About to purchase Thomas 25G - any input

[G.L. In Ont]

Well guys, the post I had on the mini-skids (93903) was excellent and gave me a lot of great insight so thanks to everyone who contributed. I am about to lay down some money on a used Thomas 25G and wanted to get some input from you on 1) if you think it's a good deal 2) should I get it inspected *before* I hand over the money and 3) any input from those who currently have one or have used one either for drilling post-holes or in general

So here's what I'm getting:

- Thomas 25G (Kohler Gas), 2004, 384 hours
- Pengo universal auger head
- 9" and 12" bits both with an extension
- 42" bucket
- Miksa Hercules 5'x10' landscape trailer

This whole package was $15,000 Canadian or $12,201 USD.

Retail on this would be somewhere in the $25,500 range with taxes ($20,750 USD).

The guy selling is moving into commercial construction so has no time for the post-hole work he was doing.

Thanks all, G.

[G.L. In Ont]

Surely someone must have an opinion on this?

Thanks, G.

[Rollacosta]

The engine has only another 200 hours to go before it starts to give you trouble ,according to my repair guys ,they reccomended i sell my stump grinder that had a kohler 25hp motor when it reached 500-600 hours.

Definatly get it inspected before you purchase it,best of luck and sorry i could'nt be more help..the boys on www.arboristsite.com
might be able to help further,infact i'm sure they can.If you do post a thread regarding your purchase post it on the large equipmant forum.. :)