Are diggers like mewps and cocks?

[doobin]

1 hour ago, dumper said:

The fact is you are always going to want a bigger one! Work out what you do most then purchase accordingly, mini diggers are very cheap to hire, I can only think of one place to hire an arb machine. Doobin has got it right in my opinion with the short dipper, if you want to dig hire in.

There’s nothing wrong with a short dipper for nearly all digging jobs. More power in the dig and a better load over height on the dumper. Better geometry all around. It’s not so much a ‘short dipper’, it’s the standard dipper that the machine was designed for and is used everywhere else with. 
 

The UK mini digger industry has got into a stupid pissing contest on ‘max reach’ in the 1.7-1.9t class, and it’s frankly stupid. About the only place it’s required are graveyards and back gardens on clay with very deep footings but limited access. Otherwise you’d just use a 2.7t and be done in half the time. 

Edited February 1 by doobin

[peds]

I'm glad 

On 30/01/2025 at 18:35, Chris Murphy said:

Are diggers like mewps and cocks?

 

….We all wish we had a bigger one?

 

I'm glad my cock isn't any bigger, or I'd have to install a bigger door.