kevinmccarey5015 Жыл бұрын

Hello Marty Beautiful tree foliage in background just lovely Go bless

@horstszibulski19 3 жыл бұрын

The most impressive thing on that pocket excavator is the massive valve block... :-D But seems to work great, better than a shovel. Love the 2-teeth bucket, ideal for trenching for water and power lines between the house and the garden shed... Thx for showing! :-D

@boomish69 3 жыл бұрын

You were having too much fun there Marty..

@utubota5522 3 жыл бұрын

Marty, thanks again for another great video. With all of your skills, I was surprised you didn't put in a bigger motor and pump on the digger

@El_Chompo 3 жыл бұрын

Ever since I started watching andrew camarata's channel I've decided that excavators are perhaps the single most useful piece of heavy equipment you can own.

@jtelliso 3 жыл бұрын

100% about watching Camarata work. It is between the excavator and a bobcat type machine with the attachments for me. Both are practically swiss army knives.

@El_Chompo 3 жыл бұрын

@@jtelliso Exactly.

@derekbutts1782 2 жыл бұрын

Even the small ones are great

@anthonyrybczynski5420 2 жыл бұрын

The small stuff is great but nothing like having a case 580e in the backyard. I prefer a backhoe because it has a loader and a hoe. If you have room a backhoe is awesome.

@sebastianculbreth1661 2 жыл бұрын

Backhoe

@daleolson3506 3 жыл бұрын

He’s lost it. Getting soft,gets a machine that works. What is happening to the world?

@StewsChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Cool mini excavator! Lol, with it being a little jerky and the camera sped up it kind of reminded me of those old stop motion dinosaur cartoons that used to be on TV :)

@easttexan2933 3 жыл бұрын

"would have taken all day to dig out those stumps"......lol. Now you can spend a week repairing those track ruts lol

@bluegrallis 3 жыл бұрын

Beats the heck out doing it with a spade!

@typgamer 3 жыл бұрын

Should have used the big Hitachi to assert dominance amongst the neighbors😂

@kingofthepod5169 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that Hitachi has more power than a quarter ton truck.

@petersullivan5264 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Marty, Love your videos. I had to pull out over 50 trees and I found a guy in Ruakaka who sells digger knives made from specially hardened steel. My little 2.2t Kubota went through those old macrocarpa roots easi peasi! It will get under a concrete slab and break chunks off as well.

@skipproctor8979 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Marty! Next time I need to remove stumps I'll rent one of these mini excavators. Why pay someone to do it if you can do it yourself. Your videos are so inspirational. I'm a do-it-yourselfer, but certainly not at your level. Keep the videos coming. Thanks from Connecticut, USA.

@BigAdam2050 3 жыл бұрын

Marty the entire time ; "This is bullshit, I had to buy/rent this. I bet its never even been in a forest, I miss my mountain"

@pshodean 2 жыл бұрын

I love your stuff Marty. I see you and Andrew and these other guys fixing machinery and using it and I think life is just to short. There is just to much cool stuff to do.

@robertwebber7633 2 жыл бұрын

Very impresive performance for such a small machine. Pity about the jerky drive function, however, a valve in the line could slow down the flow. Thanks for the video and would like to see how it arrived and what needed doing to it.

@avrel820 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work with the mini :-) it's one of the kind you can fit in a house when you have flooring to dig out it seems to have plenty power for it's size...I do believe slightly smaller mini's exist to get inside a house through double doors or likewise.. If you have a floor to take out and replace it's always nice to have a mini...

@kirk467 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Marty, the boss is doing to reprimand you brother! lol 😂 thanks for sharing my friend 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

@SeanHodgins 3 жыл бұрын

I've been wondering how powerful these are. They seem like a pretty good deal for what you can get them for.

@JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 жыл бұрын

logger 18 hours ago These are great little machines for the price. I have one that I have put over over 100 hours on it in the past few months. Levelled sites for sheds including one with a cutting into a hill side. Cleaned out drains and dug post holes. Trenched underground power cables and dug out loads of stumps. Mine is a slightly newer variant, with improved engine access, but has all the same running gear and engine. It is single cylinder Yanmar clone made by Koop. 10hp, rattly as hell & you really need to wear hearing protection if you spend any time on it. 5ltr fuel tank runs for 8 hours. The engine is fumy and does not meet any modern emission standards, so you wont want to run it in a confined space. fine for outside though. I have been a bit fastidious changing the hydraulic oil very early, the engine oil every 30 hours or so & keeping the grease up to all the pins. I figure it is built to a price, so you cannot afford to neglect the maintenance if I want it to last. It is no where near as Jerky to operate as in this video, once you become proficient at operating it. It is very slow with a top speed is 1.9kmh, so you would not want to have to travel it any distance. As someone else mentioned, press turns on the grass are the way to go or just turn very gently. Mine came with swingboom, three buckets, a ripping tine, a thumb, a rake and a 20cm posthole auger. Surprisingly I have found a use for every one of these attachments. 1

