mini digger advice

[Busy Daddy]

Never thought of that thanks , i thought it would be good in amongst trees

[Daniël Bos]

Zero tailswing is nice when digging trenches beside houses etc, but I can't see the benefit in forestry type work. I understand you'd want to use it to move logs, feed a chipper etc so you'd need a bit of swinging space around you to work anyway.

I'm sure there will be a situation possible where it would be nice but it's not normally essential unless working next to or in between houses etc.

[Stephen Blair]

i think you would be better off with an Avant, a mini digger is a 1 trick pony ok maybe 2 if you want stumps out. I hired in an avant for a week, excellent machine. We drove over a lawn all day and never made a mark, quite tricky to feed the chipper at first but once the lads got in the way of it it was great.

[Busy Daddy]

Thanks i have used one before they are very good

Any idea if one would power a splitter

[PhilBeech]

I think that is a CSF not an Avant, they are great machines as are all articulated loaders. Most have a takeoff to run an external hydraulic implement such as your splitter. In the woods though you would be better of with a tracked machine.

 

Chipper feeding is only really possible with a 360 fitted with a grab and rotator.

[Stephen Blair]

Thanks i have used one before they are very good

Any idea if one would power a splitter

 

power a splitter no bother, i have seen 1 do it.

you can chip with 1 no bother once you get the hang of it, if you are keeping a normal hopper on it for manual feeding aswell then you dont want the grab in too close because you will damage things.

I found if you lifted the brash into place with the brash sitting on the hopper then let ot go and grabbed it at the tail end and then fed it in it worked well, there is always a little rogue branch just looking to get inbetwen the stop bar and ground and reverse the rollers just as things are going swimingly.

I will try and find the video of us doing it:001_smile:

[Busy Daddy]

Video would be good

All the timber is in the round at 3m lengths of chipwood i am hopeing it will be better than the botex which is not really right for my situation , which is up for sale

[Gray git]

Give up on the 360 and get a valtra with botex "long reach" up top and ill come

Drive it 4 you.only 1 lot of derv being burnt that way.

[robert t]

i have a 2.7t volvo. Very versatile and reliable machines, definitely get my vote. I haven't tried any other makes, so cant compare. Good size to make a difference on jobs and easily transported with 4x4 or 3.5t pickups.

[niftysteve]

Give up on the 360 and get a valtra with botex "long reach" up top and ill come

Drive it 4 you.only 1 lot of derv being burnt that way.

 

think id go for a digger then if tree work has a quiet spell you can always hire the machine out with or with out a driver 1t mini digger and driver goes out for minimum £200 per day