Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Stihl123]

6 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

I had one once, was my first digger. fantastic machine. Nothing out of the ordinary to really look for- just usual pins and bushes , make sure slew is smooth, tracks in a straight line etc. If it’s been looked after than those hours shouldn’t be a problem. Good luck!

ok cheers, just want something reliable that will hold it's value - from what i have read about them they seem a buy in that sort of size ?

[william127]

11 hours ago, Stihl123 said:

hello, looking at a 2008 Takeuchi TB016, 2800 hours with 3 buckets

£7200 - no vat

anyone else run one or any advice and if that price sounds good

cheers ?

They are the 1.5toner you want  to have,  if you're looking used? In fact I'd rather have 2 of them than 1 new machine, far more useful! 

I would have rather had 1 than my Kubota, but prices were a little higher 4 years ago, the price you're looking at seems good/OK to me. 

Good luck with it?

[Stihl123]

11 hours ago, william127 said:

They are the 1.5toner you want  to have,  if you're looking used? In fact I'd rather have 2 of them than 1 new machine, far more useful! 

I would have rather had 1 than my Kubota, but prices were a little higher 4 years ago, the price you're looking at seems good/OK to me. 

Good luck with it?

thanks will, sounds like it's a good little digger!! cheers

[LGP Eddie]

On 13/05/2019 at 07:35, the village idiot said:

Need some advice from you fine people.

 

I'm looking to buy a fixed grapple, (the type with an integral ram so I don't need a welded on thumb bracket) and potentially some other implements to use on hired in excavators (5-8 ton)

 

What is the best sort of linkage to specify on the attachments to ensure that I can fit the grab etc onto a variety of brands of excavator.

 

Hydraulics is a whole nuther issue. I'll come back to you on this one.

 

Many thanks, TVI.

I’d just opt for a bolt on top bracket, as in the sizes you’re talking it’s really not going to be huge money to have a few made up to fit the various machines you’ll be thinking of using.

I can source them for you if you’re stuck around £120-£170.

Loose pins slightly more.

 

Things can be shared using different hole sizes and ‘dog bone’ pins to reduce the size and keep the Dipper arm central, mainly working for the 13 tonne and 20 tonne class, as they’re almost standard at 65 and 80 mm pins.

In the 5, 6 and 8 tonne class you’ll vary from 40 to 60 mm and because many quick hitches simply won’t have the ability to cope with multiple pin centres due to their size, you’ll need an accurate fit.

 

This is a typical 13/20 tonne multi pickup top, you’ll see the ‘dog bone’ pin fitted for when using it on 65mm pins.

Almost all 13 and 20 tonne hitches are what’s called multiple centre and will cope with a fair range of difference to pick up attachments from other brands.

 

 

 

Eddie.

[the village idiot]

Think I might have asked this before, but what is my best option for log handling?

 

I want to take cordwood from a stack, slew it round 180 degrees and then crosscut with chainsaws whilst holding the log off the ground.

 

Logs are generally 4-5 mtrs long and up to 20" diameter.

 

Am I better off with a grapple or a screw splitter? Let's say on an 8ton machine.

[Stephen Blair]

Really enjoying the power of the new machine.&

[Matthew Storrs]

1 hour ago, the village idiot said:

Think I might have asked this before, but what is my best option for log handling?

 

I want to take cordwood from a stack, slew it round 180 degrees and then crosscut with chainsaws whilst holding the log off the ground.

 

Logs are generally 4-5 mtrs long and up to 20" diameter.

 

Am I better off with a grapple or a screw splitter? Let's say on an 8ton machine.

Grapple definitely, nice secure hold on it. screw splitter would be a nightmare trying to get into smaller diameter stuff enough to hold it whilst you saw. My grapple is 2ft wide which always means I’m left with a 2ft log at the end which is a bit of a pain!

[Matthew Storrs]

1 hour ago, Stephen Blair said:

Really enjoying the power of the new machine.&

Lovely- looks like the kind of job you can get stuck into. Reckon you’ve got a good combo there- backhoe for the grunt, 3 tonner for the finesse- and no lowloader in site. Did you have a dumper there or move all the material with the 4in1?

[Stephen Blair]

I originally had a dumper on hire and shifted about 50% of it and was sick of jumping on and off and rattling to bits in the 3 tonner as I was into rocky stuff.

  So went and bought the 3cx.

  Shifted the remaining ground in half the time with the 3cx with an air seat, air con and effortless digging .

[dig-dug-dan]

30 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

I originally had a dumper on hire and shifted about 50% of it and was sick of jumping on and off and rattling to bits in the 3 tonner as I was into rocky stuff.

  So went and bought the 3cx.

  Shifted the remaining ground in half the time with the 3cx with an air seat, air con and effortless digging .

Had an ideal job to price up for a jcb. Dig out a soakaway, cart the soil using front bucket, cart tonne bag of gravel. Phoned a local guy, but he refused to use his front bucket for soil as 'it puts too much strain on the front axle'. I did it myself in the end with a 360 and a dumper. It worked out cheaper too!