Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Stephen Blair]

58 minutes ago, carpenter1 said:

I have a awkward garden job to do. Looks like I can only get a micro digger in due to width and height restriction getting in. 

I have never used a micro, are they OK? 

Are they ok?  Yes they are ok.

[Conor Wright]

I've found them surprisingly powerful. Had to get one for pulling out a few small leylandii stumps while back. It performed well above my expectations. Very quick though, and more than capable of tipping itself on its side.

 

[carpenter1]

It would be for couple of stumps. Footings and a soakaway 

[carlos]

id say any digger is better than no digger!

[Stephen Blair]

On stumps use the crown of the bucket to lift rather than the main boom, Chuck a big rock in behind them for leverage, that should help reduce the  bucking bronco effect as they do have a lot of power for their weight.

[doobin]

45 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

On stumps use the crown of the bucket to lift rather than the main boom, Chuck a big rock in behind them for leverage, that should help reduce the  bucking bronco effect as they do have a lot of power for their weight.

Yes, and if you need more power direct mount the bucket.

 

Or use a ripper tooth! (although good luck hiring one 🙄)

[aspenarb]

The little Kubota I bought back in 2018 is still going strong. Been a very busy machine and not missed a beat.

 

 

 

[woody paul]

Is it Hitachi that make a 1.5t digger with tracks you can retract to make it same width as micro one. 

[doobin]

50 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Is it Hitachi that make a 1.5t digger with tracks you can retract to make it same width as micro one. 

As far as I’m aware, nobody do. A couple of of 1.2t models around that go down to 710mm, and there’s an oddball Kobelco I think that is 1.3 and goes down to 800mm

Edited November 8, 2021 by doobin

[woody paul]

Just found which Hitachi it was I hire about 3 years ago it was a ZX17U-6, go's down to 980mm wide but is zero tail as well.

So not as micro as I thought just remember you pull tracks in and knock ends of dozer off. 

Edited November 8, 2021 by woody paul