Buying a used excavator can be one of the smartest investments you ever make. Or one of the most expensive mistakes. From a distance, two excavators may look almost identical. They could be the same brand, the same model, the same year, and even have similar hour meter readings. Yet one might deliver another 10,000 hours of reliable service, while the other could require hundreds of thousands of rand in repairs before it earns its first rand. The difference isn't what you see