Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[doobin]

That one is always doing the rounds. Total scam. 

[Matthew Storrs]

13 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

The seller has no feedback what so ever thought it'd of been too good to be true 

 

Jack 

If it’s too good to be true it usually is!?

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

5 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

If it’s too good to be true it usually is!?

Looks a tidy machine aswell 

 

Jack 

[doobin]

13 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

Looks a tidy machine aswell 

 

Jack 

If you’re thinking about getting a digger, the most profit (for normal work, especially landscaping, but also small scale clearance jobs) is in a mini digger. I have three from 1.2t to 2.7t and I can move them with a normal 3.5t trailer, no haulage required. Some great finance deals around at the moment. 

 

Head on on over to the plant talk forum if you’re interested- planttalk.co.uk

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

7 minutes ago, doobin said:

If you’re thinking about getting a digger, the most profit (for normal work, especially landscaping, but also small scale clearance jobs) is in a mini digger. I have three from 1.2t to 2.7t and I can move them with a normal 3.5t trailer, no haulage required. Some great finance deals around at the moment. 

 

Head on on over to the plant talk forum if you’re interested- planttalk.co.uk

That's the machine I normally hire for £60 a day but sick of paying hire fees finance won't be much more but I've got a poor credit history I was offered to buy it for £16000 with vat as a deposit but got refused by finances due to credit rating I applied for finance on a bobcat e10 but couldn't even get it in that I hire one for £40 a day but its been abused so to much play in pins ect and everyone else only has little kubotas or jcbs and I really dont like the controls on them really need my own machine as It's dead money hiring I'm going to look at that other forum now cheers ?

 

Jack 

[doobin]

Looks like an E26. I have an E27, finance is around £450/month over 5 years. 

 

1.7t machines are cheaper, and can still do an awful lot especially if you’re scratching about landscaping. I’d start there. Mine is £250/ month over 5 years. 

 

The E10 is a great machine and I love mine, but unless you are always needing narrow access it’s too small to be effective when you are on a priced job. 

 

As regards finance- go new. I was refused finance on 12k of second hand 2.5t machine, then approved for 31k of new E27 and attachments. ?‍♂️ I go five years warranty, five years finance. Like long term hire only you get the residual value too. 

Edited September 24, 2019 by doobin

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

21 minutes ago, doobin said:

Looks like an E26. I have an E27, finance is around £450/month over 5 years. 

 

1.7t machines are cheaper, and can still do an awful lot especially if you’re scratching about landscaping. I’d start there. Mine is £250/ month over 5 years. 

 

The E10 is a great machine and I love mine, but unless you are always needing narrow access it’s too small to be effective when you are on a priced job. 

 

As regards finance- go new. I was refused finance on 12k of second hand 2.5t machine, then approved for 31k of new E27 and attachments. ?‍♂️ I go five years warranty, five years finance. Like long term hire only you get the residual value too. 

That's exactly what it is and it's got second or third aux line not sure but it's set up for selector grab ect it's a really comfortable and smooth to drive I want my own just so I'm not running about arranging hiring stuff ect 1.7 or 2.7 would be perfect to start with along with a skip loading dumper that's the main things I hire then once paid off I'll look at extending the fleet do you hire yours out and if so do you do self drive or owner operator? Just thinking of ways it'll earn along with my own work around where im at 40 a day for a e10 50 for a tb016 and 60 for a e26 or a tb228b with a hydraulic thumb and 15 delivery each way max 20 mile then 1. 50 a mile extra 1 way after that 

 

Jack 

[doobin]

 

 

£60 is dirt cheap for an E26. It’s twice the price of an E10 yet only 50% more to hire? That’s why I say make your first purchase a 1.7t. 

 

I do operated hire only. £250-£280 for E10 or 1.7t, and £300-£320 for E27. More if doing clearance work, around £400-£450 when felling and burning. Sussex. 

 

The main reason I have them is to make my own jobs profitable. Hiring has always been a hassle for me- plus I like having specialist attachments. 

Edited September 24, 2019 by doobin

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

2 minutes ago, doobin said:

 

 

£60 is dirt cheap for an E26. It’s twice the price of an E10 yet only 50% more to hire? That’s why I say make your first purchase a 1.7t. 

 

I do operated hire only. £250-£280 for E10 or 1.7t, and £300-£320 for E27. More if doing clearance work, around £400-£450 when felling and burning. Sussex. 

 

The main reason I have them is to make my own jobs profitable. Hiring has always been a hassle for me- plus I like having specialist attachments. 

I've gone off hiring because the man who I hire it off sent me it with worn out tracks and one of them had a rip in it when he picked it back up he's tried saying I've done it and I owe him 458 for a new track and we keep having words about it but to me it isn't my problem so he's tried being clever and it's backfired I'm gonna phone my bobcat dealer tomorrow and see what I can about rather a e17 or e19 

When you say specialist attachments what's the best to start off with I know I need a geith quick hitch with buckets and a tilting grading bucket but what else? Will a 1.7 tonner run a flail? 

Cheers for the rates I appreciate them 

 

Jack 

[doobin]

Yeah, hire kit is always shagged. Unless it’s from somewhere like travis Perkins, then it’s just a rip off. Far better to own. 

 

If you can sign with bobcat before the end of the month it’s 5 years 0%. 

 

Had a price for an e19 with cab last week, £18.5k. E17 canopy would be a fair bit cheaper I should think. 

 

I like ratchet type hitches like the hardford wedgelock. Keeps everything tight. 

 

A ripper tooth is always useful.

 

Flail, no, not really. Sort of, but not much use. Just don’t have the flow. 

 

Get at your buckets with blades and teeth you can swap about. Incredibly useful. 

 

Get at as many buckets etc as you can on the finance deal. I had 7 buckets with my first digger. 

 

How did I forget? GET A GRAPPLE!! A must for any clearance work. Over half my work is grab work. 

Edited September 24, 2019 by doobin