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[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

[Matthew Storrs]

13 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

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 

One step at a time with attachments- and start with the basic ‘manual’ attachments otherwise you can end up spending thousands on stuff that’s sits around rusting. I’d start with basic things like a root ripper/ decent rake, fixed grab etc- all stuff that makes your machine more versatile enables you to do tidy efficient work, after that you’ll get a feel for other attachments and which ones are really worth having.

[doobin]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

can end up spending thousands on stuff that’s sits around rusting.

You mean like my land rake and clay spade? Used once and never respectively ?

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

13 minutes ago, doobin said:

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. 

Cheers for the info I'll be on the phone tomorrow depending on prices and getting accepted hopefully I'll have one ASAP with them hitches can you get them through bobcat? 

 

With buckets I ideally need a 6"  12" 18" 24" digging buckets & a 36" grading bucket and ideally a riddle bucket then a ripper tooth 

 

A grapple as in fixed or hydraulic? 

 

I know I'm asking a million questions but the salesman would say I need everything then more where as you are telling me what I need in reality 

 

Jack 

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

18 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

One step at a time with attachments- and start with the basic ‘manual’ attachments otherwise you can end up spending thousands on stuff that’s sits around rusting. I’d start with basic things like a root ripper/ decent rake, fixed grab etc- all stuff that makes your machine more versatile enables you to do tidy efficient work, after that you’ll get a feel for other attachments and which ones are really worth having.

Cheers ? the most important thing to me is the tilting grading bucket for digging raft founds I want to get into clearance work aswell now to extend my workload hopefully so want to know as much as possible ?

 

Jack 

[doobin]

4 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

Cheers for the info I'll be on the phone tomorrow depending on prices and getting accepted hopefully I'll have one ASAP with them hitches can you get them through bobcat? 

 

With buckets I ideally need a 6"  12" 18" 24" digging buckets & a 36" grading bucket and ideally a riddle bucket then a ripper tooth 

 

A grapple as in fixed or hydraulic? 

 

I know I'm asking a million questions but the salesman would say I need everything then more where as you are telling me what I need in reality 

 

Jack 

Grapple for a 1.7t is nice and light. My hydraulic grab is much heavier, more suited to the 2.7t. 

 

Id have a 9” bucket too. Yes bobcat can get the buckets from the manufacturer and add them to the finance deal. They might try to convince you to have a whites hitch, but can get hardford too.