The 2.5 ton class is the size most small contractors settle on. Light enough to tow behind a three-quarter ton pickup on a plant trailer, heavy enough to dig a real drainage run without bouncing off the ground. The SWE25UF sits squarely in that bracket at 2,650 kg machine weight.
The engine is the part worth knowing about. It is a Yanmar 3TNV80, a three-cylinder diesel rated at 14 kW (18.7 hp) at 2,400 rpm. Yanmar builds engines for half the compact equipment industry, so filters, injectors and service parts are available anywhere rather than only through one dealer network. On a budget-brand machine, a mainstream engine is the single best thing you can find on the spec sheet.
| Model | Sunward SWE25UF |
|---|---|
| Class | 2.5 ton |
| Engine | Yanmar 3TNV80, 3 cylinder diesel |
| Rated output | 14 kW at 2,400 rpm (18.7 hp at 2,400 rpm) |
| Machine weight | 2,650 kg |
| Warranty listed | 5 year / 5,000 hour |
The manufacturer lists warranty cover at 5 years or 5,000 hours. Ask us to put the terms of that in writing with your order so you know exactly what is covered and by whom.
At 2,650 kg it sits at the top of what a plant trailer behind a heavy pickup will legally carry, which keeps you off the phone to a freight firm every time the job moves. That is the practical argument for this class over a 3.5 ton machine.
The listing on this machine is short and we are not going to pad it out with figures we cannot stand behind. If you need dig depth, bucket width, track width or auxiliary flow before you commit, call (712) 356-0109 and we will pull the numbers off the machine itself and send them to you in writing.
Freight is a flat $550 to any address in the continental US. Thirty days from delivery to return it.
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