The used excavator market is mostly dominated by the excavator with clocked meters. Rolled-back hours. We are observing it on at least 40% of the units that are crossing borders. It is said on sites like MachDealers that everyone will filter by “Hours”, and take the figure(s) as gospel. It’s not. A PC240LC listed at 4,500 hours might’ve run 9,000. ECU is flashed. Service interval is reset. The seller is left with money and the buyer has got a “mutt” that needs to be overhauled shortly after purchase.

Financial exposure? The 2,000-hour difference on a medium size excavator comes out to anywhere between $15,000 to $35,000 in faster rate of component change outs. Everything from hydraulic pumps, to final drives and turbochargers — all done to real time, not the dash story.

Data sources for the table above:https://www.rbauction.com/pdp/2022-hitachi-zx48u-6-clr-mini-excavator/15371250

Not all of the ECUs are created equally. The tamper resistance of OEM technologies is compared.

It is possible to reset the counters of hours through the use of third-party tools, and hence this takes about less than 20 minutes. High vulnerability. Komatsu PC240LC, PC450, PC200: PC200, PC240LC and PC450 are KOMTRAX telematics standard for post-2008. Cloud-synced hour logs. Older units, that were not retrofitted with KOMTRAX, are still vulnerable. Please check KOMTRAX activation status prior to wire transfer. Volvo EC290: CareTrack Data on the models is behind automatic dealership authentication. Non-CareTrack units? Wide open. The answer is you can get the lowest risks of fraud by using Komatsu KOMTRAX equipped machines.Doosan DH220LC-7 and non-telematics Volvo EC290 = double check all calculations.

There will be no 3-check negotiations.

Hour meters lie. ECUs talk. To hear from the ECU.