Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Stephen Blair]

1 day!!!  Awesome machine!

[doobin]

First day out with the E27. Really like the grab and rotator, got the hang of it in only an hour. 

[Davep]

On 09/06/2019 at 23:18, Stephen Blair said:

Very cool trailer, I remember seeing 1 that A C Price made years ago behind a big mog.

  They were side tip, can you empty yours without removing chipper?

sorry is that hydraulic drive pto

 

[Gray git]

sorry is that hydraulic drive pto
 

No shafts all the way

[LGP Eddie]

Just a heads up that Rototilt are putting on a Dig Day event tomorrow and Saturday, right off the M1 in Northampton.

 

The list of machines does include a few favourites for Arb/De-Veg and my good mate Shaun Gratton will have his Komatsu mini there which are a pretty rare tool.

 

The Takeuchi TB290 is a Two Piece Boom model for those that have never experienced what a difference this geometry brings.

 

Going myself to try a Takeuchi Tb225 with the Rototilt R1 on, has to be a right up there combination for anyone needing a towable solution.

 

 

Eddie.

Edited September 12, 2019 by LGP Eddie

[LGP Eddie]

Brilliant day at the Rototilt Demo.

 

Plenty of kit to try, experienced operators with their setups and I got to scratch a few itches in terms of machines I’d hoped to catch up with.

 

Rototilt not shy with the catering or goodies for anyone attending, and fair play to them for putting on such a great event.

 

If you can get tomorrow, well worth it.

 

Takeuchi Tb225 was actually bigger than I’d somehow anticipated, was handling the Rototilt R1 with ease, even though this version had the removable gripper cassette installed.

 

Running off the twin auxiliary circuits of the Takeuchi, with a changeover from Tilt to Gripper, it represented a brilliant towable package, and I liked it.

Main downside is the expanding undercarriage that requires straight beams to function and this reduces clearance dramatically over traditional X frame undercarriage design.

 

Big machine that slims down to 1100mm and clearly capable of some serious work.

The Rototilt adds another dimension, and credit to Takeuchi it was brilliantly controllable via the standard pipework and proportional rollers in the joysticks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

[LGP Eddie]

Some nice setups, the Komatsu Pc30 is absolute full spec, Tracking and Blade functions are on the joysticks via proportional rollers.

 

Kubota Kx57 just as quick as ever.

 

Couple of lovely Volvo Ec140’s

 

Big one for me was the Takeuchi TB290 with Two piece boom and Tiltrotator.

Fair setup, way faster and much smoother than I remembered the Kubota, good power and huge cab.

However it’s all just too much for it, I had my machines, cut, lengthened and widened in the track frame and fitted with 900mm tracks.

I was able to use all the performance through 360 degrees, this would even pick itself up over the end if provoked, and cross carriage wouldn’t be for everyone.

Goes under the has all the potential, needs a trip to Scotland to unleash its full potential!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bit you never see, but this is where the money goes, the worm drive.

 

 

Eddie.

[Matthew Storrs]

1 hour ago, LGP Eddie said:

Brilliant day at the Rototilt Demo.

 

Plenty of kit to try, experienced operators with their setups and I got to scratch a few itches in terms of machines I’d hoped to catch up with.

 

Rototilt not shy with the catering or goodies for anyone attending, and fair play to them for putting on such a great event.

 

If you can get tomorrow, well worth it.

 

Takeuchi Tb225 was actually bigger than I’d somehow anticipated, was handling the Rototilt R1 with ease, even though this version had the removable gripper cassette installed.

 

Running off the twin auxiliary circuits of the Takeuchi, with a changeover from Tilt to Gripper, it represented a brilliant towable package, and I liked it.

Main downside is the expanding undercarriage that requires straight beams to function and this reduces clearance dramatically over traditional X frame undercarriage design.

 

Big machine that slims down to 1100mm and clearly capable of some serious work.

The Rototilt adds another dimension, and credit to Takeuchi it was brilliantly controllable via the standard pipework and proportional rollers in the joysticks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

Nice setup- but slew ring looks tiny on that TB225, wouldn’t say it was any bigger then on my TB216... 

[LGP Eddie]

That’s the Turret not the ring, it could be kept narrow to enable it to get back down to 1100mm wide with tracks retracted.

No saying it doesn’t flare out at the ring to give a larger bearing surface.

[LGP Eddie]

It’s all in the details and despite this being the most popular way of installs in Scandinavia and seen over here on Loader Tractors for some time they haven’t really caught on yet.

 

However with the cost of fully automatic quick couplers like Ec-Oil and Oil Quick plus the ridiculous price of parts for them, this Multi-X coupler offers a real alternative to getting your Tiltrotator unit off in seconds with no drama.

 

It was able to be disconnected and connected with the machine running, only the electrical plug above to complete the task.

 

It did set me thinking what a difference this could make to the usual Arb/De-Veg setups, where residual pressures in pipes and leaking fittings can produce all sorts of hassles.

Going from Shear to Grab could be seconds of a job with no hassle whatsoever.

 

Shaun is absolutely delighted with the upgrade and it’s made a real difference.

 

 

 

Eddie.