Unboxing & Testing my ELECTRIC mini-excavator from China! 

Dad is so right , the dirt looks just like Sand

Great machine. Be sure to check the swivel motor bolts after a few uses, they tend to loosen up and cause damage.

27mins into this video, and i'm wondering why i am watching (unboxing/manual) an e-excavator, with a garden of 5m 🙂

I am in the process of purchasing an electric mini excavator and have corresponded with this same firm, Everun. Here are the specs and price I was quoted for the ERE12 described in this video: $7500, 1100kg, dimensions 950mm wide, 3127mm long, 2195mm height, engine 4kw, 48Vx300Ah=14.4kwh lithium battery, manufactured in Qingdao, China. It comes with a whole range of accessory attachments such a different size buckets, grapple, rake, ripper, even augur with 3 bit sizes. Keep in mind packing and shipping will run you typically less than $1000 to the west coast, not sure what shipping would be to the east coast. Also, you need to consider 25% customs duty for power equipment, paid at the port of entry. You will also typically need a customs broker who can arrange pick up at the port, or shipping onward to your final destination. BTW, most of the electric mini excavators I researched were slightly cheaper than this one. This was the only one I came across that used 48V battery. Typically they use 12V lithium batteries and the usual configuration is 6 in series for 72V. This makes the batteries completely user serviceable. The model I am getting is made by Shandong Youda and is 72Vx160Ah=11.5kwh battery. I ordered a machine whose tracks can narrow to 800mm wide, enough to pass through a 36" standard US entry door as I plan on using it in a basement excavation project. After entering, the tracks can expand to 1000mm wide for greater stability. Of course, for use in a basement, a gas or diesel powered engine would not be feasible due to fumes, so an electric mine excavator was essential. In addition to the excavator I plan on getting an electric track front loader and a mini dumper that has a 400liter capacity to haul the excavated dirt out of the basement. Thanks for sharing your experience. Nice to see this model in operation in America!

the "no smoke in your face" part alone is, in my humble opinion, the part that makes it worth the money.

As someone who rents out diesel mini-excavators, this mini-ex would be great for those who are just getting started and won't require them to have and maintain their own diesel tank. I bet your videos are the best advertising for the manufacturers.

It’s cool seeing the truck return

I love how you show all of the different uses of the product and how easy it is to set up and go.

So, it's not actually a dozer blade. That is meant to be rolled up onto as an anchor for ripping heavily packed or hard soils. Also good as an improvised anchor if you need something to pull against for recovery operations. I imagine you could mount a winch to the rear and spin it around for pulling.

Nice new electric machine! And, I like seeing that mini-truck still being put to great use.

This is awesome! I really recommend making the batteries easily removable for charging. These things often work far from power sources, so being able to haul the batteries back for charging on something that moves a lot faster is critical. Can’t wait to see the version you import for sale!

Great job on the video Micah! Thanks for making it. Your videos are so peaceful.

First time watching your channel. Your dad strikes me as a retired psychiatrist from Long Island enjoying life in rural South Florida.

Brilliant, you made a garage for the excavator with the packaging. Although I would have suggested using some corrugated steel panels for a roof and walls👍

Great video as always, brother! I love that you always have your dad involved too.

Awesome little unit. Next project is to interface a Nintendo "Power Glove" like gyro-based controller via an Arduino to control this excavator's claw!

Thank you for your content I enjoy "Watching" it at the same time as checking emails. I have learn a lot from your explanation of the products you have shown in the past years.

Great to see that demo. In England, a few years ago JCB launched an electric mini digger.

Long time watcher of your vids here! Just purchased a 10 acre homestead in OK and looking at equipment. Nesher is top of my list now! Love your channel as a resource and not only an entertainment platform.

so now you have a digger here is what you can do, in the north if you bury a pvc pipe 200 feet long or in some configuration you can run air threw it to warm up a green house to 50 degrees in the winter .. keep in mind it gets 40 below here.... in the warmth you can use the same as free air conditioning.....

This seems to be a very versatile, multiuse machine. I have operated diesel, powered mini excavators before and you are very correct in that. The diesel fumes are always a problem. Thank you for making the effort to bring these to America and setting them up for use here. I will be checking back on your website to see when this machine is available. Thank you!😁

Love your channel and all the little electric machines you show. The longevity of electric motors is crazy and most people don't know about it, there are Trams driving around with stock motors from over 100 years ago, that is insane a commercial vehicle would have major overhauls, if not whole motor swaps multiple times in that time.

That is so a amazing cool little electric excavator, the built quality looks very very very impressive, super cool to see the combo of small electric excavator with electric tiny truck 🎉❤ love your videos!

