Midweek with Tyler: Making Moves — My Excavator Investment

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tyler talks about why he made the biggest business investment of his life: buying a Kubota KX040-4 excavator. He reflects on the learning curve, the freedom it provides for building his own home, and how it’s already paying off both financially and personally.

Show Notes:

Investment in an Excavator (0:00)

Personal and Professional Motivations (2:26)

Dealer Relationship and Purchase Experience (4:07)

Equipment Features and Usage (7:32)

Financial and Tax Benefits of Owning (13:22)

Experience and Future Plans (23:41)

Consulting Services and Podcast Feedback (24:17)

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0:00.0	This is the biggest investment I've made in my business in my life other than houses,
0:04.2	but it's already paying off.
0:05.8	I molded over for a long time, and it's a lot of money.
0:08.8	It's a lot of money to us.
0:10.0	It's a lot of money each and every month.
0:11.6	The tax savings on it alone, and then how much money we will save throughout the course of the build.
0:17.4	It really makes a lot of sense, and I don't have any regrets.
0:25.8	Welcome to Midweek Modern Craftsman. I have a fun one for you guys and girls this week,
0:33.6	a little bit different than I normally do. It's going to be my thoughts on the excavator that I
0:37.6	purchased, which is a Cabota, uh, KX, 040-4-4. They just came out with the new model, the 040-5,
0:47.3	but I needed it and I got a good deal on it. And it's been fun and I've enjoyed it it and it was the most expensive purchase I've made
0:56.6	in my life in my business and I don't really have any regrets about it so I wanted to hop on here
1:03.2	and talk a little bit about it um I was out clearing a bunch of brush and stuff today um
1:09.8	working on my property just cleaned some stuff up
1:12.8	getting ready um for the actual work the girls are at the lake because it's spring break and
1:21.1	rachel brought her parents up there i'm going to head up and meet them probably tomorrow so
1:27.0	i spent outside it was a beautiful day outside and I spent the day over there just cleaning stuff up and laying stuff out to get ready for work. And I turned over 100 hours on the excavator since I got it a couple of months ago.
1:46.0	And I just wanted to give some of my thoughts on that.
1:49.0	What I've been using it for, in my opinion, what it's been great at.
1:55.0	I'm not an expert.
1:59.0	And honestly, this is the 100 hours I have on an excavator.
2:03.5	I don't have any prior experience.
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