Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[BunyipBen]

Also been doing some Arb work with bigger diggers

[doobin]

Been a while since I had a fire that size! Since I bought the 2.7t I don't hire in 7.5t machines with grapples anymore, the 2.7t with rotator is just as quick for most of my jobs. Less mess, smaller fire and tidy up as you go!

 

This was yesterdays effort with the machine and two men. Sloping ground, dead ash and boggy patches, I get all the best sites!

 

 

Edited September 25, 2021 by doobin

[BunyipBen]

Doobin, our bushfire season started in September so had to get a burn off permit from the local fire brigade, part of the conditions is to burn in a pit and not burn on days of 30 degrees or above. The pits go well, dug out to around 8 foot and ramped up at the sides. Shame to see all the big logs going in there, would be interested to see if we get much char left at the end. We are onto our 4th pit on that job.

[dumper]

52 minutes ago, doobin said:

Been a while since I had a fire that size! Since I bought the 2.7t I don't hire in 7.5t machines with grapples anymore, the 2.7t with rotator is just as quick for most of my jobs. Less mess, smaller fire and tidy up as you go!

 

This was yesterdays effort with the machine and two men. Sloping ground, dead ash and boggy patches, I get all the best sites!

 

 

How’s the rake working?

[doobin]

2 hours ago, dumper said:

How’s the rake working?

Coming to the end of it's life, need to get round to building myself another one rather than just for other people! That was the original prototype from probably 7 years ago, it's done well but I want to make another up with a proper grab pocket. I would just weld onto that but it's slightly bent so may as well start afresh with PFC rather than UC, as that's a bit heavier.

[Stephen Blair]

A little bit of pushing last week, can't remember the last time I used wedges!

[doobin]

I used some wedges on this an hour ago just to make sure it didn’t sit back as Im on my own. Pulling with the digger. Didn’t need them as it happened, the back cut opened up and I left the hinge fat before pulling, good job I did too. 

[s o c]

23 hours ago, doobin said:

Coming to the end of it's life, need to get round to building myself another one rather than just for other people! That was the original prototype from probably 7 years ago, it's done well but I want to make another up with a proper grab pocket. I would just weld onto that but it's slightly bent so may as well start afresh with PFC rather than UC, as that's a bit heavier.

That rake must be a godsend for dead ash debris!

are those haybob tines on it?

[s o c]

1 hour ago, Stephen Blair said:

A little bit of pushing last week, can't remember the last time I used wedges!

Nice!

Do you have to drop the dozer blade behind you for tree this big?

[swinny]

Couple of pics the other day before it went crap!

 

Edited September 26, 2021 by swinny