Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Matthew Storrs]

I got Rhinox buckets as standard with newest Tak- I’ve found them to be very well made and like the fact the come with little hooks so it’s easy to move around with grading bucket.

Digbits grading bucket I’ve worn through the bottom in 3 years- might just be my style of operating but metal could be thicker on the base IMO.

[Matthew Storrs]

This is how  I’m going to get my next grader/ bolt on lip and wear strips fitted underneath. Bolt on blade allows better bucket to blade contact when cleaning up etc too..

[LGP Eddie]

Haven’t a clue why anyone persists on using UK style Quick Hitches and Buckets where they have a clean sheet of paper.

Loads of options for the Scandinavian S type in the UK now even for the smaller machines.

SMP in particular are well worth a look, doing both manual and hydraulic down to the S30/180 size.

 

You won’t find many S type guys going back to conventional.

 

 

Eddie.

[BunyipBen]

Got me a digger, just need the grab and worm drive rotator to arrive and it will be an Arb one

[Matthew Storrs]

8 minutes ago, BunyipBen said:

Got me a digger, just need the grab and worm drive rotator to arrive and it will be an Arb one

Looks tidy- good engines in them- same as the Hitachi zx60usb. 

[LGP Eddie]

49 minutes ago, BunyipBen said:

Got me a digger, just need the grab and worm drive rotator to arrive and it will be an Arb one

Worm drives and Arb/De-Veg/Forestry work is a subject in itself and usually an expensive one!?

 

 

Eddie.

[Matthew Storrs]

5 hours ago, LGP Eddie said:

Haven’t a clue why anyone persists on using UK style Quick Hitches and Buckets where they have a clean sheet of paper.

Loads of options for the Scandinavian S type in the UK now even for the smaller machines.

SMP in particular are well worth a look, doing both manual and hydraulic down to the S30/180 size.

 

You won’t find many S type guys going back to conventional.

 

 

Eddie.

I guess you don’t miss what you haven’t had? In a nutshell though what are the advantages of an S couple and the Scandi buckets- I get why on a tilt rotator, but what’s the benefit as an alternative to standard pin grab hitches?

[LGP Eddie]

54 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

I guess you don’t miss what you haven’t had? In a nutshell though what are the advantages of an S couple and the Scandi buckets- I get why on a tilt rotator, but what’s the benefit as an alternative to standard pin grab hitches?

The Scandinavian S type hitch gives a very low build height, generally lower weight as they’re made from top quality materials, rattle free design that takes up any wear automatically, and no hassles with anything fitting as everything is standardised.

 

Buckets are generally lighter, made from better materials and last significantly longer than UK counterparts.

The downside used to be that popular UK sizes weren’t available, and long lead times, but that’s all changed now.

Obviously UK companies have jumped onto doing S type buckets, but take a look at something like an EMA bucket and you’d soon see the difference.

 

Going S type at the initial purchase stage means adding a Tiltrotator later could be an easier option.

 

 

Eddie.

[john meehan]

Got me a digger, just need the grab and worm drive rotator to arrive and it will be an Arb one

The worm drive is painful mate. We just got one and it’s sooooo slow.

[LGP Eddie]

Bit of a Birthday/Milestone today as it’s exactly 10 years since I rounded the last corner at John Craig’s yard to see for the first time the results of sending a brand new Kubota Kx080-3 and some extra bits over the border and letting him put the gas axe to it!

 

To say I was delighted with the results would be an understatement, he’d built something really special and I knew it from the off.

The machines progress is well documented, it went on to do some fantastic projects on many sensitive sites, proving just what a combination these powerful Midi machines and Tiltrotators could be.

 

I shared the trials and tribulations of living with such setups, was absolutely slaughtered on Forums and Social media for obviously being unable to Operate properly and needing a Tiltrotator to mask that fact.

 

Happy to say 10 years on the Kubota despite having done a huge amount of solid graft and being on it’s fourth owner is in safe hands and working almost daily on the same good work.

 

Goes without saying that this Original Wide Boy inspired a few more to tap into the potential of these machines and their chosen attachments, and yes I do enjoy the odd smile as guys who called me for everything back in the day, post up their latest setup complete with Tiltrotator!?

 

I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank John Craig and All his Team at Jcc Group for the fantastic Machines/Attachments they’ve produced over 10 years and always having my back when I needed it most.

 

Fair to say it was ahead of it’s time and would still be a great setup if I was collecting it today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2019 by LGP Eddie