Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Matthew Storrs]

I dug these rocks out with my Tak and it lifted every one of them,which it did fine but probably the comfortablelimit- I'm sure I would have struggled with a zero tail swing, most of those boulders are 800kg or so- they are bigger than the photo makes them look- used them to make this access bridge!

 

[jimmy_timber]

 

Just traded my Takeuchi Tb016 in for the 2.8t Hitachi. Got to say I loved the Takeuchi it was a solid little digger but the Hitachi is just a smooth bigger toy 👍

[Matthew Storrs]

Jimmy- may I ask who you traded your old TB016 in with? I'm looking at one that looks identical with a view to buying- grab and all.

[jimmy_timber]

Jimmy- may I ask who you traded your old TB016 in with? I'm looking at one that looks identical with a view to buying- grab and all.

 

 

Hi matt

 

I traded it into Budd plant, the Hitachi is the 3rd machine I've had from them. If it's the same one it comes with the grab too?

[Matthew Storrs]

Yep definitely the same machine, small world. have you painted it whilst you had it, I'm toying whether to go and look at it or not- the only thing that slightly puts me off is the quickhitch which won't fit my existing attachments, so would need new hitch/buckets.

 

It looks good condition though and low hours? How did you find it, was there much wear in it?

Thanks.

[jimmy_timber]

Yep definitely the same machine, small world. have you painted it whilst you had it, I'm toying whether to go and look at it or not- the only thing that slightly puts me off is the quickhitch which won't fit my existing attachments, so would need new hitch/buckets.

 

It looks good condition though and low hours? How did you find it, was there much wear in it?

Thanks.

 

 

Haha yeah small world.

 

Regarding the quick hitch my attachments didn't fit it other than a flail head. But it's easily removed and then you can just manually put the attachments on.

 

The machine was a good strong digger. No i didn't paint it, it was in good condition when I bought it. I didn't even have it a year as I upgraded from a Volvo ec15 to the Takeuchi and then I've just upgraded to that Hitachi as I wanted something I can put a tree shear on.

 

I would say it's a good machine to buy 👍👍

[Matthew Storrs]

Thanks for that, yes that's what I thought I'd do regarding the hitch- if it ended up being a nuisance to manually change I could get another hitch further down the line.

 

Sorry for all the questions, but how were the pins and bushes/kingpost etc and did it have any oil/coolant loss? wouldn't expect it to be like New but have seen plenty that are quite sloppy- but they had higher hours.. It's a few hours away so want to be fairly sure it's worth the journey.

Thanks again

 

I used to run a tb016 and it was a belter- ideal for small jobs being able to take digger/attachments and materials all in one go.

[jimmy_timber]

I had ordered new bushes and pins for the it but never got round to doing it. I have them over to matt at Budd plant and I would of thought he would of done that.

 

All the machines he sells are always in good condition he doesn't sell any rubbish. But obviously I'd ask him if he has. They were not bad I just wanted to get them done before we got busy in the winter with it again, but then ended up changing it anyway.

[Matthew Storrs]

Ok, great, cheers for that. Probably will look at it tomorrow.

That hitachi of yours looks beautifully tidy- well done!

[jimmy_timber]

Haha cheers she's is a little beauty 👍