A friend of mine bought an old excavator for $800. He spent about $1500 on fixing up the hydraulics, and used it to landscape his property. It was very rough b

A friend of mine bought an old excavator for $800. He spent about $1500 on fixing up the hydraulics, and used it to landscape his property. It was very rough but still went OK. When friends dropped around (like me) he would happily let us dig massive holes and fill them in again. I had a very happy afternoon digging and filling in, giggling like a kid in a sandpit. He ended up selling it for a small profit to a guy down the road, and they just drove it there - clank clank clank down the street. I was sad the day I went around and the digger was gone.