Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[swinny]

Bought this old girl recently just because I fancied it 😀 

[doobin]

36 minutes ago, swinny said:

Bought this old girl recently just because I fancied it 😀 

Nice and cheap?

[doobin]

 Out yesterday doing some scrapes with the jcb. The TAB boom is so handy- lets you pull back in nice and tight to undercut the bracken rhizome cleanly against the blade. Then lift it up tight to build a bund behind you at a higher elevation. 

[Stephen Blair]

Machines have been earning their keep these last 3 weeks since we had a storm.

[Stephen Blair]

First time the 2.6’s have been together.

[tonytree]

Does anyone on here run a eurocomach/case/new Holland machine, specifically with a flail? 
 

I’m pricing a 2.7 ton with the continuous flow option as I intend it to do a lot of flailing. And some grab work. 
 

Just after people’s opinions on them as there aren’t many about. 
 

Also I’ve requested a standard arm rather than long arm due to stack height with a grab and rotator. Now I’m thinking I should get a long arm as I’ll get more reach to with the flail.
 

Will the long arm make much difference in my lifting capacity or am I overthinking it? 

Thanks 

[dumper]

25 minutes ago, tonytree said:

Does anyone on here run a eurocomach/case/new Holland machine, specifically with a flail? 
 

I’m pricing a 2.7 ton with the continuous flow option as I intend it to do a lot of flailing. And some grab work. 
 

Just after people’s opinions on them as there aren’t many about. 
 

Also I’ve requested a standard arm rather than long arm due to stack height with a grab and rotator. Now I’m thinking I should get a long arm as I’ll get more reach to with the flail.
 

Will the long arm make much difference in my lifting capacity or am I overthinking it? 

Thanks 

If you’re doing a lot of flail work get a tractor much

quicker 

 

 

[Stephen Blair]

Tony flailing with a 2.7t digger is for when you can’t be arsed putting a blade on a strimmer, and tbh sometimes you’d be quicker with the strimmer.  If it’s light bramble and jaggies work in areas you can only get a 5’ machine in with a lot of stones or uneven ground, then use the digger and flail.  If it’s not that then you’ll soon get frustrates with the flail.  More info on you lots of flailing.  Regarding the longer boom, if it’s a zero turn machine it will buckaroo you all day long in the seat and will restrict your lifting capacity.

[tonytree]

9 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Tony flailing with a 2.7t digger is for when you can’t be arsed putting a blade on a strimmer, and tbh sometimes you’d be quicker with the strimmer.  If it’s light bramble and jaggies work in areas you can only get a 5’ machine in with a lot of stones or uneven ground, then use the digger and flail.  If it’s not that then you’ll soon get frustrates with the flail.  More info on you lots of flailing.  Regarding the longer boom, if it’s a zero turn machine it will buckaroo you all day long in the seat and will restrict your lifting capacity.

The only reason I looked at case/NH was the extra pump. The spec says 50ltr constant flow so I can track and flail. 
 

Flailing wise would be brambles and small self sown trees on brown sites so there is normally a lot of contamination in terms of rubbish.
 

I currently have a green climber lv500 and it’s brilliant, but my business seems to be moving more towards trees than scrub. 
 

im thinking 50% flail work 25% grab work 25% actually digging and grading. 
 

Thanks