Vermeer skidsteer

[allseasons]

£25,000 + vat fpr vermeer think the cormiddi is around £14,000 but don’t think it lifts the same weight and I’m not convinced on the build quality

[dumper]

Your not comparing same machines but get a demo on both the Cormidi build quality is as good as the American machines and far better track system design had Vermeer and Cormidi side by side for two days also look at micro bull if you are want to work in back gardens they will give you a weeks demo and knock cost of machine if you purchase you can’t loose with a demo like that

[Jonny69]

6 hours ago, allseasons said:

Will get a demo and see but the vermeer is ticking all
Boxes so far and everyone who has one hasn’t got a bad word to say about them and they seem to hold there value very very well

The Vermeer machine is pretty good. The grapples are really not good, Id buy a grapple off someone else. 

[allseasons]

11 hours ago, dumper said:

Your not comparing same machines but get a demo on both the Cormidi build quality is as good as the American machines and far better track system design had Vermeer and Cormidi side by side for two days also look at micro bull if you are want to work in back gardens they will give you a weeks demo and knock cost of machine if you purchase you can’t loose with a demo like that

Can’t seem to find the warranty on the cormidi either as the Vermeer is 3 years or 3,000 hours I will compare all the machines that are the same size and lift the same. 

[allseasons]

6 hours ago, Jonny69 said:

The Vermeer machine is pretty good. The grapples are really not good, Id buy a grapple off someone else. 

Any suggestions? 

[Mick Dempsey]

Klou.

[allseasons]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Klou.

They don’t do a hydraulic grapple anyone found it a problem being manual

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, allseasons said:

They don’t do a hydraulic grapple anyone found it a problem being manual

You mean it doesn’t rotate hydraulically?

That would be nice, yes.

Edited December 27, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[allseasons]

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You mean it doesn’t rotate hydraulically?

That would be nice, yes.

Yes but how much of a hardship would it be to do it manually after the time it saves moving big logs

[Mick Dempsey]

Not much bother really

I had a knockabout before the fixed grab, that was very good for orientating into the position you wanted, the Klou less so but it’s much better at bigger wood as it doesn’t swing when you move around.

I’ve never had a hydraulic rotator if i was stacking fence posts or similar it would be a real asset.

Couple of pics of the two grabs.

If I had to choose it’d be the fixed grab every time.