billy the bat
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- May 29, 2011
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Hi, have not been on in a while. Anyway, im looking at buying another skidsteer second hand and i currently have a Thomas T85 Which is great, but just lacking some grunt for the bigger jobs. I will still be keeping the T85 as it is a great little machine. But, i am after opnions on the Gehl 4840 2006 model. Id go for another thomas but they are hard to come by. And then i saw the gehl 4840 and for the price with the specs it is really impressive i thought. 60hp for starters and its working load is 700kg which is very impressive for the price of the second hand machine i am looking at with the hours it has. here: http://awb.industrysales.com.au/DesktopDefault.aspx?R=12651254&tabid=806397&Cr=12&ShowThumbnail=True&__Ns=p_StockRankSort_Int32%7c1%7c%7cp_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cp_Model_String%7c0%7c%7cp_Year_Int32%7c1%7c%7cp_StockPrice_Decimal%7c1&__No=60&__N=1552%201610%204294954682%201602&render=details&silo=1701&ResultsPerPage=0&seot=1&Location=-1&__Nne=15&SortBy=8&trecs=944&__sid=13ABBAA2947E But i dont know much about Gehls relaiabilty, parts etc.. ? are they pricey to service? So just want to get some opnion? are they lemons? Also another thing that concerned me was they have been taken over by Manitou, and i wasnt sure where that would leave me with an older model? Cheers.