Mini digger or compact loader

[irish surgeon]

Hi everyone, strongly thinking of getting one of the above but not sure which one, machines I'm thinking about is 3ton mini digger any model with grapple or something like an avant loader. Any thoughts on either would be much appreciated. Cheers

 

 

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[Burgess]

What will it be used for? I wouldn't want to be putting a 3 ton digger onto domestic lawns.

[irish surgeon]

General stuff and yes alot of private take downs, so you don't think it's a runner

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

I run a 3 tonner with demo grab, some jobs you can get into, some you can't.

You will find your work will change to suit the machine the more you use it and the more it's seen.

There's always a way of making a job easier, will you do it with 1 machine?

No, I have a range of them.

3 tonners a brilliant size!

 

 

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[irish surgeon]

What is the cost of your grapple setup Steven, that's exactly what I'm thinking about, I have a holder A60 that I could convert to a loader setup if needs be as I have a spare 1 with spade that I haven't converted to my good holder as I use it only for winch work. Cheers for the info

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

That head with electro diverted switch built into the quick hitch is £5650 p vat.

Big money compared to normal timber grabs .

The diference is unreal though, the digger turns into a robot arm.

 

 

 

 

 

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[geoff]

I would love a grab such as that for my machine!

[irish surgeon]

Holy that's fairly expensive but it's most definitely the real deal for tree surgery so can't complain too much to be fair, can I put this question to you Steven, how high up the list would you rate that setup in your company?

 

 

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Edited July 16, 2014 by Stephen Blair

[Stephen Blair]

It plays its part in me not needing staff.

I can go to jobs myself that are suited to it.

I did a job last week that was priced for 3 days, 2 labourers and the Mog.

I did it in 4 hours myself with the digger .( I re negotiated the job to suit us both as ground conditions changed from when I priced)

Then I went to another job and lifted 5 ton of timber out a garden and loaded a trailer with it, then I went and tidied my yard and didn't break sweat once

It costs me £444 a month .

I bought the attachments outright and 25% of the machine and it's 0% interest.

 

 

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[irish surgeon]

That's great info I really appreciate that Steve, anybody going to defend the avant or is the mini digger a clear winner in the all rounder stakes.

 

 

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