Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Matthew Storrs]

How about pallets of netted logs into the back of a transit van?

 

Anything is possible with a digger- you just need to be creative:laugh1:

[Stephen Blair]

Pallet forks then:laugh1:

[the village idiot]

Anything is possible with a digger- you just need to be creative:laugh1:

 

I like ya thinkin'

 

Thanks for your thoughts, really helpful.

 

Is it the geometry that makes the towing tricky?

 

Any more stories of small diggers in woodland management greatly appreciated.

[Stephen Blair]

Make up a trailer and have the drawbar telescopic with a pin, if some sticks need a bit more manoeuvring, extend the trailer .

[Matthew Storrs]

If your towing a fairly heavy trailer and try to turn gradually by applying more pressure to one track than the other, I found the dominant track tended to spin out a bit. Don't get me wrong, they are more than capable of towing a decent load behind but don't expect it to be quite as smooth and flowing as it would be behind a tractor. A single axle trailer would be considerably better than a double axle mind you.

[Matthew Storrs]

Another improvement on the trailer towing thing would be to devise some sort of ring and pin hitch with a self supporting leg/jack on the draw bar of the trailer- purely laziness but I'd quite like to be able to hitch and unhitch without having to get out of the cab and faff around with a jockey wheel.

[LGP Eddie]

3 tonner will easily lift half a ton of logs- I picked up a full dumpy bag 850kg of gravel with mine today and it didn't seem to struggle.

Reference towing a trailer- on the back of this thread I bolted a tow ball to the dozer blade last week. I have been towing an I for flatbed with a bundle of fencing stakes accross fields no problem, turning whilst towing isn't great so its best to travel in a series of straight lines, turn on the spot then head off on the new line.

I have this idea of towing an I for 8x5 tipper which I could load with soil/stones/timber and then use the auxiliary hydraulics on the digger arm to tip it. Needs a bit of thinking over but could be a handy setup for some jobs.

 

If you want to tow your 8x5 Ifor tipper which I assume has no electric tip, then simply tap into the blade supply to have full control over tipping from the comfort of your seat.

 

I fully agree on how the trailer will hinder turning, with perhaps a single axle trailer on larger diameter floaty tyres being ideal, but again something else to get to site.

 

Eddie.

[Matthew Storrs]

If you want to tow your 8x5 Ifor tipper which I assume has no electric tip, then simply tap into the blade supply to have full control over tipping from the comfort of your seat.

 

I fully agree on how the trailer will hinder turning, with perhaps a single axle trailer on larger diameter floaty tyres being ideal, but again something else to get to site.

 

Eddie.

 

Yes that's a great idea tapping into the blade supply to tip, would save connecting a hose to the dipper every time I want to tip:laugh1:

The trouble with all these projects is how practical they really end up being, I'm sure a tipping trailer behind a digger would be fantastic for certain odd jobs, but I can't think it could ever stack up against just having a dumper on site if there was much to be done.

[Stephen Blair]

Got the Cat onsite today saved a power of hand balling!

 

 

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[Simon Rotheram]

Our machine put to use on site yesterday. We have had a thumb fitted which is a godsend, wish we had fitted one years ago!!