Opico Skidster or sherpa mini loaders

[dumper]

Paint, a heated garage and a loving home!and I’d run it on aspen

Edited December 20, 2021 by dumper

[AHPP]

It’s actually had a hard ish week. Some little governor spring broke so it’s been running with a light hunt. Going to do the valves just in case as well.

[AHPP]

Paint, a heated garage and a loving home!and I’d run it on aspen

I’m not marrying it.

[dumper]

I thought that was a malicious rumour!

are you getting work for it?

[AHPP]

I thought that was a malicious rumour!
are you getting work for it?

Very little subbing. Extremely useful on my own jobs. Exactly the direction I didn’t want to go but there it is.

[dumper]

Any work is good work aslong as it pays

Edited December 20, 2021 by dumper

[doobin]

‘Training wheels’ affixed, and out on her first job. 

[monkeybusiness]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

‘Training wheels’ affixed, and out on her first job. 

Stinks of profit. £750 plus per day minimum for that setup surely?

[doobin]

1 hour ago, monkeybusiness said:

Stinks of profit. £750 plus per day minimum for that setup surely?

I can't see it making more than £350 plus VAT a day with an operator on a subcontract basis. I'd be happy to put it out for that (although not with me at the helm). It's basically a micro digger in size and investment but rarer. Let's be honest, you can pick up beaten up examples for £6k (Opico etc). Same with micro diggers. The only thing that keeps the price better than a micro digger is the rarity, and even then you need a client who appreciates the difference between this and a digger.

 

On pricework, it'll save me a blokes wages every day I use it. That's why I bought it. Behind the hedge in the first pic is a tennis court with a narrow gate and a wall on top of which those yews are planted. I moved that soil in half an hour- scooped up, through the gateway (only just, with the wide bucket and tyres!) and tipped it over the wall to cover the rootballs.

 

There was probably two tons there. Remove the mini loader and that's either a ballache with two blokes, a shovel and barrows, or a ballache of overkill taking a micro digger and high tip dumper to the job. There's loads of little jobs like that. Next job at that site is some welding work, this will carry the generator and welder/gear through the garden with minimal mess and no hassle. On top of that it fits into the back of the tipper truck and leaves 600-800kgs payload depending upon the vehicle.

Edited December 22, 2021 by doobin

[monkeybusiness]

43 minutes ago, doobin said:

I can't see it making more than £350 plus VAT a day with an operator on a subcontract basis. I'd be happy to put it out for that (although not with me at the helm). It's basically a micro digger in size and investment but rarer. Let's be honest, you can pick up beaten up examples for £6k (Opico etc). Same with micro diggers. The only thing that keeps the price better than a micro digger is the rarity, and even then you need a client who appreciates the difference between this and a digger.

 

On pricework, it'll save me a blokes wages every day I use it. That's why I bought it. Behind the hedge in the first pic is a tennis court with a narrow gate and a wall on top of which those yews are planted. I moved that soil in half an hour- scooped up, through the gateway (only just, with the wide bucket and tyres!) and tipped it over the wall to cover the rootballs.

 

There was probably two tons there. Remove the mini loader and that's either a ballache with two blokes, a shovel and barrows, or a ballache of overkill taking a micro digger and high tip dumper to the job. There's loads of little jobs like that. Next job at that site is some welding work, this will carry the generator and welder/gear through the garden with minimal mess and no hassle. On top of that it fits into the back of the tipper truck and leaves 600-800kgs payload depending upon the vehicle.

How did the ground you were turning on look after you’d moved that pile? 
Nice yews by the way - some money’s worth there!