Mary Ann

Mary Ann is a 1982 Case 880 excavator. It is powered by a 115 Horsepower turbocharged in-line four-cylinder diesel engine made by Case. It weighs 33,000 pounds and is in very good shape for its age. My friend Jim Ouellette and I bought this beast late in 2004 and we have a 50/50 partnership. We bought it so we can both do our sitework. We bought it cheap so it needs a little love but we figure we can sell it for a lot more than we paid for it AND get our sitework done for "free".

(the name Mary Ann comes from the children's book Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. In the book, the name of his Steam Shovel is Mary Ann. It is a wonderful book as I am sure all of the moms out there know.)

Cheers!

Sam