I have an L12 too, looking forward to more videos!

I've got myself an L12 nice machine can do a lot. Did you change the hydraulic fluid yet? I've done about 10 hours and think I should get rid of whatever they put in there and replace it with new stuff. I've heard it can give the machine more power. Looking forward to more videos!

Thanks for an interesting video. So what is the maximum weight range do you think you can work out comfortably with?

Some of these are built backwards, meaning the lifting cylinder is between the boom and the cab, (instead of the boom and the work, cylinders are pulling vs pushing, they are stronger in 1 direction than the other direction), and these having different geometry have different capacities. Also, some of these different units have different diameters of hydraulic cylinders, and that can make a gigantic difference, even with the same name & model number, they are built different with whatever parts they could find... Maybe some more technical details like system hydraulic pressure and cylinder diameters should be included if you are trying to do a "Mini Ex Benchmark", like in a computer benchmark report.

if fisher price built an excavator this would be it

cool demo, thanks! your house gear has a lot of play in it, you may want to check its tight and properly aligned to the gear or it will easily break

Lot stronger that i thought it would be. Do you know, or could you test it lifting capacity over the side of the tracks.

There was another guy that recently did this and he was able to pick up 656 pounds

I think if you had the arm low it could lift more weight. The arm extended all the way out puts all the weight of the arm for the boom to lift, like a giant lever. With the arm low there is no giant lever effect. But how you did it shows how high the max weight can be lifted.