The H15R mini excavator was as I expected from watching plenty of YouTube. What I didn’t expect was the excellent customer service. My machine had an unexpected and serious issue. When I found this problem I immediately contacted AGT and they had a tech at my house in 4 days. I’m 5hrs from their Chicago warehouse and their tech drove here with all the right tools and all the right knowledge. I major repair was made in less than an hour.
I had a great sales experience, a great pickup experience and the best repair service. Highly recommend purchasing from AGT Industrial.

Showed up and throttle control handle broken off, called customer service. No pickup, left voicemail, no reply after a couple days now, not the end of the world, $25 part, just annoying. Fuel shut off left on from factory, engine flooded. When I started it, shiot all the fuel out exhaust. Only ran for a few seconds which is good because there’s no oil in engine. No indication that oil was drained. I don’t suspect leak because there’s no oil all over machine. Couple scuffs in paint from shipping, not AGTs fault. Digger arm a little crooked (about 2° out of plumb). Hour meter not hooked up, probably from jostling during shipping. Thumb kit includes no direction, but reasonably self explanatory except for 3 way diverting valves. Assume they don’t get used, and the lack of adapters for connecting to H15, but there’s a note on ordering screen that states as such, fittings about $8 plus shipping online Also, thumb kit short (1) M25x100 bolt for affixing upper arm included in kit, so find another or get some spacers to make up slop. Rear engine cover panel one of the bolts was stripped out, so I’ll have to replace that. Track control arms bent at slightly different angles so they don’t line up, quite a bit of play in them so I plan on devising some method of stiffening them up, as well as the foot pedals.

All in all for a sub $6k machine it’s not bad, I’m sure more things will come up once I actually get to use it, as it is still in the shipping pallet, but I’m sure nothing anybody with a reasonable amount of mechanical inclination can’t overcome. FYI, the Majic brand Caterpillar Yellow from tractor supply near identical match to paint (if your machine is yellow).

Very pleased with the quality of the components, but not so much with the fit and finish. The muffler flange was only held onby one screw, and we started it up to unload it from the trailer, it sounded like something was caught in the turntable. Finally figured it out, fixed it, and thoroughly checked for loose and missing bolts, of which there were many. Believe everything is up to specs, which it should have been during manufacturing, and appears to do a good job, but I'm still learning how to operate it.

Sales were right on the description of the equipment and shipping was very good

This machine is very capable for its small size.
I have been very impressed with the power and performance.

My machine was supposed to ship from Chicago but it appears that they were out, so it shipped from LA. It took a little longer than the site listed but understandable since I ordered it a few days before Christmas, so with Christmas and new years holiday it took a little longer. It did arrive a day earlier than the sugges

Good product

I haven't put it through its paces yet, but appears to be a good machine. Mine came delivered fully assembled with hydraulic thumb and just wrapped in plastic. Hydraulic oil full, very few zerks greased, tiny bit of gas. I spent an extra $700 and installed oil cooler, filter, a few new lines to fit cooler/oil, temp gauge, 12" fan, switches and new hydraulic oil. Overall decent price for the mini-ex. Soon I'll be taking her to trenching and she appears to have plenty of power for it.

Few notes: - she's slow, jerky and had a number of lose connections. Give yourself time to learn controls and make small adjustments, otherwise you end up rocking back and forth fairly hard, even with the blade down. Not much room to get in and out, so don't start the machine till your in it and turn if off before you get out in case your shirt/pants get caught on controls.

I had the unit delivered and had to winch the pallet to the lift gate from a SxS - pallet was loaded sideways so the driver's pallet jack would not fit. I then used a 40hp deere with forks to unload which was close to the max she would lift.

Overall, nothing I didn't expect after researching and happy with the purchase. Only going 4 stars due to lose connections, non-greased zerks.

Good deal,good price,good customer service,fast shipping.
Nothing more needs to be said!

Was a good product at a good price and great customer service..all ya can ask for!