@jimfix6810 3 жыл бұрын

Be a man and buy a shovel and pickax you pus

@BiffsEquipment 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimfix6810 time is money

@whosonfirst1309 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimfix6810 lolol that was awesome

@cracka5431 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-pl2bk great insight! my dad's interested in buying one. Did you buy yours on alibaba?

@cranesfc 3 жыл бұрын

I am amazed at how many different special people have invented this thing at the same time over the last year. The first one was invented by a nuclear engineer last year.

@tomjohntig 3 жыл бұрын

What a cracking little machine very handy thing to have around , The essential boys toy I would go around my garden digging everything up lol. A trip to the garden centre I think Marty

@BrianSmith-ow9gy 2 жыл бұрын

Naughty Marty. Good job you were recording when Mrs Marty discovered the fate of her Camelia otherwise you'd have got both barrels. You need a chipper to remove stumps. Much less damage and the chips are brilliant for weed suppression. There's bound to be one around with a broken something or other you can give a good home to?

@riffraff9000 2 жыл бұрын

"A weed is a flower in the wrong place." lol

@tibkiwi5774 3 жыл бұрын

I was had ordered one of those but had to cancel in the last minute due to an unexpected house expense. It was have been very useful in my small forest as it came with a large range of attachments. Just a side note that a turfer winch makes short work of tree stumps if you have a suitable anchor point.

@garymallard4699 3 жыл бұрын

You can do alot with something like that .. Perfect for a small yard...or property... Big isn't better sometimes...

@VC-Toronto 3 жыл бұрын

Especially tow it with a smaller vehicle.

@Don.Challenger 3 жыл бұрын

That often desired seldom delivered proportionate response - neither too big nor little.

@j.4941 2 жыл бұрын

Is it a tractor? NOOOO! Is it an excavator? NOOOO! It's a lawnmover with an appendix! 🙂

@johnjenkins8782 3 жыл бұрын

You should get one of those for your children to play on.

@canoelew2288 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Spring Lake Michigan. Great 2 part series on building the water turbine. Absolutely great! Subed and look forward to many good videos.....

@stillwater62 3 жыл бұрын

I have a toy Tonka Excavator that I can mail to you if that one breaks down. It is almost the same size. That is some nice dirt, and you should have a proper garden when planted. Best of luck in your future endeavors at the new homesite. Cheers.

@johnmit 3 жыл бұрын

Nice little extra footage the new dog house taking shape at 5:04 🤣

@rickcouture2156 2 жыл бұрын

you should put, "Tonka" on the side of that thing.

@AZVIDS 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like fun, great looking soil👍

@jenksify 3 жыл бұрын

Remember Marty if the wife ain't happy ain't nobody happy.

@SomeoneElse92422 3 жыл бұрын

Happy wife, happy life.

@eric_seguin 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marty, I needed that.

@kdegraa 3 жыл бұрын

I guess if anyone can take the risk of the cheapest excavator breaking down it’s MartyT.

@kingofthepod5169 3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of struck, they do little one cylinder dozers and farm crawlers. On their website they compare them to lawn tractors.

@tamaustralia4949 3 жыл бұрын

G'day mate That would fit in the bucket of my excavator 🤣🤣🤣👍

@stephenhunter70 3 жыл бұрын

Come to think of it, that would fit in the bucket of his Hitachi!

@VC-Toronto 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but I'd wager the Hitachi won't go through a garden gate.

@tamaustralia4949 3 жыл бұрын

@@VC-Toronto yep it would straight through🤣🤣😂yiud have to rebuild the gate though 🤣😂😂😂🤣💪

@nobigdeal8078 3 жыл бұрын

Man: Digs up half the backyard with a loud noisy excavator. Women: Are you sure that’s right?

