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That fella knows his stuff, you shouldn’t go far wrong if you buy from him.

Really impressed with what this thing has shifted in 21 hours. Three arctic loads so approx 75ton. The hauls were between 600 and 1000m round trips. 40m of elevation change but mercifully the steepest bits were empty going up- I know it wouldn’t have made it loaded, it would just be spinning. On slighter hills it wasn’t fazed- really impressed how well this copes with hills compared the my Multione with the same engine. Between 15 to 20 minutes for a round trip, including loading and unloading. Around twenty litres of diesel burnt per day which is just insanely economical. I’ve been blessed with perfect ground conditions and there are pretty much zero marks on site. I’d be the first to admit that this looks like a toy. But it’s actually incredibly efficient on the right job. Gets anywhere, sneaks between trees so you can take a shorter route. I’m really getting the hang of operating it now, starting to look like a pro. Hopefully some more work will come up for it as for the first time in a long time I was actually enjoying operating even after the first four hours in the seat.

You'll be fine on the Honda engines and 99.9% sure you'll be fine on a 2005 Renault van too. If not, who cares? It's a renault van!

@monkeybusiness- are you still open to selling your E27? It's just what this fella needs.

I've owned E26, 2x E27, and had a few goes on an E27z. E26- zero tail but often sold with the extra counterwight which you will need for Arb work. 25hp Kubota engine, auto idle. Usually had the rocker controls for aux and often had the boom offset on the left lever- easy to fit a divertor for rotate. Plastic covers so often looks cleaner than E27/z models that have gotten rusty. E27- replacement for the E26. 25hp Kubota engine. Heavy counterweight now integrated into the frame (big plate of steel underneath) Auto idle. As with E26 usually had fingertip controls and usually sold from new with the second aux divertor fitted. It's not zero tail but is very much compact radius. Nowhere near the arse of a Kubota KX27 but extremely stable- a very good compromise. E27z. Introduced alongside the E27 as a cheaper 'hire' grade machine. 20hp Kubota engine (Yanmar on the newest models). Manual throttle control. Zero tail. Standard spec with pedals for aux and boom swing, often bought as 'arb spec' with rollers and a divert kitted by people trying to save a couple of grand. Doesn't make nearly as good an Arb digger as the E27. Zero tail makes it very noddy, it's cheaper inside the cab, and the missing 5hp from the engine means that it's a good deal slower overall, which is not what you want for repetetive Arb work. The options for the fingertip controls on the aux and the boom slew are called 'comfort package'. Dealers usually spec them on the E27 but often not on the E27z which is sold at a lower price point. The second package for the rotate is called Aux2 and consists of the divertor from the boom slew plus the pipework down the arm. The pipework and divertor is relatively easy to retrofit, but retrofitting the joystick levers is not cost effective as lots of the valve block would need to be replaced too. As an aside, the E26 was re-designed somewhat and is still a current model, it has a very distinctive boom which the cylinder sits inside. They don't sell much in the UK, I've only ever seen one in the flesh at the dealers. I don't know much about this updated model but I'd guess they sit somewhere between the E27 and the E27z. It seems very much superflous. It only has the 20hp engine.

Yes, bit of tube over the nipple into a bottle of water. airline oil dispenser is the bees knees however, especially when it comes to gear oils in tricky to access places.

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Only if past the back wheels 🤣

Which dealer?

Nice!!! what money? get that grab headstock changed to an angled one, world of difference.

None of the above. The g30r was built for McCormick by valpadana. McCormick were a mainstream British tractor manufacturer. The g30r was just a badge engineered model to expand their line up.

There’s a bloke on Facebook looking to sell his e26, very tidy, ready piped. 8 ton and below plant group

What does that equate to in tons? Roughly? Yes only 60 hours on the clock! I'm not full time like you as you might guess 🤣 I saw your log bullet the other year in Wales, I wish I'd stopped for a chat. But the other half is getting fed up of me going up to random people I know from the Internet, she says it's not safe...

First proper day with the LogBullet, 2.5m lengths of birch. Estimates welcome as to much I moved? I’ve no idea.

So a large groundworks firm passing from father to son (yard, diggers and dumpers etc, you know, tools of the trade) should be exempt from IHT also? Also, if you think it’s all to build houses… The government can already compulsorily purchase land for public infrastructure. If they had the will, this could be done for council housing, and you’d not need anything like the amounts of land you’re talking about either.