Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[openspaceman]

41 minutes ago, Khriss said:

...exactly my intention, going to look at a double drum winch this weekend. K

Let me know how you get on, some of the smaller winches just have steel  crown wheels, the Igland 4002 has a phosphor bronze wheel more suited to the continuous duty.

 

I still have a highlead carriage and pulley for the return if you want to try anything out.

 

 

[Stephen Blair]

New machine .

 

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

7 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

New machine .

 

That's a bonny machine is it the 3cx with joystick controls on the armrest? 

[Khriss]

3 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Let me know how you get on, some of the smaller winches just have steel  crown wheels, the Igland 4002 has a phosphor bronze wheel more suited to the continuous duty.

 

I still have a highlead carriage and pulley for the return if you want to try anything out.

 

 

Cheers fr that ! Basically looked at the enormous setups in Oregon then looked at BigJ's low impact forestry technique and think skyline/ high lead can fill a gap. Tow able rig by 4x4 . 100m to 200m drag. The new machine featured is amazing but sheer cost dictates his operations.  K

[Stephen Blair]

3 hours ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

That's a bonny machine is it the 3cx with joystick controls on the armrest? 

Yes, I hate the older levers.

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

6 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

Yes, I hate the older levers.

Have fun and let it make a good living what's best to buy first been looking at the 3cx and also the 8026 what's the best option in your personal opinion 

 

Jack 

[Matthew Storrs]

2 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Yes, I hate the older levers.

Nice one Stephen! What made you go for a wheeled digger out of interest? I.e what kind of work do you have in mind for it?

 

must admit I’ve been dithering for years over this- as in a wheeled digger provides a nice solution of getting a lot of digging power on site without the hassle of low loaders associated with track machines.

[Stephen Blair]

That’s exactly it, my 3 tonner is usually doing work that a 5-8 tonner should be doing.

  I’m also fed up hitching trailers, strapping things down, lots of faffing about , it’s all time.

  I’ve always loved 3cx’s but hated the levers but this 1 is really nice to operate on the armrests and such better visibility out the back.

 My back is suffering rocking about all day in the 3 toner , hopefully this should make life better.

[Stephen Blair]

2 hours ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

Have fun and let it make a good living what's best to buy first been looking at the 3cx and also the 8026 what's the best option in your personal opinion 

 

Jack 

Depends on your work, their uses will overlap each other but 2 very different machines.

  Although my CAT was £22.5 k 5 years ago, I’ve had 2 trailers in that time to carry it and easy the same again in towing vehicles cost, wear and tear and a lot of fuel.

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

2 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Depends on your work, their uses will overlap each other but 2 very different machines.

  Although my CAT was £22.5 k 5 years ago, I’ve had 2 trailers in that time to carry it and easy the same again in towing vehicles cost, wear and tear and a lot of fuel.

My main work is groundwork drainage and landscaping but I'm wanting to get into land clearances and forestry if possible so I got a quote on a jcb 8026 for 25k but them 3cx are roughly same price second hand so it's which would do the job better tbh I hate hiring machinery as its dead money 

 

Jack