Best mini digger?

[csservices]

Any strong thoughts on cats ? Seen a few secondhand for not bad money and found out last night is a dealer local to me 1.5 tonners cabbed with expandable tracks etc brand new £17400 plus vat with 2 year warranty, be out of my budget but seems a good deal.

[Mick Dempsey]

I've got a Takeuchi tb016, very nice, no complaints.

 

Hired in a 2.5 komatsu to dig a big hole, so much better, I'll sell the Tak and upgrade this winter. Still towable (just) behind the ranger, I don't use them for work much anyway. Just around the place.

 

Anyway, lot of love for the Takeuchi on here it seems.

[IVECOKID]

Best Machine.........depends on the operator at the end of the day .

 

 

Ste

[Craig.]

Any strong thoughts on cats ? Seen a few secondhand for not bad money and found out last night is a dealer local to me 1.5 tonners cabbed with expandable tracks etc brand new £17400 plus vat with 2 year warranty, be out of my budget but seems a good deal.

 

The new cats are a badge engineered wacker neuson, with a couple of small differences, bucket pin size I believe is one, A mate of mine has one of these small cats 2.5t I think and is pleased with it.

I have a Hitachi 7.5t and an JCB 3cx, a neuson et20 would be my next machine purchase, just over 2 ton not much bigger than a 1.5t with tracks retracted, only slightly less reach than a 2.5t, with slightly less brake out force, with what appears to be decent build quality.

My thinking for that weight is, you could carry it on a 3.5t tipping trailer (most seem to carry 2.3t to 2.6t) with attachments.

[csservices]

Best Machine.........depends on the operator at the end of the day .

 

 

Ste

 

 

Only one I've owned previously was a jcb 3c which was 5 years older than me and due to the amount of play in the king post you had to be a good driver 😉

[csservices]

I've got a Takeuchi tb016, very nice, no complaints.

 

Hired in a 2.5 komatsu to dig a big hole, so much better, I'll sell the Tak and upgrade this winter. Still towable (just) behind the ranger, I don't use them for work much anyway. Just around the place.

 

Anyway, lot of love for the Takeuchi on here it seems.

 

 

Yep, spotted earlier another local dealer has got 3 secondhand takeuchis in, need to sell tractor first before I can go shopping.

[Matthew Storrs]

Ordered my new Takeuchi tb216 this afternoon, 8 week waiting list though:laugh1:

 

I got 3 quotes for Volvo, Wacker Neuson and Takeuchi and Takeuchi was the cheapest and on paper had the best reach and biggest hydraulic flow. The new dipper arm is all cast/no welds so like the sound of that.

 

Wacker was considerably higher price but had more creature comforts i guess.

[Breezeblock]

i was at our head office in barnsley last week and there were 4 brand new sany mini diggers in the workshop ready to get sold decent build quality and excellent warranty and more importantly they are very cheap if you are interested pm me

[Breezeblock]

for those interested number for sany dealer is 08444 994499 tdl equipment

[csservices]

Right new dilemma, tractor has now gone, not made as much as I hoped so got 9k to play with, so I'm now torn between wether to get a 1.5 ton which I'm struggling to find a full cab reasonable spec and low hours on in that price range or a 2.5 ton more choice more power and would leave me some change to get a bigger plant trailer for it and possibly extra attachments