Rayco rg35 v Bandit zt1844

[Mick Dempsey]

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After some advice/opinion, I’ve asked on the yank forums with no success.

I have has Raycos to this point an RG25 now an RG35 (wheeled) and consider them a well built reliable tool.
I’m looking to replace the 35 and am looking at a very low hours Bandit back in the UK, on tracks.

New is out of the question because things are scandalously expensive in France, and no dealer in the UK will sell me one and support it if it goes abroad.

My question is, will the Bandit be a better grinder than the Rayco? it’s got 3 more horses because it’s fuel injected, smaller wheel, but looks like a better system for replacing teeth.

I want better, can live with comparable, do not want less effective.

 

Any advice, informed or not very welcome.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mick Dempsey

[josharb87]

I had an early zt1844 when they were cheap, few niggles, one within warranty but didn’t take the warranty claim further (brought from global, I’m in Sweden) 

 

sold it a few years back with 200something hours, engine went bang about a year later with not many more hours

 

expensive belts, worth having a spare of each 

[Mark Bolam]

Did you rate it as a grinder though Josh?

 

Pretty sure that’s the one Ross White had, and thought it was mentally good, possibly too good for the size/weight.

 

Like an animal 8” chipper that weighed 400kg.