@terryadamz870 3 жыл бұрын

My mate has just brought one and it even surprises me how well it does My only thought would be to increase the length of the tracking leavers to gain a bit more control Also the engine mounts on ur one looked to have too much movement

@nathanmcauley121 3 жыл бұрын

It's satisfying removing stumps with an excavator! I got about 10 smallish ones out with a 1.5t Kubota, but the larger ones (about 35 1ft dia connifers) needed a stump grinder - which was also satisfying to use. I started digging round them and cutting them below ground level with a chainsaw, but quickly realised (after 3) that I was going to ruin my back.

@son-of-a-gun Жыл бұрын

Everybody with a garden should have one!

@wesleycardinal8869 Жыл бұрын

I was always told if I keep digging I'll get to China ... looks like they got through first. 👍

@grantsnell6782 2 жыл бұрын

Great machines for urban house sites.

@tedlandy 3 жыл бұрын

These are great little machines for the price. I have one that I have put over over 100 hours on it in the past few months. Levelled sites for sheds including one with a cutting into a hill side. Cleaned out drains and dug post holes. Trenched underground power cables and dug out loads of stumps. Mine is a slightly newer variant, with improved engine access, but has all the same running gear and engine. It is single cylinder Yanmar clone made by Koop. 10hp, rattly as hell & you really need to wear hearing protection if you spend any time on it. 5ltr fuel tank runs for 8 hours. The engine is fumy and does not meet any modern emission standards, so you wont want to run it in a confined space. fine for outside though. I have been a bit fastidious changing the hydraulic oil very early, the engine oil every 30 hours or so & keeping the grease up to all the pins. I figure it is built to a price, so you cannot afford to neglect the maintenance if I want it to last. It is no where near as Jerky to operate as in this video, once you become proficient at operating it. It is very slow with a top speed is 1.9kmh, so you would not want to have to travel it any distance. As someone else mentioned, press turns on the grass are the way to go or just turn very gently. Mine came with swingboom, three buckets, a ripping tine, a thumb, a rake and a 20cm posthole auger. Surprisingly I have found a use for every one of these attachments.

@VC-Toronto 3 жыл бұрын

What "make" is yours? This looks like a clone of a JCB Micro Excavator. A used JCB one runs about $8K USD.

@tedlandy 3 жыл бұрын

@@VC-Toronto Mine is a Rhinoceros XN10 Windstorm whereas the one @Marty T is using appears to be the XN08.

@bastarddoggy 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't help it, I had to laugh because Marty looked like one of those big circus Bears that's been taught to ride a tiny bicycle

@jimdoolan2277 Жыл бұрын

Thanks thinking about byeing one Cheers 👍🏻 🍻 from the south island

@jacemusgrove3073 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a great machine! If you get it stuck for some reason, not too bad to pull back out.

@stvdmc2011 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely better than digging by hand with a shovel

@bbjim1 3 жыл бұрын

Love ya work. Cheers.

@adachao5055 2 жыл бұрын

Very skilled . comfortable video.

@wiliamheadwoods 2 жыл бұрын

You should dig with the blade behind you the idea of it is to make the base of the digger longer and stop it riding up every time you fill up the bucket

@terrymarsh1255 3 жыл бұрын

I think that’s what Demolition Dave refers to as a hydraulic teaspoon. Much better than manual labour!

@69jbr69 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work. If you still have it I would work whole garden area to get any roots out.

@paulprit1929 3 жыл бұрын

Have one myself though red. Great little machine for what they are worth.

@Ants_Pants 3 жыл бұрын

Almost got this machine, but ended up buying a 3ton used yanmar mini instead, only needed to pay 30% extra compared to this thing. No regrets

@MartyT 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to beat a yanmar, worth the extra money

@albertcyphers1532 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the ad for one of those. I ignored it I thought it was a scam. Seemed too good to be true

@raymondpetrovits2336 3 жыл бұрын

Tidy up before the “Boss” gets back. Wise decision Marty.

@timtate8520 3 жыл бұрын

I love when the Misses chimes in “you didn’t did up the bush I wanted you to save did you?” Oops 😬

@jimsvideos7201 3 жыл бұрын

You're pretty handy with that thing; had I attempted it I'm sure the neighbours would be complaining about the dirt tracked in their place and the hole dug in their sugar bowl and all that. (Ok teasing complete. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.)

@MrMarkar1959 3 жыл бұрын

that's a handy tool, 👍🏼 thanks

@railroadman57 3 жыл бұрын

Nice little machine does ok 👍 for small jobs !