SAE makes the most sense since most people are right handed, allows for finer control over the dipper and bucket combo

I'm really enjoying these videos and the fact you are establishing yourself as a small equipment vendor with the required support for the machines. These machines seem extremely versatile. I grew up working with my Dad in the family business of custom home building. I've got experience with small machines. What I would love to see is how they work digging in an environment that isn't sand. We live in Pennsylvania and our "soil" is extremely rocky and tough. I know that's a rather big ask since you would need to take a machine to an area with some serious hard dirt/rocks but I'm curious about how well it would handle that situation.

Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing

You went a long way from showcasing custom e-bikes in Tel Aviv to distributing modern game changing electric farm tool to the US! Wishing you, your family and your company lots of success ❤️

Thank you very much for your display of these equipment it's been very good very interesting and enjoyed it a lot keep up the good work come in

Good to see the little Chang Li truck is still going

These look awesome! We're looking at getting an off-grid property soon and equipment like this would be super useful!

Nice little machine there. Would be great for some indoor projects where fuel driven ones would be dangerous.

Bro, just finished watching the electric loaders, and they're awesome.....

Another fun and informative video! Maybe your next import from China should be a shed to properly house all of the equipment you've imported from China. 😝

I will never stop loving the ebikes for good

@10:40, Yeah! Grease that thing BEFORE using it! There was NO grease on those pins and that is the best way to destroy that thing in VERY little time by using it dry. Oh, and plan your digging before you start digging. Make line-of-sight tracks between fixed items if you can, and WRITE down the sightings in a book so you'll always know where items are buried EXACTLY, THEN, using marking paint and a rope you don't care about, make perfectly straight lines by pulling the rope straight, mark the line with paint, then move the rope to the next line, and mark. NEVER just dig and think that you are going to go straight!

These small electric machines have so many advantages over their fossil equivalents, with battery tech improving at a rapid rate their future looks bright. Would be nice to see some standardisation in the battery packs though so they could be swapped out or shared with other machines.

These things will only get better as battery technology improves . Definite uses for these machines in indoor type construction jobs and noise sensitive areas .

Hey, i don't care about mini excavator, just wanted some background stuff going while repairing guitars, your video randomly started, and it sounded super wholesome, you're driving a good cause that could really help people, so yeah, keep up the great work, cheers (:

These little electric machines are so cool and useful!

Thanks for doing the hard work of vetting those sellers, and setting up the stateside company and all that.

The best way to swap buckets on a manual switch over is to keep it elevated and take out the curl pin first and then touch it to the ground and take the main pivot pin out. Just reverse had to put another bucket on.

This is great... We need more of these in USA.

Might be handy for indoor excavation. Plumbers, electrical, demolition

I'm love the knowledge and variety of your videos. I see where alot of tiny farms could benefit from electric equipment. Family can teach their teen how to use for projects around home. Love that your family is planning to plant trees. O i so much can utilize one of the great electric bikes you are offering. Keep up the great care & video content. Thank you sir! x, Houston Adley

the plough is good for picking up and moving heavy metal plates.

Ahh Florida sweet digging. Come on out to Missouri if you want to have some real fun. Rocks are a cash crop here.

Always love seeing your vids pop up. Man the electric trucks would be great if they were road legal for bumming around town here in the States!

Looks like a Great and a lot of fun, thanks for sharing.

Hi guys, I think you are doing a fantastic for the first go , don’t worry about the keyboard expose it will sit there and judge everyone. I watch a lot of videos and RU-vid and they’re all bloody expert’s, but never done that in their life. Keep up the good work love the videos Cliff from Australia

Kool adults equipments and thanks for the awesome video.

Your mom is a natural 👍🏾

You mean to tell me it's more fun digging a trench with a $10000 shovel then with a $35 shovel? I'm stunned!

Cool little excavator you got! Well made video too.

That was fun! Cute machine!

Small electric equipment like this would be very useful in areas where you can't run the typical diesel unit. Like indoors where fumes and noise are an issue.

Great to see another video!

Any plans to import electric skid steers if you can find them? My dad used to own a landscaping company and thanks to his experience, and that making me take more note of other landscaping companies and what equipment they use, both the ride on full size and mini skid steer stand behinds are commonly used. It would be great to see these landscaping companies use not only more environmentally friend equipment, but equipment that wouldn't make so much noise for neighbors in a neighborhood and even the homeowner themselves. Thanks for doing this and I wish you great success in it all!

ive been enjoying your vids keep up the wonderful work

Nice in green colour, cheap to run have you thought about solar panels running only for the charging up the machines , get a grading bucket this help you back filling holes and leveling up

Just for the low noise level of the electric excavator I can see it being nice to use.

That thing is super cool.

For longer run times there could be a way to umbilical the machine to a generator using an anderson plug at whatever dc voltage the machine runs on just have the generator remote controlled that way you can turn it on when needed especially if you are not doing alot of movement work or can have the generator on a trailer as long as you aren't 360 swinging it it should work

Hmmm, I drive a plug in hybrid, have an ebike I carry in a custom compartment on my crane, have a folder i carry in my small plane, a fat e bike for local riding, a Talaria e dirt bike, AND a Ruffian electric snowbike. I've also been researching the cheap Briggs and Stgratton mini's from China the last few days, so this is interesting.

