doobin
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Don't trust Trust. Another example of them simply being out for all they can get. They are salesmen, nothing else. Lying pricks also.
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Good luck. Bat surveys are a licent to print money.
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That’s the odd thing- as mentioned in the posts above, there is no reason it should give issues! A direct lever on the spool block to actuate the aux. Yet it does, and I can’t work out why.
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I didn't realise that about Holmbury! Bastards! Hydraulic fittings are often referred to as '3/8' or '1/2' body but this is a terrible way of doing things and it drives me nuts that people do. Basically, no part of a '3/8" body' quick fitting measures at 3/8". The thread may indeed be 3/8" bsp, but it could just as easily be 1/2" bsp, metric 12L, or 7/8 JIC on the same fitting! Two main standards are used to ID the body- or rather, should be used. Even buying from 'hydraulic specialists' I've had the wrong thing sent. These standards are ISO and DN. For a Sherpa you need to ask for a pair of DN06/ISO10 couplers with a 3/8bsp thread.
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I have no problem with quick connectors on anything other than the damn Sherpa!
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Accumulator. Stores hydraulic oil at pressure, used to supply pressure to the servo levers when the machine is off so you can still lower the boom etc in the event of an engine failure. There isn't one on a Sherpa.
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I have no idea, it's got me stumped also (Sherpa 100). There is no logical reason for it- the auxillary lever is a direct mechanical connection to the spool block, so wiggling that with it off as @AHPPsays should depressurize it. I'd have to disagree with him about pressure left in the implement- so long as you bleed it first, it will not 'build' pressure except possibly in extreme heat. These are tiny lightweight grabs, and any pressure left from not closing the grab fully shouldn't matter when reconnecting (and it shouldn't even be an issue if you bleed it to a relaxed position before disconnection) The problem is more that for some reason the machine doesn't seem to depressurize properly. I've changed the quick connectors from the original to top quality (Hombury). which made a good difference but didn't totally solve it.
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No, they wouldn't fit. Or at least, very unlikely to! Pin centres are different for almost all mini diggers brands and sizes. TB216 isn't the greatest mini digger either. Bit weedy, very erratic slew. Try before you buy.
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I'm in Sussex so £35 less for Derbyshire might well be about the going rate. I've no idea what the going rate here is though, it's just a guess. The going rate was £150 pre covid and even then that wasn't enough.
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Not down any for a long time but got to be £200 upwards I’d say.
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As above. Lowest of the low. Full of desperate tradesmen paying to be the the tenth contractor to bid for a job for a customer who wants everything for nothing. If the job even exists. I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. You'll get far better return from flyering a the street when doing a job in a good neighbourhood.
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It's a little flail arm hedge cutter. Needs some new control cables which I have and will fit one day, plus a bracket making for the tractor to hold the valve block and levers.
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Ash tree with dieback - whose responsibility?
doobin replied to Pidgeonpost's topic in Trees and the Law
What I mean is, common sense isn't common any more! -
Mine was similar, looked like new after 500 hours. With the volume of oil in them and running at relatively low pressure through a little 13hp driven gear pump, the oil is far less stressed than a similar volume running through a triple piston pump on a 20hp mini digger, regardless of how hard we think we are beating the machines 🤣
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Ash tree with dieback - whose responsibility?
doobin replied to Pidgeonpost's topic in Trees and the Law
And pigs will fly!! -
Can someone help to explain the use of a Combi Fuel Can 5 Litre?
doobin replied to handymidi's topic in General chat
Am I the only person who keeps half a dozen 5l cans of mixed 2t petrol and refills them all at the garage at the same time? same with neat petrol but 10 litre cans rather than 5. -
Can someone help to explain the use of a Combi Fuel Can 5 Litre?
doobin replied to handymidi's topic in General chat
I didn’t think there was any other way people did it! -
Can someone help to explain the use of a Combi Fuel Can 5 Litre?
doobin replied to handymidi's topic in General chat
I’ve used the same dispenser bottle for four x 5l bottles now. They do last. -
To be fair it's rarely in my account, but a good line of credit is as good as cash to a dealer- they get their bank transfer either way. It's definitely abused, and super low interest rates for nigh on twenty years is a major reason the country is in such a mess, with vastly inflated asset prices. However, finance has been good for me to grow- I could never have done it without it. You can always sell stuff on finance, you just have to settle the finance before you can receive any balance.
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Out with the log bullet again. By God it was a hot day! I hasten to add that I had nothing to do with the cutting or presentation of this timber!!! A very trying day- lorry should start shifting that pile Monday and I can get the other half done.  
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bloody hell, that was you too? You're splashing the cash currently! Hows the E27 working out, any teething issues? There's always a leak with a new Bobcat! What was the price again in the end? What's the plan for the skidsteer element of the 8MRC then, big grab for shifting timber/brash on site clearance?
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You don’t negotiate by offering cash! You negotiate by saying ‘unless you sharpen your pencil I will buy this brand instead’. Or you say, ok, but only if you throw in extra warranty and five years free finance. there is always a deal to be done on new kit. Salesmen have quotas to meet. Interestingly, this also leads on to cheaper secondhand prices more directly than one might imagine. They’ll take the customers old machine in as a trade in and then rather than sell it again with profit (which would not count towards their sales quota) they’ll sell it to a secondhand dealer for negligible profit, if any. Theres a guy near me who buys a lot like this. He doesn’t need to make silly money and his stuff is always fairly priced- never hangs around long.
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You can’t run dinosaur equipment on grabs, tree shears and the like though, which I suspect is what @JLA1990wants to do. Mecalac are very much a specialist, premium brand. I’m surprised they are having this much trouble, especially with a hitch which is an integral part of them machine- they developed it and have the patent on it.
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I had to read that twice. Are you seriously trying to use money laundering regulations as an excuse for your poor negotiating skills? 😂 Bobcat wanted 37k for an E27 during Covid. I told them to swivel. Post Covid it’s 35k. Down to 32.5k after I presented prices of 31k for cat and yanmar and told them that’s where my money was going otherwise. And then got a five year warranty added free too. Free interest over two years. A member in here (arb digger thread) even more recently bought the same model for a grand cheaper still. Buyers market. CNH now have a tie up with a Eurocomach. Premium machines, previously brought into the uk in very limited numbers by Robustrack. They look nice. Hopefully one day they will do a 2.7t with a tab boom- they already do a 1.9t with one.
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Wheeled or tracked? Tab boom?