@carstenweiland7896 3 жыл бұрын

Somehow it is adorable with its rabbit teeth on the little shovel!

@Ridgeroader 3 жыл бұрын

Busted! Digging up the wife's plants. Funny to see your fall foliage and it's 32C here today (Iowa USA).

@eddiebear8370 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me? The digger teeth remind me of Bugs Bunny. Lol.

@traindriva 3 жыл бұрын

Marty, 6 or 7 minutes just isn't enough! It's like we can see a tray of Tim Tams, and Mum just let's us just have one!!! Can you stretch it out to 25-30 minutes, please bro.

@jjasperchan 3 жыл бұрын

camellia might have been fine if you popped it back in the hole, so long as the stump had some roots on it, probably a bit late now though haha

@reviewaccount469 3 жыл бұрын

You'd have been at those stumps for a couple days with shovels and axes without that thing. Now I want one!

@nineoclockhero 3 жыл бұрын

I recon Letsdig 18 would be impressed with your stump removal skills.

@malamuteproductions 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather used to say back in the 50s they just used to blow them out of the ground with sticks of gel-ignite I think he called it. That would've been fun, but the mini excavator beats the crowbar and shovel. Great work mate!

@sainteins 3 жыл бұрын

I rented one even smaller than this, was 660kg. Had to remove around 80 stumps from my backyard. Worked a treat

@herrakaarme 3 жыл бұрын

It's quite remarkable how the lawn mower engine has enough power for an excavator, even if it's a tiny excavator.

@AB-C1 2 жыл бұрын

Jees I need one of those little bad boys for my back garden got a few ton of tailings been sitting there 10 years I dug by hand (and now I'm older and got a dodgy back) the pile still there in middle of the garden!! lol 😅🤦🏻 grassed and weeds all sorts now. Been looking at these but they're still pretty expensive in England, was gonna buy one and rent it out. Thought about hiring one but having not used one before thought more cost effective to buy and sell it on, once I've finished doing the jobs I need to in garden some footings for a workshop etc. Good to see one in action though looks like it cut through that ground no trouble and the roots which pretty impressive. That little engine like a lawnmower engine lol 😅

@meirionevans5137 3 жыл бұрын

Beats the heck out of mk1 shovel! Obviously 2 sets of work plans on this site lol. Plenty of space at your new place, good project, good luck.

@christopherwheeler688 24 күн бұрын

He digs out her camelia and she just laughs it off. Mrs. T is a keeper.

@crawford323 3 жыл бұрын

I have a pull behind unit similar to bur not unlike the harbor freight model. If and this is a big if, the rear is weighted, it does a good job. If not, it turns into a bucking bronco. I attach mine to a tractor’s counter balance and this gives it the counter force needed to rip. If you do not start the stump removal dig well away from the stump itself and attack to sever the roots, good luck.

@andystevens7557 3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure my John Deer lawn tractor has a beefier motor (D155). Still, I am impressed at how effective it was.

@bryanpoole4749 3 жыл бұрын

Always great content.

@Bbonno 3 жыл бұрын

The owner even added attachment points for a thumb on the little digger. Nice!

@JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 жыл бұрын

You can buy accessories from the factory at the time you buy it...auger, thumb etc etc.

@JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 жыл бұрын

logger 3 weeks ago These are great little machines for the price. I have one that I have put over over 100 hours on it in the past few months. Levelled sites for sheds including one with a cutting into a hill side. Cleaned out drains and dug post holes. Trenched underground power cables and dug out loads of stumps. Mine is a slightly newer variant, with improved engine access, but has all the same running gear and engine. It is single cylinder Yanmar clone made by Koop. 10hp, rattly as hell & you really need to wear hearing protection if you spend any time on it. 5ltr fuel tank runs for 8 hours. The engine is fumy and does not meet any modern emission standards, so you wont want to run it in a confined space. fine for outside though. I have been a bit fastidious changing the hydraulic oil very early, the engine oil every 30 hours or so & keeping the grease up to all the pins. I figure it is built to a price, so you cannot afford to neglect the maintenance if I want it to last. It is no where near as Jerky to operate as in this video, once you become proficient at operating it. It is very slow with a top speed is 1.9kmh, so you would not want to have to travel it any distance. As someone else mentioned, press turns on the grass are the way to go or just turn very gently. Mine came with swingboom, three buckets, a ripping tine, a thumb, a rake and a 20cm posthole auger. Surprisingly I have found a use for every one of these attachments.