mini digger with grab and rotator

[Tommy 7840]

Hello im thinking of buying a 1.5 ton mini digger and putting a grab and rotator for doing tree surgery work loading the trailer etc and to use in the yard for firewood.Any advice,contacts or ideas would be a great help...

[roseyweb]

Grapple

Rotator ways more and you loose height on a 1.5 toner

[roseyweb]

Personally I stretch to a 2 tonne more lift

But don't seem to be many around

[arboriculturist]

Towing legally with fuel buckets etc. always the issue.

[jim@T&Ccare]

We are just about to do the same, but also putting an auger on it for our fencing contracts! Not sure where to go for the grab though

[Tommy 7840]

I can see what you mean about a grapple i was thinking today about the lift height 1.5 ton doesnt lift high!!! I will look into a 2 tonner im just thinking about the width to get into tight garden gates....

[Matthew Storrs]

personally I would say rotator grab is a waste of time on a 1.5 digger- particularly just for arb work. just get a fixed 3/2 tine grab, and with a bit of practise you'll get any log where you want it. I stack up tons of timber with mine.

much cheaper than a rotating grab and more versatile too, you can grub out roots and find all sorts of uses for it- not to mention avoiding possible complications regarding hydraulic plumbing for the rotating bit.

with regards towing, I tow a 2.8 ton digger round on an ifor flatbed with 500kg of attachments in the pickup bed of a defender 110. im not going to lie and say it does it with ease, but its been coping fine for a year now and it is all legal too.

[SAM66S]

I got my grab & rotator from riko for my mini digger. Saves a lot of lifting!!

[Matthew Storrs]

Towing legally with fuel buckets etc. always the issue.

 

Can,t see any issue with a 1.5 tonner. you could put one on a tipping trailer with a load of attachments and still be well under 3500kg. 2 ton diggers plus start to get a bit more awkward depending on towing vehicle.

[Tommy 7840]

I havent really a problem with towing weights really as i have a defender 90 and 12 foot ifor which copes easy with a 2 tonne bobcat and grab etc.mini digger is no problem.I dont think i have seen a 2 tonne mini digger will have to google some pics!!! I have found a nice new grab and rotator for £950 its a intermacato grab and a baltrotor rotator which sounds a fair price.Its of a local dealer who is good to deal with.