A 2018 JCB 15C-1 in the 1.5 ton class, showing 1,283 hours, with three buckets already on it. Net weight is 1,460 kg.
This is the size you tow behind a pickup. It goes on a single-axle plant trailer and runs on 9-inch rubber tracks, so it crosses a lawn without wrecking it. Drainage runs, footings for an extension, post holes, pond work, stumps. That is the job list.
The buckets
- 13 in digging
- 18 in digging
- 39 in grading and ditching
Three buckets on a used mini is worth real money. A grading bucket on its own runs into the hundreds, and the 39-inch one is what you will actually use for backfilling and finishing.
The backfill blade is 38 inches wide. Useful for closing a trench in one pass and for steadying the machine when you are digging out at reach.
Auxiliary hydraulic outlets are fitted, so a breaker, an auger or a compaction plate will run off it. The engine is a Perkins diesel, which is the good news on parts availability.
1,283 hours on a 2018 machine works out at roughly 180 hours a year. That is a machine that has been used properly rather than hammered.
| Year | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Make / model | JCB 15C-1 mini excavator |
| Hours on meter | 1,283 |
| Engine | Perkins diesel |
| Net weight | 1,460 kg |
| Tracks | 9 in rubber |
| Blade | 38 in back fill |
| Buckets | 13 in, 18 in, 39 in grading/ditching |
| Auxiliary hydraulics | Outlets fitted |
Flat $550 freight to the continental US and 30 days to return it from delivery.
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