Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Matthew Storrs]

Just got this little fixed grab for my 1.8t and it’s pretty handy. Obviously for timber work you wouldn’t have the plates welded to the tines but still. The photo with the fence posts are 6-7” strainer posts to give an idea of capacity

[topchippyles]

1.8 ton takeuchi or yanmar will piss it. The bobcats in that class i find are under powered. 

[doobin]

7 hours ago, topchippyles said:

1.8 ton takeuchi or yanmar will piss it. The bobcats in that class i find are under powered. 

Stick to carpentry mate….🙄

The E19 placed the sleepers in the second photo two at a time. The E27 pisses all over it for clearance work, but if it won’t fit, then I’m really glad to have the option to put the grab/rotator on the smaller machine. I do run a grapple under the E19 too which is much lighter and nimble. 
 

I don’t think I’d bother on an older 1.5t though- I’d stick with a grapple. The E19 is very planted but a grab/rotator is a lot of stack height and weight. 

No machine that size will ‘piss it’- you have to think carefully about how to get the best out of it. 
 

Photo of E27 included for size reference. 

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by doobin

[doobin]

7 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Just got this little fixed grab for my 1.8t and it’s pretty handy. Obviously for timber work you wouldn’t have the plates welded to the tines but still. The photo with the fence posts are 6-7” strainer posts to give an idea of capacity

Odd looking grab, what make? 

Edited July 29, 2021 by doobin

[swinny]

What's the older Kubota kh66 etc like? Spotted one the other day that will be coming up for sale..... or wondered if I should just go a lot newer. This old kh66 done nowt though and that's a 2.8t

Edited July 29, 2021 by swinny

[swinny]

This is the Volvo with do you class it as a fixed grab or grapple? 

 

Love the thing! Couldn't get tractor to trees so digger brought them out in 6-8'  sections 

 

Ideally next digger wants more weight, and ability to have grab and rotator and twin speed tracking 

[Matthew Storrs]

2 hours ago, doobin said:

Odd looking grab, what make? 

Intermacato. TG12 I think the model is. It doesn’t normally have the plates but I asked for them to be put on as I have quite specific job coming up for it.

[doobin]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

This is the Volvo with do you class it as a fixed grab or grapple? 

 

Love the thing! Couldn't get tractor to trees so digger brought them out in 6-8'  sections 

 

Ideally next digger wants more weight, and ability to have grab and rotator and twin speed tracking 

That was me 6 years ago! Keep it up mate 👍🏻👍🏻

[harvey b davison]

Can I just ask, why does it appear that no one operates or even rate jcb. I only use 1.5t diggers now and then, so haven't got that much experience, it just seems odd that there is little mention of jcb. Cheers.

[John Shutler]

8 minutes ago, harvey b davison said:

Can I just ask, why does it appear that no one operates or even rate jcb. I only use 1.5t diggers now and then, so haven't got that much experience, it just seems odd that there is little mention of jcb. Cheers.

Ive got a JCB 65R on 600 wide tracks with an engcon tilt rotator

absolute cracker of a machine