That's a really nice machine. I'll be interested to see how much it will cost to get one. Now you need to put a solar panel on the roof to keep it charged like the mini truck.

That is a great machine, timemwith dad priceless😊

Nice, many thanks

I’d advise you setting the bucket down on the ground when parking overnight. It’s hard on pump seals leaving it up, just think about it like holding your arms above your head and holding there. Surprisingly nice, but 22k is a lot for one it seems for China built electric

Make sure when you put your spoils out that you keep it back from the hole about 2 feet. It's just a protection, especially in Florida with all the sand. Guys die when the small trench collapses but they get buried in twice the amount of soil because the spoils fall on them too.

It would be more interesting to hear about purchases that went wrong to learn from. Don't be embarrassed as it can happen to anyone and we appreciate you describing your experience.

Love the consistency in your clothes

It works alright on sand. I doubt it would work as well in the North Carolina foothills where most of the soil is dense, heavy clay.

Id like to see it pushed harder:) thats always been my main concern with electric. Lets see it pull a stump! Great vid

Hey! Have you done any videos on a DIY or Alibaba solar/wind and storage microgeneration?

could connect with local rental businesses . Kids love to see these do work man ,

Fantastic if you're digging basements or working in enclosed places.

You should do a video on that old yellow Ford tractor that thing looks epic

The maintenance of gasoline and diesel machines is being MASSIVELY overstated. The benefits are being glossed over. You can, if you need to, run gas equipment all day from sunrise to sunset. The engine will be the last thing to fail on the machine. The battery on this thing will have to be totally swapped multiple times across the life of the machine. Most engine failures are a lot simpler and cheaper than a motor failure. An electric motor failure (other than bearings) means replacing the motor. It is HIGHLY unlikely that you can get an exact replacement for this electric motor in the United States.

you also got an oldman's joy (the white pickup)🤣.

That thing would be perfect for my driveway job. Gravel driveway on a steep hill washed out. Need to make it drain

Now I want one of those, even if I can't come up with any task I could do with it! Also my backyard isn't that big.

Looks Awesome for Small Jobs.

It’s a nice machine. Does it have float on the boom or the blade?

Hey mate, love your videos. Watching from Perth Western Australia. I have been following your videos for very long time. The videos that got me on your chain was about your 18650 cell videos. I miss them videos . Would you be doing any new update about your cell holders like new versions?

What was the price? I need one for my work. Good for digging and picking up logs, just can't afford one. Your property and Dad seem so cool, ultimate family, very happy for you. Thanks for the vid.

Are any of these electric tractors/excavator water proof or have any sort of water proof rating? What if you are outside working and all of the sudden a quick storm rolls in and you don’t have enough time to park it inside your storage. Will the equipment get damaged?

That canopy looks like it'd be ideal for mounting an oversized solar panel on. It would cast extra shade on the operator and given that this thing is very likely to spend more time parked than in use, might very well eliminate the need to charge it at all.

First, an electric pick up truck, now, an excavator? I'd be a happy dad in there.

Nice to see you're expanding your company. Do you have any reviews on your e-bikes or loaders, yet?

Oh man this is great!

Thanks eagle , good luck.

I know even the gas powered mini excavators move that slowly. Would be nice to change out a sprocket or pulley wheel or something to get out to where you're digging quicker!

Need a pop up garage. It'll look neater than a box LoL Thanks for all the info's :)

Omygod yes. BTW, this is my first year to be financially ok and the first year I've been retired. I'm in a city and don't need a car or truck any more. I now have 3(!) ebikes; it took a couple of years, but transport is now essentially free (I've had one flat tire and no other repairs in 5 years). I have a backup in case something breaks; my daughter can use one to get to work or shop, when my grandson visits we can all go out together. It's a good life, just way different. Like the rest of the world.

have you had the opportunity to try this on soil other than sand? i'm in the northeast US and our soil is heavy clay. i really like what you are doing!

Maybe you can charge it while working? It's an excavator, it won't run very far and it just need a hangover cable to run in continously

What a brilliant piece of machinery! And well done Mother! Mate petrol conversion would be easy. Just strap a 5kva generator on the back, plug it in, fire it up, all the noise & pollution (and power) you need 😂😂😂. Cheers young fella, enjoy

Maybe the next step in the future is to start a shop that can manufacture these in the US. They likely won't be as cheap in direct comparison, but having more sourcing and manufacturing control on local soil could add a lot of value. Plus lower carbon footprint not having to ship it across the world? Hard to beat cheap and established manufacturing, but there's always a trade off somewhere. No free lunch and all that.

That is the cutest excavator ever. It's like a giant toy. Fantastic.

This excavator looks actually functional. Thanks

Nice website. Love your channel