JCB 8026 Arb Digger

[doobin]

20 hours ago, Foggy said:

Sorry I’m hoping for 15-20 with grab so will be looking at either an older or smaller machine I think 

You might get an older bobcat e26 or e25 with twin aux on rollers and 3k hours for £15/16k. A new grab and rotator would run you approx £3.5k. So doable with your budget assuming that’s ex vat. If that’s your budget inc vat then you may have to settle for foot pedals I’m afraid- it’s easy enough to divert the offset pedal to run a rotator on any machine. 
 

The trouble is that twin aux on rollers is a relatively new thing. Chinese machines have always been fairly well specced in that respect with twin aux standard. So a secondhand Sany 26u would do what you need within budget, although it wouldn’t be my choice for an arb digger. Nor would the liugong. 
 

a smaller machine will be a little cheaper but twin aux is even rarer on a 1.9t and they are still expensive new. Almost all of them also spoil the grab by having a silly ‘long arm’ which means you are out of straight lift height as soon as you’ve got the grab off the deck, so have to use the dipper for the rest of your lift. This instantly puts the load further away from you and decreases your lift capacity and stability severely. 
 

Depending upon how far away you are from West Sussex, my bobcat e19 with twin aux, hydraulic hitch and a short dipper is due to be changed soon and would be within budget. It’s a 2020 model with 850 hours. PM me if interested. 

Edited November 10 by doobin

[Foggy]

On 10/11/2024 at 13:27, doobin said:

You might get an older bobcat e26 or e25 with twin aux on rollers and 3k hours for £15/16k. A new grab and rotator would run you approx £3.5k. So doable with your budget assuming that’s ex vat. If that’s your budget inc vat then you may have to settle for foot pedals I’m afraid- it’s easy enough to divert the offset pedal to run a rotator on any machine. 
 

The trouble is that twin aux on rollers is a relatively new thing. Chinese machines have always been fairly well specced in that respect with twin aux standard. So a secondhand Sany 26u would do what you need within budget, although it wouldn’t be my choice for an arb digger. Nor would the liugong. 
 

a smaller machine will be a little cheaper but twin aux is even rarer on a 1.9t and they are still expensive new. Almost all of them also spoil the grab by having a silly ‘long arm’ which means you are out of straight lift height as soon as you’ve got the grab off the deck, so have to use the dipper for the rest of your lift. This instantly puts the load further away from you and decreases your lift capacity and stability severely. 
 

Depending upon how far away you are from West Sussex, my bobcat e19 with twin aux, hydraulic hitch and a short dipper is due to be changed soon and would be within budget. It’s a 2020 model with 850 hours. PM me if interested. 

Looks a mint machine, but I’m away up in Argyll, so bit far I’d say! 

[Stephen Blair]

Just get an electro valve and stick it on the boom and you get a foot pedal.  I worked with 1 on my Cat for 8 years and 2 on an old white cab JCB 3CX, you can make it work.  

[tim361]

Don’t know if your budget can stretch but this is for sale as an ex demo from field and forest

 

https://fieldandforestltd.co.uk/range/used/yanmar-sv19-arb/

[swinny]

22 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Just get an electro valve and stick it on the boom and you get a foot pedal.  I worked with 1 on my Cat for 8 years and 2 on an old white cab JCB 3CX, you can make it work.  

Exactly what I do now

[doobin]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

Exactly what I do now

Life’s too short! 🤣

[doobin]

2 hours ago, tim361 said:

Don’t know if your budget can stretch but this is for sale as an ex demo from field and forest

 

https://fieldandforestltd.co.uk/range/used/yanmar-sv19-arb/

Do you see what I mean about that bloody long arm? The grab is still on the ground and the boom is already out of lift!
 

Horrible setup. 
 

 

[Foggy]

On 17/11/2024 at 20:24, Stephen Blair said:

Just get an electro valve and stick it on the boom and you get a foot pedal.  I worked with 1 on my Cat for 8 years and 2 on an old white cab JCB 3CX, you can make it work.  

 
 

Aye this is the other thought, definitely more economical and makes sense going from no digger to any digger setup is going to be useful! 

[Stephen Blair]

Mine was on the hitch plate but was always getting damaged, on the boom is much better.  I had a Cat308 with 1 there.

 

you can see it on this pic.  4 in from the grab, 2 back to cab. 

[swinny]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

Life’s too short! 🤣

Bet I'd be better at this than you 😆 

 

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