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I don't think anyone disputes the idea that a good operator can do more with a given set of physical parameters - CoG, track width, gradient, traction - than a poor one. Like Archimedes with his lever and fulcrum, give a micro 360 enough time and it can do pretty much any digging job you point it at. Doesn't necessarily make it the best tool for the OP's job.

That depends entirely upon the operator... I've yet to meet a digger pilot skilled enough to change the laws of physics....

A 1.5t 360 is a bit tippy on anything less flat than a billiard table, thoughbut. I think you'd have to get a linkage mount for the AGT, I doubt anyone makes a subframe for them. These days they're all vertically fixed - the top link is braced - so you can't lift on the linkage, just raise the legs. Which is obviously safer, but with the low-profile alpines it means not a lot of ground clearance at the back end. Fine if you're not constantly grounding the backhoe crossing ditches etc. I've used one of the little GREs that Kilworth import from Italy, seem well made and even the smallest have sideshift. PTO pump better.

If you've bottomless pockets you could always split the quad/compact difference.... 630 Minimaster | Vimek

That seems a bit pointless, to be honest. It's a crowded market. "All of the schaffer articulated loaders oscillate as well.Most mainstream loader manufactuer's have the driver sitting on the back part only avant/multione seem to have kept the front seat" Yep. Though not so much 'kept', they're much more recent designs. I've driven a couple of Weidemanns, a similar Giant from Holland and a rigid 4WS Kramer, and I prefer the Avant/CSF setup with the driver and loader aligned. I wouldn't buy another machine with no oscillation though. May as well get a micro skidsteer.

Worth pointing put that Dean's top-of-range Multione GT was the only model that oscillated laterally in the middle as well as articulating. The wee ones like my S20 are horizontally rigid like Avants , so like skidsteer or track machine you get the odd interesting moment of 2-point ground contact on uneven terrain. (I say 'was' because the new GT models are also non-oscillating, which seems a massive step backwards.) All the Weidemann-style baby artics have oscillating centre joints, but they're much heavier than a Multione/Avant for the same lift. And I prefer sitting up front rather than on top of the engine. Nearest equivalent I can find is this: articulated and 4WS, oscillating rear axle keeps all the rubber on the ground. They started off doing straight Multione knockoffs. MODELS: pixy 45t | Cast Group - Miniloaders Shame about the name thoughbut. Not sure if they have a UK distributor.

OK, so this thread has sent me off on a mental shopping trip which may turn real over the next few weeks. For my own woodlands, so towability isn't an issue, hence 3-6T. Groundwork, firewood & thinning, clearing whin scrub, brash clearing, etc. We've got slopes, so bigger the better for stability purposes. Prices, not surprisingly, ramp up fast with size, plenty of 5-7yo 3ts with <3k hrs around the £12k mark, few decent comparable 5ts below 15k. Would love grab & rotator but unless I find one already fitted I think a fixed grab or just rake & thumb is more justifiable £ wise. Couple more qs: zero-swing machines centre the mass, but presumably also lift the CoG a bit? Is a double-action hammer line pretty much std on modern builds? eg this... Yanmar V1030 Mini digger ...seems to have 2 lines & rtn, unless I'm misinterpreting the pics. (Also steel tracks, which seem a rarity on anything sub-7+t.) Should I ever be thinking of hiring in a mower/mulcher (assuming I get a bigger machine ), I guess that's the minimum spec I'd need to run one? Or I might just win the lottery and buy Eddie's all-singing, all-dancing Kubota......

"Scottish are generally socialist." That's not really the case though, the most one could say is that there's a stronger social democratic thread in Scottish political culture. Were Salmond - a wily observer of the electorate, whatever else he might be - confident of the socialist instincts of the electorate, he wouldn't have overseen the production of a 650 page independence manifesto that essentially aims to reassure by reference to a fundamentally conservative model of monetary stability, fiscal prudence, etc. The independence prospectus tries to argue that everything will change, and at the same time everything will be essentially the same. It's an impossible circle to square, or to put it another way a cynical con trick. Hence the absurd attempts to maintain, against all the evidence and any rational analysis, that the entire UK political and economic establishment is 'bluffing' and that a nice, safe currency union is still on the cards.

Hang on while I run that through Google Translate...

Right, the crowd circuit is available. Duh. Old age. And a breaker line is pretty much standard fit these days?

So how's a compact job like #311 piped up for grab/rotator?

Try Blocket, the Swedish classifieds site. Usually a fair few ex-municipal Holders there (often older c500s etc.). Allens near Durham have had a few A60s lately, not sure if they're still selling this one: HOLDER CULTITRACK A60 TURBO for Sale - E W Allen Tractors

A Bob Morrison hunting recurve bow riser, a bowstring jig, and another pair of Bison Bushcraft cargo moleskins. And some Lagavulin.

Fair few trees down here, mainly extending previous windblow pockets. Could have been worse... Was on the archery course at Mellerstain in the central Borders yesterday, nice old estate woodlands with lots of big straight oak, beech &c. Main damage there was to tall SS in a steep valley, over in clumps of 3-5 with linked rootplates. Not a nice clearance job, particularly for the non-pros who were attempting it... Spotted this oak, c.32" dbh, twisted and snapped at c25', the odd(?) thing being there's apparently another older spiral split to L of failure which didn't open up when it went, don't know how normal this is but it says something about the self-healing capacity of trees..

Hi mate, yes, the Sherriff (Deere) workshop in Berwick did a good job, put some extra plate in so it should be solid even if it spends another winter snowploughing the rough tracks here full-time... Thanks again for taking a look, there's a pint in the pump next time you're passing. R.

Yes, scam, and not even the first one using that trailer.

Nice tractor, I've used a Deutz Agrokid which is essentially the same. My workhorse is a Goldoni Star, 70hp VM also with Sigma4 loader, and I really rate small Italian tractors (and loaders, I use a little 20hp Multione around the yard). Like me you've got the track maxed for loader stability and like me, I think, your hub seals have suffered. Replacing is straightforward, but constant loader work isn't really what these were built for. If you sell it you'll miss it. Cheap simple old tractor sounds good, with loader or even 3pl forklift if it's just shuttling pallets.

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Don't fight girls, I've some Husky saws to break too. Anyway, the beers were in but nobody showed up, so I downed the lot.

Well, the Arbtalk Brains Trust nails it again. Virtual drinks all round. Throttle ass'y looked fine, but looked again and when I'd reseated the brass end cap that locates the cable sleeve on the quadrant, I'd apparently jammed a detached bit of the plastic inner coating in front of it, so it was about 3-4mm short of its stop. Sloppy. But not expensive!

Put this back together after a clean, was idling v fast on restart so wound the idle screw down...down...down to the stop, cutting head still spinning at a fair clip. The idle screw is seemingly the only adjustment available on this model - cheapo carb presumably - anything else I can check or is it a new carb? Thx.

Seems a bit overcomplicated to me, why not just run them over with the car like everyone else?

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