Opico Skidster or sherpa mini loaders

[Dan Maynard]

On 21/01/2025 at 16:53, Stihl123 said:

mate has another one for sale, anyone interested let me know as i'll get him to look after you

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306055305581?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110028%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.EXPLORE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20240513110749%26meid%3D9dd86409c4cc4f8cb7d08fdb7d39d88d%26pid%3D102140%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D24%26itm%3D306055305581%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D3959035%26algv%3DExploreForYouSavedFeedV1%26fpg%3D0&_trksid=p3959035.c102140.m167418

Oh that's really really tempting. Yellow to match my chipper, no VAT.

 

What sort of money is a grab though? I should look back through the thread, sure the answer is there.

[AHPP]

2 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Oh that's really really tempting. Yellow to match my chipper, no VAT.

 

What sort of money is a grab though? I should look back through the thread, sure the answer is there.

 

Dan. Check your messages.

[Mark Bolam]

22 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Oh that's really really tempting. Yellow to match my chipper, no VAT.

 

What sort of money is a grab though? I should look back through the thread, sure the answer is there.

My Klou grab was about £2.5k + VAT.

 

I reckon you’d get a decent second hand one similar for about £1.5k.

 

You need one you can fix in 2 positions, and a ‘knockabout’ facility.

 

[AHPP]

Side point. I'd call it free rotate rather than knockabout. Knockabout is a dangle grab thing to me.

 

Knockabout. From a thread on here about knockabout grabs as it happens.

Edited January 23 by AHPP

[Mark Bolam]

Oh go and free rotate yourself, you pedant.

 

You are correct though, obviously.

 

 

[AHPP]

The correct term there would be swivel.

[Mark Bolam]

You should seriously think about it at that price Dan.

 

You’re a big lad, and that helps on these titchy machines.

Plus you’ve got an engineering type brain, which helps.

 

My mate subbed me in today with my WQ, 2 day job smashed out in 1.

 

4 Transit loads worth of timber stacked for customer.

Dragging brash to chipper.

Bollard on grab used for rigging.

Ball on grab used to move chipper to awkward spots.

15m3 of chip today, 3 of us.

 

They are a game changer.

 

Alex is the man to talk to about Skidster, I’m sure he abuses, sorry, gets the best out of his as much as anyone.

[AHPP]

I can't find the picture of mine carrying a scaffold tower with my mum on. That's an advert for them.

[Mark Bolam]

Cheap MEWP Dan.

You’d be good for about 25’ working height I reckon.

 

[Mark Bolam]

* With counterweights, obviously.