Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Stephen Blair]

Here’s my version of a stump peeler.

matock face 1 side and serated edge the other, with a sharp corner.

made from Hardox 4

 

the secrets in its curved anchor shape for leverage so you use the crowning action and not pulling the machine back and forth loosing energy and power.

[aspenarb]

LG still doing its stuff.

 

 

 

[Stihl123]

Right, anyone got any ideas please as to best value rotator grab for a 1.6t machine... An E16

 

Also, do they handle rubble better than a bucket as it'll be used more for that than timber 

 

If anyone has one that wants to get rid, lmk 

Edited December 23, 2022 by Stihl123

[Stephen Blair]

If it’s for rubble then I’d use a hydraulic thumb.  If you want a grab get a demo grab not timber grab.

[Stihl123]

3 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

If it’s for rubble then I’d use a hydraulic thumb.  If you want a grab get a demo grab not timber grab.

OK thanks 

They seem to be alot more 🙄

[william127]

Can't beat a thumb for big bits of rubble where you want maximum lifting capacity.

Not the quickest for lots of little bits though. 

[doobin]

1 hour ago, Stihl123 said:

Right, anyone got any ideas please as to best value rotator grab for a 1.6t machine... An E16

 

Also, do they handle rubble better than a bucket as it'll be used more for that than timber 

 

If anyone has one that wants to get rid, lmk 

A grab is brilliant on any machine but you have to be realistic. I’ve a tiger grip under a fixed (not swinging) rotator that can go on my e19 (I ordered it with double aux). Even with the short dipper option you run out of lift height quickly due to the stack height of the combo. 
 

A grapple might be a better bet, although a tiger grip type grab without rotator can be handy. Advantage here is that it’s more flexible than a grapple and you can set the headstock so

it closes vertically (as here) or horizontally like a grapple. 

williams point about a thumb holding more weight (due to the load being under the dipper) is a good one, although I’d have a grapple with adjustable stay any day over a thumb. See here- as you adjust the ram, the load shifts to under the arm. 

 

[Stephen Blair]

The fixed thumbs are limiting, go hydraulic and you can draw the ram in as you curl the bucket to allow you to lift more tight in and not be stuck working at almost full reach all the time.  Demo grab imo is a. Much better grab for handling timber compared to a fixed timber grab.  The fixed timber puts so much stress on the dipper when working and the timber angle is steep when lifting at full reach and height, the demo grab locks it of allowing the timber to sit level.  Pushing down into a stack is better too and so much quicker at handling because the rams not having to open and shut as much as the timber.  It’s just a different way of working.  As far as lots of loose small rubble when using a thumb, get yourself a big riddle bucket, I’d say twice the size of your digging bucket.  It’s half the weight I’d say and really nice to work along with the thumb.

[Stihl123]

Thanks all

I'll keep an eye out for a selector grab

They r just so much money! 

[woody paul]

20 minutes ago, Stihl123 said:

Thanks all

I'll keep an eye out for a selector grab

They r just so much money! 

I ve not got one, but uncle has been driving diggers for well over 40 years, his son bought a second hand one to fit a 8 ton 360 he couldn't believe how easy it made job after years of chasing stuff with bucket. 

But like other have said a thumb is also a game changer when moving brash and timber about plus a good driver on machine and bloke on saw laying brash down cut in the right length to move about. 

Edited December 25, 2022 by woody paul