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Thread redirection! Finally bolted our extension together along with a subframe extension. Cut some weatherboard to test it- perfect cut with no deviation.

I would imagine the seals in the injection pump area refers to the wire threaded through all the adjustment bolts and crimped with a Kubota seal- tamper evident.

Then just open them up and measure them to order them.

Looks like such a two bob operation I wouldn't waste your time.

The only machines that collect reasonably in the wet are the fan assisted ones, be that the Kaaz pedestrian design or a fan vaccum collector behind a compact tractor. Even then it's not great, but sometimes needs must!

Any decent hydraulic repair shop will be able to reseal for you. They are not too massive to courier either.

I really, really like that. You get so much more interesting and better value machines in the Nordic countries. What money? Will it suit your work?

And if you're complaining about a lack of power, how much worse will the 26hp version be??

All set for a couple of hours flailing for a local farmer prior to him fencing. The offset flail is a bit of a pig to set up as you have to change the hydraulic link to a solid one as not enough spools and adjust the link arms too but it’s very quick and agile once it’s on- makes it easy to get right up to the hedge and along banks. I leave the head angle on the float setting, it does a grand job.

No, yours is the full fat version and turbo to boot.

You've got to be realistic- you're a very limited market. Quite possible the only one. Find yourself a knowledgeable sparky and install an invertor, or even just get a nice silent 3 phase generator. I can recommend this- BISON WHISPER 10KVA DIESEL GENERATOR - Warrior Welders WWW.WARRIORWELDERS.COM The Bison Mark II Generator is a very reliable air-cooled, single-cylinder, portable, open-framed diesel generator... I have the single phase version and the power it puts out is incredible. Welds as good as the mains from my 250 amp single phase MIG. Phil Weeks knows his onions.

I can live with 2-3 litres per hour. I knew DW are expensive but figured it was like Kanga- stupidly expensive in the UK (check out Redband UK for prices on a Kanga that won't even lift high enough to load a Transit!) but not so much in the States or Aus where they are very common. I was thinking it would be around £20k new. Either way it's a solid, rebuildable bit of kit.

I'm hoping it's just one motor or pump, and a £300-400 rebuild! Gremlins are coming out, she's starting to run rough. Bloody carbs.

Give me a diesel engine for this kind of application any day! The petrol ones won't last half as long.

100% legit. Nice guy, had it from new. Does screw piles etc. Also runs Bobcat, but much older models than me. We had a coffee and talked shop for a good hour. I actually paid £5k, but it came with a Digga PD3 which is a larger auger than my current motors which will be good on the backhoe- up to 115 litres/min. So I'm allowing a grand for that in my head and hence the loader owes me £4k. That's good to know, I couldn't find a cost comparison. It's a 2011, hour clock not working. I figured even with rebuilding a pump or motor, it was the same price as a very old Opico Skidster so I couldn't really loose - @dumperis always telling me I need a tracked loader so maybe that'll keep him quiet 😆

I can run my 38hp tractor with stump grinder on 25-30 litres of red for a day of hard grinding. So that's £22-28! Diesel has always been cheaper for the HP than petrol (even when leaving red out of it and just comparing petrol with DERV). The upfront cost of a diesel engine was always slightly more, and the emmissions bollocks is what's really killed it- I was told around £6k on the cost of Euro 4 engine with DPF etc vs the same HP at Euro 3. Hence the big switch to petrol engines- but there's no way these will last as long as a diesel. Now Arb is OK on red again I think we will see a surge of sales of diesel kit as people swallow the extra emmisions costs so they can run red.

Same as Dingo, Toro and Vermeer as I understand it. Very commom in the States and Aus. Actually a very similar design to Avant but a touch wider.

So will the Sherpa. Guess the Yanks don't care as gas is so cheap! 🤑

One bucket, but an hours machining of the backplate will see Sherpa attachments drop on. It's exactly the right size, just needs the tipping pin welded in or a roll in through the clevis rather than the current big fat washer and bolt in order to allow clearance for the two middle hooks. The plate is a mil or two too thick so either grind or do a nice job with a 20mm endmill.

Fk me, just ‘up to five hours operation’ from 28 litres of petrol 🤦‍♂️ are they really that bad on juice?

Yeah, I’m thinking it will be a halfway house between my Sherpa and multione. Will see if it comes in handy for any jobs and if not then move it on.

Nope, sticking to pto for stone burier!🤣

Little Sherpa has a friend! Picked this up cheap at £4k- think I will need to get a pump or motor refurbed as one track is lazy and the pump for it squeals when you push it. It’s not been looked after, so I gave it a a steam off and a service straight away. Amazingly I had the right filters for engine and hydraulic on the shelf. The pins and bushes have no, and I mean no, wear in them- it’s well built. came with one bucket, but with an hour of machining on the headstock and a dab of weld, all my Sherpa attachments will fit straight on! Its a 20hp petrol Kohler- that’s gonna hurt to run, I can tell 🤣 Still, cheap enough to test the concept. It’s an animal in the dirt, really pushes compared to the Sherpa, although the lazy track means I can’t get its full potential from it yet. Apparently it’s got 42l/min flow, so will be a good carrier for the log splitter or maybe even the trencher. Not tested lift capacity properly yet but I’d guesstimate almost double of the Sherpa. what would one of these new cost, £20k?

It’s not on a chipper. Yes, the pulleys have been changed on later chippers to compensate for the lack of power aftwr euro 4 emmisions.

There's no replacement for displacement. The little engines are overly complicated and it's not for youre benefit- it's just to be able to actually pull the skin off a rice pudding whilst meeting emmisions regulations.