doobin
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That hammer is OK for the money, but I'd take this every time just due to the anti vibration being sooo much better. Ran he Titan type above for years but no going back now. Also feels much more solid in use. Erbauer EBR1750 15.4kg Hex Shank Electric Breaker 220-240V | Breakers & Demolition | Screwfix.com WWW.SCREWFIX.COM Order online at Screwfix.com. Versatile tool with anti-vibration technology, an electric brake and adjustable...
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Veganism isn’t the future, less people are.
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I have that too mate but the air spade is very useful. Often goes out with the E10 for tricky footings where we have to hand dig a bit in heavy clay.
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Have you a link to where VOSA say tree surgery is the same as horticultural? Surely all gardeners should be allowed to run around on red in 10 ton trucks then too?
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The boom to dipper ram/pivot point is designed primarily to bring the boom back in or rather down below the machine. So with that adaptor being used, the geometry is shit. No other word for it. It forces you to have the boom right up high just to achieve an acceptable crowd angle. This could probably be sorted with better adaptor with multiple pin holes, however this would make it more of a manual changeover.
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Tree surgery is NOT forestry.
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Yes, but it really does limit its application as a loader. And I say that as a guy who loves his mini diggers and attachments.
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My mistake. 30mm hex is the Titan type. Or the Erbauer we have (MUCH better anti vibes). They are hard to find, I had to grind mine to make it fit. Chunkier is only better when you are giving it large with a mini digger that's taking all the weight. Three feet down at the bottom of the hole, trying to attack the sides and stop it just sliding to the bottom, you'll wish you had a more accurate chisel. Or an air spade...
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I was mulling that over only last week! I worked out that the main problem is that the boom lift point is right at the front of the machine, whereas on a mini track loader it's towards the back.
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You're right Eddie, a knockabout would be best for skidding. Poor choice of words on my part. I think I'm asking for the impossible to be fair. The job is a large amount of bamboo that needs to be dragged up the garden to the truck. I've got my Tigergrip set direct mount on the micro at the moment, and I'm hoping to be able to grab the bamboo as it stands, then cut it, lift and skid it out and lift it onto the truck the other end. A niche application, and probably yes, a lightweight grab on a knockabout would be best in future. The Intermeccato stuff is very good, but I fear even the small ones are a little heavy for a micro. I'll probably just try the Tigergrip 16 setup for this paticular job and then go from there. I've tested it on brash round the yard and it lifts a damn sight more than a man can drag. Just feels cumbersome even when empty.
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Has anyone used a Kelfri 08? I'll be honest, it looks shit, but I want something to fit on the micro digger to use as mini skidder for tight acces jobs. My Tigergrip 16 is OK, but a bit heavy for it really at 80+KG. I would want to mount direct, no rotator- I can fab this up no bother, although the Kelfri with it's built in rotator mount doesn't look like it'll take a lot of stick used direct even just for lift and carry jobs. Anything else out there? I already have a decent grapple for it, but want something that I can mount so as to give me clamping ability in line with the arm, not crossways.
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Yup. SDS MAX is the best system- the 28mm hex as used on Titan breakers is much chunkier, and far too heavy in my book at longer lengths. That said... if anyone wants to buy a 1m chisel to fit a Titan type....PM me! Pickup only from near Chichester. Subject to me finding it again.?
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I've got the same drill. Handy for certain things, but I found the breaker force pathetic compared to a similar electric machine, and not a patch on the air spade thingy. Also very heavy to use.
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This is the same thing but more expensive https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scheppach-Aero-Spade-Druckluftspaten-6-3b-Air-Hammers-Spade-Druckluftmeisel/392298141326?epid=5019100997&hash=item5b56ca968e:g:BgUAAOSwyExc-9Yg
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It's surprisingly good. Easily as much power as a 10kg breaker (probably a little more) but in a very lightweight format that you can handle like a spade. Really handy bit of kit, we use ours all the time on any footings that need a bit of hand digging. Goes through heavy clay beautifully- turns an hours hand digging into twenty minutes and no effort. We use a 25l /2.5HP compressor and it makes it work hard.. I wouldn't want to use it on a 1.5HP compressor, and I'm hoping the petrol compressor will keep up with it.
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I'd just use a micro digger.
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What you want is the air powered spade thing that Lidl sometimes do. Available on eBay if they don’t have it. need a compressor too but it’s what you need. A breaker is too heavy and it’s hard to find a long point. I’ve tried it but the air spade thing is way better.
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Haha, remember the guy who's signwritten pickup turned up being used by ISIS in Syria with a machine gun in the back on telly a few years ago?
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I always assumed transit/Iveco vans that size were the 5.5t variants. On a truck that size he can only have a 500kg payload at 3.5t!
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You could pay brochure price. But let’s be realistic. Even an ms880 is under a grand. So that’s almost four 880s. Call it a pair or 880s and a pair of 661s. Four big saws, not two as originally claimed. unless... how much off the brochure price will you give off a cs80?
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You must be joking. Surely you mean four or five or six big chainsaws?
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What the heck is the point in the 400 then?
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You mean you were hoping someone would tell you the wood was worth a fortune...?
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At the other end of the scale, today I brutally abused my micro by climbing twenty steps with it, before grubbing out a load of roots, riddling through the soil to get them all out before chucking them ten feet down into the tipper parked below. First proper go with the grab on her, she took it like a champ but by god the foot pedal aux takes some getting used to after being spoilt with all kinds of rollers on my other machines! This micro constantly surprises me with the power it has to offer. Almost like an old school 1.5t, in a tiny package.
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A polite yet firm email with sample rates from a hire company for both a mini digger and a tracked or wheeled loader of some kind should do the trick. Telling them to shove it but politely is a useful skill! Good luck mate.
