doobin
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I really don't see a problem with that when you charge hourly (sounds like you did there?). You should put the hours and mileage on the invoice, it's only polite. If you put a chainsaw in for a repair and they gave it back and just said 'fixed, £230 plus VAT please', I bet you'd complain. What boils my piss is when they ask for a breakdown (of the price) of a quoted job, or a quote for a job.
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No, it takes ages to warm up to the point where it works, and it fades in and out a bit - sometimes top speed, sometimes not. Only 94 hours on the clock!! Pulls strong up hills once warm. I did did follow the purge procedure as it’s been stored for over a year, but come this morning after working ok and there’s nothing at the pedal again. Belts all ok.
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My only advise to those who employ people on the dole would be to make sure that your employers liability is up to date... people like that also tend to be the sort who might suddenly get a bit of a twinge in their back when they need a few extra quid if you know what I’m saying. Steve, did you get another quote?
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Transaxle issues are rare? There’s a laugh. Just spent half an hour reading up upon the problems with the k46 transaxle and how Deere being cheap and specifying the wrong oil and no drain plug is behind failures at 100 hours!!
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I try to make profit so I don't have to work 14 hour days anymore. Wish I'd realised sooner.
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I used to think like that. Then I realised that you need to make profit to get anywhere in business. What godforsaken place are you in where a wagon driver will even turn up for £65, let alone take away 4 tons and bring the stone? 10mm recycled aggregate is for pipe bedding, not a base. A base needs the perfect amount of fines to bind properly. Recycled type 1 is about £20 a ton here in the south and to be honest virgin type one is only a few quid more and far more consistent. I own my own diggers and keep materials in bulk loose in my yard. Still wouldn’t dream of doing a job as cheap as that.
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Just picked up a John Deere X165 for cheap. Bag kit isn't too much money- does anyone know how well they pick up with a high lift bag? Or am I best to fit a mulch kit?
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Plus muckaway, plus materials, plus profit (it's not a dirty word you know) Spons outdoor works 2018 says £65/m for Marshalls single size blocks 60mm thick laid upon a proper sub base 150mm thick. Includes excavations. So that's £1170 for 18m2 Kerbs are £22/m for a header course- call it 9m? £198. £1368. Plus vat. Hope that helps.
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What model bobcat is that and which grab? How do you find it?
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Bugger me, I thought crofters were poor folk? ?
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I wish certain people around here would get pulled for taking the piss with tractors.
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Still 2500 hours and only 7-8k less than new.
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£27k with hitch and buckets. Top end of the market, but with 0% that gives me 4k to play with that would otherwise go on interest.
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Fully agree re ZTS- the Bobcat E27 is the CTS version of the E27z with an extra 3KW (1.3l engine compared to 1l) and huge spec- 3 and 5.1km/hr on tracking, rollers for aux lines and boom swing, 24KN breakout, 3.2m dump height, and...currently 5 years 0%!!! Watch this space...
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Yes, all 2.5 tonners have either 15 or 18kw engines now due to Euro 4 or 5 and the need to keep them under the limits at which add blue is needed. The Volvo I like the build quality of, but it's now only 14.8 KW sadly...
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Is yours the dx27 or the dx27z? How old? Edit- just worked it out. The dx27z is the only one they do, and it’s different from any of the new bobcat ones. Looks like the e10, e17 and e19 have doosan equivalents but then the dx27z has a yanmar engine rather than kubota, and less spec than the bobcat e27z. The bobcat e27 has a bigger engine than either and much more power.
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Used a £14 carb in a TS410 for over a year with no issues.
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That's worrying. What Yanmar are you comparing it to? For the money you'd think it would be the mutts nuts- the E27 is one of the more expensive machines on the market. How much did you pay? Edit- I've just checked the specs, and on paper the Bobcat E27 has more bucket force, substantially more dipperstick force for the same max reach, more dump height and slightly faster tracking. The only place it gives ground to the Yanmar is a slightly slower slew, but if that translates to slew torque then the above makes it sounds like it would make a better arb digger for handling timber and loading fires.
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Can't see that it's a dedicated aux pump? Spec says your normal two variable pumps plus gear pump- same as all other machines these days. Bloody heavy too, and Kubotas are a magnet for pikeys. Still, I might call for a price for the high spec model with two lines.
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What do people think is the best 2.x class machine for arb work currently? I want the ones with the larger engines, loads of aux flow and a proper counterweight. Bobcat E27? Yanmar SV26? Planning on fitting it with 2 lines and an Intermecato Tigergrip 16SR4 with rotator.
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Wait for the first sign of dead tips and submit it to them as ash diesback, citing the vast swathes that are being felled roadside for that reason. Insert other media
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You could make up a clamp on bracket, using dome and cup washers (which are expensive!) to allow for the fact that the two edges of the boom aren't parallel. Lot more work compared to welding though, and a risk of denting the boom material) Welding is much quicker and easier, and doesn't devalue an old machine like that in any way. Easy enough to cut off, grind flat and paint if you wanted to remove it.
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^ Well he's making that look hard. Might do better if he put his blade down too.
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Well I joined the club today with purchase of an 'LTS' brand 15HP machine. All these Chinese jobbies are much the same, so I went for the lowest price I could find after viewing a YouTube video for the same thing in diffent colours. At a cheeky offer of £1120 inc VAT it seemed a bargain. I was about to buy the trailed Jansen type from an Italian company, but I found this cheaper and wasn't all that keen on a wide axle and tow bar that wasn't road rated. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PETROL-GARDEN-CHIPPER-SHREDDER-ELECTRIC-START-NEW-15-HP-2-year-warranty/312567431128?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Should be fine for landscaper type use. It didn't want to feed some old dry ash (bounced around in the hopper), but some bushy holly flew through- very impressed. Will be great for small hedge removals etc.
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My micro goes down to 710 mm, but my 1.7t only to 990 IIRC. I really want a 2.7t too.
