Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[IronMike]

1 hour ago, John Shutler said:

a little bobcat e19 equipped with tiger grip grapple for the smaller jobs it’s not worth taking a bigger machine to, plus it’s easy for the guys to take behind a truck without maxing out the towing capacity. twin auxiliary hydraulics on proportional rollers so no messing about with diverter valves. tidy mesh guard to protect the front screen 

not used it in anger yet but i’m sure it’ll prove to be a handy addition replacing my old yanmar which has gone to retire on my small holding 

A fella I’m working with this week has been lusting after exactly this set up near enough. Would you mind sharing cost of machine and grapple etc? Happy to do so over DM if you prefer. 
 

looks ace!

[John Shutler]

9 minutes ago, IronMike said:

A fella I’m working with this week has been lusting after exactly this set up near enough. Would you mind sharing cost of machine and grapple etc? Happy to do so over DM if you prefer. 
 

looks ace!

20k for the machine and 2.7k for the grab 

[John Shutler]

18 minutes ago, huskykev said:

Be interested to see that alongside the 2.7 ton bobcat, trade off in capacity v weight. Looks a tidy little job though...

my mates got the 2.7 so i’m sure it’ll be alongside it at somepoint. this machine will go through a 1m gap. 

[doobin]

That must be on its knees with the rotator too? The grapple on its own is a lump with my 1.8t. Although well matched with rotator to the 2.7t. 
 

maybe I’ll try the rotator too on the little machine! 

[John Shutler]

2 hours ago, doobin said:

That must be on its knees with the rotator too? The grapple on its own is a lump with my 1.8t. Although well matched with rotator to the 2.7t. 
 

maybe I’ll try the rotator too on the little machine! 

not at all, it handles the weight very well 

[LGP Eddie]

12 hours ago, doobin said:

That must be on its knees with the rotator too? The grapple on its own is a lump with my 1.8t. Although well matched with rotator to the 2.7t. 
 

maybe I’ll try the rotator too on the little machine! 

Usually do a TG12 UG7 for the 1.8’s 

 

Reasonable cost, light weight setup.

Most take a Diverter valve and locate it where they’re happy with it.

 

 

 

Eddie.

 

Edited January 24, 2020 by LGP Eddie

[Pete Hart]

On 19/01/2020 at 13:50, Marc Lewis said:

On 15/01/2020 at 18:31, Pete Hart said:

After a long absence from arbtalk, I thought I'd get back into the swing of things with a pic of my 8 tonner... Tree shear and rotator grab making life so much easier these days!
Glad to finally have something to share on this thread - having been a long time lurker of 'show us your arb diggers'!
 

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Very nice Pete. Been following you on instagram, looks like you have a great set up mate.

Cheers Marc, we must get together for a cider soon mate 

[Marc Lewis]

Cheers Marc, we must get together for a cider soon mate 

That would be good. Maybe at the apf mate.

[LGP Eddie]

A couple of shots of a good mates setup now fully guarded up for a bit of Roadside Tree Work.

 

He’s put serious time into this machine with so many little mods to make life easier.

Should really take it to the standard 14 tonne tracked units on rubber blocks on the Roadside work with the right attachment on the end.

 

The short radius, mobility, speed, ability to carry a range of attachments in the blade carrier and switch them in seconds, plus drive off to safe parking at the end of the shift are some of the benefits I see.

Throw in the huge lifting capacity advantage if you drop them legs/blade, the geometry of that two piece boom, and the fact it’s all setup with the box ticking stuff and it should go well.

 

The fact he’s none too shabby at pulling the levers on it too should help, and he will brush up after himself too!?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

 

 

[htb]

Very nice Eddie