Whats your multione loader doing today ?

[doobin]

Well it turned what would have been a two day job with digger and power barrow into home by three. 
 

I took the micro there on the Iveco and the MO in the trailer with digger buckets and pallet forks in the loader bucket. Any loss of efficiency from the smaller digger was more than offset by being able to pull it out into a windrow, then scoop up and tip exactly where I wanted it. I can’t believe what a difference this made. Then six bulk bags in through a tight corner access with the only drama being the shitty state of the bags 🙄

[william127]

On 28/07/2021 at 21:13, doobin said:

Seriously impressed with where it will fit.  This was a job next door to one of mine, where the builders had piled up a lorry load but not considered how the grab truck would reach it over the ten foot wide hedge… 🤦‍♂️ So I picked it all up and ran it to the road for a very reasonable price. Even starting to make the 4 in 1 look good now. This was it wiggling out of the garden over an 8” kerb. It’s incredibly sure footed. 
 

Then brought buckets of topsoil out to the digger to level off a job. 

Great job, great machines!

How do you find the 4 in 1? Is it much good for grabbing stuff? I quite fancy one for tidying tracks and bonfires at my yard/field- being able to bulldoze rather than dig. With the added bonus of being able to pick odds and ends up without a load of soil. 

[dumper]

You might want to look at Ditchwitch,Vermeer, Cormidi etc tracks much better at earthworks 

[doobin]

9 hours ago, william127 said:

Great job, great machines!

How do you find the 4 in 1? Is it much good for grabbing stuff? I quite fancy one for tidying tracks and bonfires at my yard/field- being able to bulldoze rather than dig. With the added bonus of being able to pick odds and ends up without a load of soil. 

A 4 in 1 (and I've always said this) is useless for grabbing anything other than dirt/muck. Think about it- you're trying to grab a bundle of stuff with a 'grab' that closes to a sharp triangular point. All it can hold is one log.

 

It is, however, fantastic for earthmoving. Being able to bulldoze, grade off, and grab the last bits without chasing it around everywhere. Budget 2k for a 4in1 (not seen them much cheaper) and you will be pleasantly surprised when you see the plethora of 4ft muck grabs available for £1k. You need both if you want to handle both dirt and brash.

 

Dumper is right in that tracked machines are much better for earthworks. However, that role is easily performed by the common-as-muck mini digger, whereas the main advantages to the compact articuladed loaders are the lack of mess whne turning, speed, and the way they can climb over things like the kerb in that photo. I'd never have done that with tracks without building a ramp first.

 

You can't expect an Avant or Multione to push like a tracked machine, but that's not the point of them. For me, three diggers provide all the pushing and digging I need, but the MultiOne is a very welcome addition and a long time overdue- the benefits are huge and it's really going to speed up the way I work. The same benefits would apply to an Avant, Cast or any other articulated loader.

[doobin]

Limbed up a couple of ash at the yard. Stacked up with the digger then ran this lot to the fire in three bites! 

Edited August 3, 2021 by doobin

[doobin]

Running piles from the cut and collect to dump site. Faster than tractor, stacks up high, tractor driver can concentrate on task (no turning round) and no lone working. Two and a half tractor days becomes one day two men two machines. Win win win. 
 

@Ty Korrigan- you jinxed me. Having to start tractor by jumping starter motor terminals. What was your one’s problem in the end? 
 

edit- great for pushing out the odd rotten stump  too!

Edited August 5, 2021 by doobin

[Mick Dempsey]

Rake attachment fabrication done, see how it goes next week.

[woody paul]

Will be interested how it works as was thinking of make one. 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Will be interested how it works as was thinking of make one. 

 

On the  avant site à guy posted this. Brilliantly simple.

[doobin]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

On the  avant site à guy posted this. Brilliantly simple.

But cumbersome as hell I'd warrant. It works really well in a rotating grab in a digger (as you can sweep side to side or at angles), but for the time it takes to change attachments on a loader you might as well have it direct mounted.