Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[benedmonds]

14 minutes ago, swinny said:

Could do with finding a cheap micro or mini digger in the next couple of 

 

Looking to spend 4-6k what can anyone recommend? Or any help thanks. Not a high budget and won't get used a lot at all to be fair 

I am no expert but £4 to 6k sounds like quite a lot of hired in machine when needed or an old nail to buy..

[monkeybusiness]

Not worth financing a new Bobcat E10? 0% over 5 years, cost you about 35p per week!... 

[monkeybusiness]

4 hours ago, LGP Eddie said:

A Cut and Hold Shear is fine if the base machine is simply large enough to carry it and the bit between the levers and seat a reasonable level of competence.

 

To raise the factor of safety you lower the cut capacity and increase the carriers lifting capacity, either more weight or less reach.

 

I have worked out a very simple formula that each setup can be benchmarked against.

It ignores absolutely everything in terms of the machine spec/load chart etc and works with the actual setup presented for compliance inspection.

 

It’s never going to be perfect, but it would represent a massive leap forward in terms of safety and is extremely simple to understand/implement.

 

What it would also do is allow guys who don’t quite comply to have many options to do so without huge expense.

 

If anyone knows where to start I’m happy to sit down and put the case over.

 

 

Eddie.

It might be worth a chat with NPORS - they seem like a pretty forward- thinking training organisation (they offer a tilty qualification now). 

I’d imagine there might be a way for you to possibly monetise your idea if it is something that they could incorporate into a training course/qualification. 

[LGP Eddie]

I’m meaning working with HSE and get some basic guidelines in place, preferably before it ends up like the Climbing shit storm.

 

I’ve no interest in making money from it or card schemes.

I simply want some to pull their socks up a bit so nobody loses out long term.

 

 

Eddie.

[LGP Eddie]

Trip up the road literally to see the JCB sale.

Impressive line up of machines, beautifully presented ready for Tuesday.

 

The non CE marked for spares only row is always interesting, giving the odd clue what they’re working on.

 

Plenty in the spares for the odd project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

Edited September 20, 2019 by LGP Eddie

[doobin]

1 hour ago, monkeybusiness said:

Not worth financing a new Bobcat E10? 0% over 5 years, cost you about 35p per week!... 

This. But do it quick, 5 years 0% is only till the end of the month, then it's back to three years.

 

All you'd have to decide is whether you want micro (1.2t, 700mm narrowest) or mini (1.7t, 990mm narrowest, maybe £2k more)

[Matthew Storrs]

Just now, doobin said:

This. But do it quick, 5 years 0% is only till the end of the month, then it's back to three years.

 

All you'd have to decide is whether you want micro (1.2t, 700mm narrowest) or mini (1.7t, 990mm narrowest, maybe £2k more)

Is it only £2k difference between micro and mini? You wonder why anyone goes for micro- let’s face it you only have a micro if space is desperate I manage to get my mini in most places but I suppose a doorway might pose a problem. This was a little tight especially with a glazed cab?

[Stephen Blair]

4 hours ago, swinny said:

Could do with finding a cheap micro or mini digger in the next couple of months. 

 

Main job is to help us on a planting job we have coming up to dig trenches etc. 

 

Other uses would be use at home for renovation and landscaping and maybe go out with the stump grinder also to help clear or level the arrisings. 

 

Looking to spend 4-6k what can anyone recommend? Or any help thanks. Not a high budget and won't get used a lot at all to be fair 

You need to re think your numbers.  If you can afford to loose/spend £4-£6k then buy new and write that off in depreciation.

  Plus diggers at £4-£6k don’t exist, if they do they are pumped or stolen.

[doobin]

4 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Is it only £2k difference between micro and mini? You wonder why anyone goes for micro- let’s face it you only have a micro if space is desperate I manage to get my mini in most places but I suppose a doorway might pose a problem. This was a little tight especially with a glazed cab?

I’ve been on my micro today with the tracks pulled in most of the time. So tight. As we’ve discussed previously, there’s no perfect digger, which is why I’ve ended up with three! There is a similar amount of engineering that goes into a top end micro like an E10, so I’m not surprised the price is close. 

[Gray git]

Bobcat out doing its thing again feeding the chipper on a site clearance, love this setup for keeping my hands away from thorns and brambles.