Excavator problems

[osikasculptor]

My 4200 has been no trouble except for one servo and a leaky piston that needed a new o ring. But the real test in my view is Martin Hough "Digging with Martin" I asked him how his original 4200 is holding up:

Tom:

I have ran mine a whole lot more than maybe most everyone for 6 yrs and its still the same everything except......... here is the list of parts I have replaced;

3 or 4 track motors (due to my own fault of forcing them)
3 dig lights, they just wear out
1 radio, dropped it
both boom lift cylinders, seals wore out
4 servos, they wear out & burn up
1 curl cylinder, seals leak from wear

I had over 7,000 videos uploaded and the google+ switch over did away with half of them. and consider that I only post less than half of the vids I actually take, I probably have filmed over 18,000 videos or more. I would say its a pretty tough machine for less than half the price of the others. but, mine has a very worn, loose boom and swing from all the yrs of use.

Martin