Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[LGP Eddie]

New Felling Head setup going well on a 22 metre.

 

 

Eddie.

[LGP Eddie]

Job done.

 

That’s a 6 tonne Hyundai on the far side for scale, from a cab eye view.

 

Sound bunch of guys to work with, no slackers on here, and boy can that Takeuchi Tracked Loader move some stuff.

It’s built like a Tank and shrugs of some serious work.

 

 

 

Eddie.

[Steve Bullman]

May be of interest to people following this thread 

 

https://arbtalk.co.uk/news.html/engcon-invites-visitors-to-second-big-dig-day-of-the-year-r110/

[dig-dug-dan]

On 06/10/2019 at 22:18, monkeybusiness said:

I’m really lucky to have a couple of brilliant engineering firms on the doorstep - they can make just about anything and have regularly pulled me out of the mire at the last minute. One in particular (Harbrook Engineering) builds stuff for people all over the country and have never failed to deliver perfect kit/repairs - they are between my house and my yard too! They are genuinely worth looking up if anyone needs anything fabricating as they only make good stuff.

 

One of my best mates made/fixed/dismantled whatever I put in front of him (immediately whenever necessary) and was the most incredible mobile fabrication engineer. I’d suggest an idea or show him something that wasn’t quite right or outright destroyed, and he would come up with a solution that would work every time. Unfortunately he died at Christmas and it has left a massive hole (from both a beer drinking and making stuff perspective). 

 

As Eddie said, it doesn’t necessarily come down to cost, and excellence is out there. I’m more than happy to pay every day of the week for something that is worth its money. I do get frustrated with crap service and salesmen’s lies though.... 

I will give a vote to harbrook engineering. They actually have a water cutter for hardox. I think you may have recommended them to me. They have built crusher jaws for me, which are an absolute piece of engineering, and if I am honest, better than the ones the manufacturer were fitting. I had to get the cad drawings for them, and send them an old jaw for reference, but they looked at the old one, saw where it had failed and made some design changes after some discussion, to produce the new ones.

My only gripe is they are shockers for not coming back to you or getting things done when they say. They gave me a price for 3 jaws as that was slightly cheaper, they made one and sent in as I was in a hurry, now 3 months on, still waiting!

[monkeybusiness]

35 minutes ago, dig-dug-dan said:

I will give a vote to harbrook engineering. They actually have a water cutter for hardox. I think you may have recommended them to me. They have built crusher jaws for me, which are an absolute piece of engineering, and if I am honest, better than the ones the manufacturer were fitting. I had to get the cad drawings for them, and send them an old jaw for reference, but they looked at the old one, saw where it had failed and made some design changes after some discussion, to produce the new ones.

My only gripe is they are shockers for not coming back to you or getting things done when they say. They gave me a price for 3 jaws as that was slightly cheaper, they made one and sent in as I was in a hurry, now 3 months on, still waiting!

Oh no!! I’ll almost definitely be in there at some point next week and will give Steven a nudge if I see him... 

Communication is genuinely not something I’ve ever had a problem with in there, but things that you don’t necessarily need ‘yesterday’ can sometimes take a while as they do a massive amount of repair work for farmers etc which keeps them really busy.

I dropped a skidding grapple that needs strengthening but I have no jobs on the horizon for last week which will probably be with them for a couple of months, along with a pair of track tensioners off a chipper that need rebuilding and are needed ASAP - they will hopefully turn those round by the end of next week. 

 

[dig-dug-dan]

9 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

Oh no!! I’ll almost definitely be in there at some point next week and will give Steven a nudge if I see him... 

Communication is genuinely not something I’ve ever had a problem with in there, but things that you don’t necessarily need ‘yesterday’ can sometimes take a while as they do a massive amount of repair work for farmers etc which keeps them really busy.

I dropped a skidding grapple that needs strengthening but I have no jobs on the horizon for last week which will probably be with them for a couple of months, along with a pair of track tensioners off a chipper that need rebuilding and are needed ASAP - they will hopefully turn those round by the end of next week. 

 

Thanks. I have been dealing with Mike if that's any help!

[LGP Eddie]

Small clip kindly sent to me of the 22 metre long reach and felling head working last week.

 

Helps to convey how productive the Felling Head can be on an Excavator carrier in comparison to a Truck mounted crane.

 

I’ve put serious legwork into this latest head setup so it can fit on a huge size range of machines, and I can basically turn up on site if required, plug it into my own machine, the clients or a hire unit and be up and running.

Basically a Felling Head and Experienced Operator service with the knowledge and tools/kit to get the best from it.

 

 

Eddie.

[monkeybusiness]

Planting a few poles - a fun job that was a real head scratcher at times. 

 

 

They were 9m telegraph poles that had to be installed without damaging any trees/poles/existing structures (none of the structures are pictured as not allowed).

This area was a piece of cake but you still had to plan the job to not block yourself in/block the pole’s path from horizontal to upright etc.

We planted approx 60 a day - I was being fed by a mate on a 2.5 tonne Kubota.

The Takeuchi was the perfect size for this job and it would have made an incredible demonstration video for Rototilt as it really showed off what these tiltys can do and how strong they are. Some poles had to be passed through/under structures and then rotated into position - I’m not sure what other setup could have got these in as quickly tbh. 

It is a bit niche though, can’t see many more jobs like this on the horizon! 

[doobin]

At the other end of the scale, today I brutally abused my micro by climbing twenty steps with it, before grubbing out a load of roots, riddling through the soil to get them all out before chucking them ten feet down into the tipper parked below. First proper go with the grab on her, she took it like a champ but by god the foot pedal aux takes some getting used to after being spoilt with all kinds of rollers on my other machines! 

 

This micro constantly surprises me with the power it has to offer. Almost like an old school 1.5t, in a tiny package. 

[AHPP]

36 minutes ago, monkeybusiness said:

Planting a few poles - a fun job that was a real head scratcher at times. 

 

 

They were 9m telegraph poles that had to be installed without damaging any trees/poles/existing structures (none of the structures are pictured as not allowed).

This area was a piece of cake but you still had to plan the job to not block yourself in/block the pole’s path from horizontal to upright etc.

We planted approx 60 a day - I was being fed by a mate on a 2.5 tonne Kubota.

The Takeuchi was the perfect size for this job and it would have made an incredible demonstration video for Rototilt as it really showed off what these tiltys can do and how strong they are. Some poles had to be passed through/under structures and then rotated into position - I’m not sure what other setup could have got these in as quickly tbh. 

It is a bit niche though, can’t see many more jobs like this on the horizon! 

Are you building a POW camp?