Show us your Arb Diggers please.

[Stephen Blair]

After selling my digger last year and it sitting in 1 for about 10 months I’ve been on 1 now for 6 weeks helping a mate out and my own work is quiet.  Yanmar 2.6 tonner.  Have to say the power in this machine is amazing, every day it impresses me.  The additional ballast I think makes a big difference, I was always in zero turn machines but I wouldn’t go back for woodland work.  Started a car park job yesterday and now in a JS145, now we’re talking, great having power for the stumps and gravel.

[topchippyles]

19 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

After selling my digger last year and it sitting in 1 for about 10 months I’ve been on 1 now for 6 weeks helping a mate out and my own work is quiet.  Yanmar 2.6 tonner.  Have to say the power in this machine is amazing, every day it impresses me.  The additional ballast I think makes a big difference, I was always in zero turn machines but I wouldn’t go back for woodland work.  Started a car park job yesterday and now in a JS145, now we’re talking, great having power for the stumps and gravel.

Awesome machine's I've had 4 of them.

[Stephen Blair]

That’s me back in the club 

[doobin]

16 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

That’s me back in the club 

Congrats! Exceptional value for money new I thought when pricing up. They last well too. 

[Stephen Blair]

Nice easy wee job first thing

[Alan Smith]

is that cameras you have on the back of the digger cab?  nice looking machine by the way.

[Conor Wright]

Having spent a lot of time shopping around for a mini I settled on a 2020 kubota 030-4.

I was going to go new, but couldnt make up my mind! Then this turned up in the right spec at the right price.

Very happy so far. Plenty of power, smooth and accurate and comfortable for its size. Credit to the previous owner. It has very little wear. 2k hours. 

[doobin]

1 hour ago, Conor Wright said:

Having spent a lot of time shopping around for a mini I settled on a 2020 kubota 030-4.

I was going to go new, but couldnt make up my mind! Then this turned up in the right spec at the right price.

Very happy so far. Plenty of power, smooth and accurate and comfortable for its size. Credit to the previous owner. It has very little wear. 2k hours. 

Very nice! I’ve always wanted to try a Kubota kx30. What money was it?

[JLA1990]

On 08/07/2024 at 21:51, Stephen Blair said:

That’s me back in the club 

Did you have a go in anything else? Currently eyeing up the Sany SY26(not zero tail) wondering whether to check a yanmar out!

[Conor Wright]

49 minutes ago, doobin said:

Very nice! I’ve always wanted to try a Kubota kx30. What money was it?

Thanks. Its a big step up from the old tb125. Not knocking it, that machine owed me nothing. The kx was 22.5k stg.

picked it up in wales, turned out my transport guy knew the seller so I had a bit of extra reassurance. (Small world, i didnt know this until i went to give him directions and he started laughing!)

Don't know if that's a bargain over your way but it's standing me 26400 eur sitting in my yard, all in. Saved at least 1500 on the nearest comparable machine I could find here and have a much cleaner example. Also didnt have to front the vat which makes life easier.New, that spec is 56k+ here. The second hand machine pool over here is very poor at the moment. mostly ex hire or well ragged stuff, anything with a bit of spec gets snapped up fast or marked up well. 

Would you (or anyone)consider the price good value? Open question, I'm curious now.