So far so good, it is a kind of jerky if you could fix that it would be a plus for sure

works well, better than expected

It comes exactly as shown in the picture on this site… down to the plastic strap holding the boom to the ROPS. When transporting, cut that plastic strap and either secure the boom arm as it should be on your trailer, or use a tie down to strap it to the ROPS as shown. I bought mine new from an auction house and it had no fuel in it and the battery was dead. So I had it loaded on my trailer and secured the boom using a tie down.

This equipment is great for landscaping jobs, it will lift many hundred of pounds, and it’s quite versatile. There are many attachments available for it. I’m very impressed by it as a result. For what I need, this is perfect. I have a fair size property and for digging trenches, this will do very nicely.

However, there are a few things that should be addressed by the manufacturer.

The grease zerks that come with on the cylinders a low profile, needle injected type fittings. I’m not fond of them and replaced them all. I realize that being low profile means they are less likely to be ripped/broken off by an object while working, but how often will that happen? Also, they are very easy to replace in those cases. The rest of the zerks are ‘normal’ but sometimes, they are located in an inaccessible location that warrant a 90 or 45 degree fitting. Finally, none of the zerks were greased and some were loose.

The rear panel to access the engine is held with 7 bolts. After removing the panel twice, one of the threaded holes is already stripped. Why not hinge the panel. That would be so easy… and I will do this eventually. Even keep the top middle bolt to secure it, but the way it is with 7 bolts is a pain.

The operation is relatively smooth, but it can be jerky. The boom cylinder is the jerkiest. You have to have a very slight touch to prevent that, and still that may not be enough. So be aware. I love the controls on either side of the seat. Much easier to handle. They are setup in the ISO standard of operation. I guess that can be changed by moving a few lines on the valve unit, but I’m ok with ISO.

The forward/reverse joy sticks are in the front. The peddles are not substitutes for the joy sticks. The right peddle is for the blade. The left peddle is for the auxiliary. So when the hydraulic thumb, or anything else is connected to those lines on the boom, it is operated through the left foot. I wish there was less angle on the peddles towards the seat. It’s a very small cab and if your feet are big, tilting the peddle back can be a challenge due to the bulkhead.

The hydraulic connections are metric DIN, which is fine, but availability is limited & can be expensive. I found a place online that charged twice more for shipping than the actual fitting. I found another place to source quick disconnects. I was able to get metric to NPT adapters at this same site. Only cost $62 including shipping. That could have been included on the unit.

There are no instructions in the tool case provided. No information on the type of hydraulic fittings. The only thing in the toolbox is the engine manual, a 17/19mm open ended wrench, 3 sockets (12, 14, 16mm) with a handle, a small grease gun, & needle adapter for the low profile zerks.

The engine is the RATO engine. This is a great engine. I had the exact same one on a chipper/shredder and it worked great! So I was very familiar with it once I realized what I was looking at. Unfortunately, the fuel shutoff has to be found by feel when looking at the engine from the top, which is accomplished by lifting the seat. I finally found it once I removed the rear panel & recognized the engine.

Note that I never run the engine at full throttle, it’s just not necessary. This is a pretty powerful unit.

What is this excavator should include, and likely a lot of others of this size, is quick disconnect fittings for the auxiliary circuit. Possible variable control valve on the rotation of the house and boom cylinder to smooth out the operation. Quick disconnects on the aux lines. I also welded a chain hook on the back of the shovel. That could be one of the option is the ability to bolt on a hook fitting to the shovel on pre-drilled hole locations. There are already two holes in the shovel for drainage, four more wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

You should remove the carpet as soon as you get it home. Maybe a bolted on aluminum diamond plate instead. it just minimize the wear on the finish & prevent slipping if the floor is wet.

Again, I love this excavator, but be aware and go over the entire unit before you start using it for any length of time. Some hardware could be loose, and you may find other little surprises. For the most part, other than some of the grease zerks, mine appeared to be fine. But it fits in really narrow places (only 36” wide) and it’s remarkably versatile. I would recommend it for the right application.

I had other comments, but the review length is limited.