Fernando that's awesome to hear! There must be a lot of sun there because this year from 11/4 to 11/4 I generated 11,300 kwh. Glad you were able to do it yourself, and enjoy the payoff of your hard work! Did you also get the 2020 tax credit? You should get 26% of your material costs back, unless that $17,443 already takes the 26% federal tax rebate into account.

@@NealORussa $17,443 - $4,535= $12,908 cost after tax rebate. My average yearly electricity cost befor solar panels $3,100 per year. It will take me about 50 months to break even. Thanks again

Hey One Eye! Parts are easy to get ahold of from the dealer, but costly! My local dealer was able to get most items in 3 days, and a few items i ordered from Messicks which I received in 4 days via UPS. I also ordered all my filters from crossfilters.com. They sell aftermarket filters like donaldson that are a direct replacement for OEM and much much cheaper! I highly recommend them and I use them for all my equipment now.

Where are you located? I'm not a huge fan of the dealer i use, but basically i find the parts I need from the kubota parts diagrams, then just call or send them a list of part numbers and quantities. I probably wouldn't rely on them for any service...

@@NealORussa hawesville, so I figured we use the same and I don’t use them for service other than some warranty work on my tractor, I just like them better than other places around us lol

@@justinbrown1861 oh nice to see someone local! I like Hagans, but i work across the river and that's the dealer I'm referring to...

@@NealORussa understand ! Like to find me a smaller machine to fix up just to have

You're in luck! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sK-Si5SX3sW1iZc.html

M.S.S., I paid $20k for the machine. I found a thumb, coupler, 24" bucket, H link and boom cylinder guard from a dismantled machine for $3,235 total including freight. Look on machinerytrader.com for dismantled machines, usually they have caught on fire, but the thumb parts should be in OK shape. I'm in about 26k now total. I'll go over costs more in depth in a future video regarding the machine shop work, etc. Thanks for watching!

@@NealORussa Good deal. Thanks Neal! I look forward to watching. Thanks for the filter company tip and the dismantled machine tip. I never thought of that resource.

@@MrSparks701 yea the dismantled machines is the way to get parts for sure. Save lots of $$ and they're already scratched up so you don't have to worry about that!

Thank you RNGN very much for the comment!

I rebuilt that 161 and line bored some of the boom connections and it was a good strong machine! I sold it because I had a kx71 (6500lbs) and the kx161 (12,000lbs) and I am just a solo owner operator. I sold both machines and got a kx040 (10,000lbs). That has has been a good in between size of size and strength. It's also the heaviest machine I can haul with my skid steer on my 20k capacity trailer at the same time, which is a must for me to cut down on trips to short jobs where I need both pieces. But to answer your question, I wish I still had the 161 because I'm getting into septics now and this larger machine would be nice. It's 36" wide bucket was twice as deep as the 36" bucket I have for my kx040 and it handled it just fine.

Hey sam, local machine shop straightened the ears, line bored and faced the insides for 1200. Not too bad i dont think.

@@NealORussa Not bad at all. The rubber tracks for my mini skid cost more than that, and you know how long rubber tracks last. 🤦🏼‍♂️ $1,200 is not bad at all!