Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Blake@waveney]

8 hours ago, Johny Walker said:

have you got a grab on it, 

Hydraulic thumb for now as that suits our work. It’s arriving hopefully this week. They had the machine there but have had to wait on buckets and hitch. 

[Gray git]

Well this is a strange little machine
I like the extending dipper

[Conor Wright]

48 minutes ago, Gray git said:

 

 

Well this is a strange little machine
I like the extending dipper

 

Another machine added to the "I want" list..

[Stephen Blair]

[Blake@waveney]

Will have to have its thumb fitted once in 

[Stephen Blair]

First digging job with Bob!

[monkeybusiness]

21 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

First digging job with Bob!

What do you think of it compared to your CAT?

[daveatdave]

land slip waiting to happen and taking half the road with it 

[Conor Wright]

Finally a few pics of the 20 year old takeuchi post rebuild.

It took way longer to complete than anticipated. The engine was sent for rebuild in September and I got it back just in time for christmas only to find it wasn't  quite right and had to come out again. It was over all a very poor experience. Suffice to say I wont be going back to that particular company.

Apart from that, the rest went fairly smoothly. Pinned, bushed, painted,(with a little panel beating thrown in!) new hoses(mostly, some were unworn), grab and rotator fitted along with extra hydraulics, lights, radio, radiator, slew gear, fuel lines, fixed a few niggles and rattles and then ran out of money. So the quick hitch has to wait!

Went for a change of colour because why not, not like I'll be selling it anytime soon. Plus it makes it readily identifiable and as it was painted part by part, even if it was stolen, the tracker removed and resprayed, it would have tell tales in hard to cover places.

Happy with how it feels now, stronger, faster and tighter. 

Cost wise, meh, I possibly could have bought a fresher second hand machine, maybe sold it and got a new machine, but now I know exactly what I have. A simple, reliable workhorse in very good condition. 

Gutted that I lost a lot of pics halfway through, not because I wanted to post them, but they were helping me to put it all back together. This led to a few moments of confusion and some swearing, then more confusion followed by some disassembly. 

A few people questioned why I was doing it, maybe rightly so but it's done now!

Would I do it again? Yes.

Would I take a different approach? Yes.

Was it worth it? Financially, yes in raw cash, probably not if I included my time. Actually, definitely not if i included my own time at the hourly rate a decent mechanic or fitter could charge, but they would have done it a lot faster.

As an experience. Yes, I gained a lot of knowledge and enjoyed the majority of the experience.

Would I recommend others do it? Probably not!

[Ratman]

Finally a few pics of the 20 year old takeuchi post rebuild.
It took way longer to complete than anticipated. The engine was sent for rebuild in September and I got it back just in time for christmas only to find it wasn't  quite right and had to come out again. It was over all a very poor experience. Suffice to say I wont be going back to that particular company.
Apart from that, the rest went fairly smoothly. Pinned, bushed, painted,(with a little panel beating thrown in!) new hoses(mostly, some were unworn), grab and rotator fitted along with extra hydraulics, lights, radio, radiator, slew gear, fuel lines, fixed a few niggles and rattles and then ran out of money. So the quick hitch has to wait!
Went for a change of colour because why not, not like I'll be selling it anytime soon. Plus it makes it readily identifiable and as it was painted part by part, even if it was stolen, the tracker removed and resprayed, it would have tell tales in hard to cover places.
Happy with how it feels now, stronger, faster and tighter. 
Cost wise, meh, I possibly could have bought a fresher second hand machine, maybe sold it and got a new machine, but now I know exactly what I have. A simple, reliable workhorse in very good condition. 
Gutted that I lost a lot of pics halfway through, not because I wanted to post them, but they were helping me to put it all back together. This led to a few moments of confusion and some swearing, then more confusion followed by some disassembly. 
A few people questioned why I was doing it, maybe rightly so but it's done now!
Would I do it again? Yes.
Would I take a different approach? Yes.
Was it worth it? Financially, yes in raw cash, probably not if I included my time. Actually, definitely not if i included my own time at the hourly rate a decent mechanic or fitter could charge, but they would have done it a lot faster.
As an experience. Yes, I gained a lot of knowledge and enjoyed the majority of the experience.
Would I recommend others do it? Probably not!

Mog next then! [emoji848][emoji6][emoji23] you’ll need deep pockets for that!