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I'm also primarily a 1 man band gardener type, well I was when I bought the Hyundai...I was able to buy it at trade price through a mate of mine, so it cost me exactly £1000 (5 years ago though), Money well spent I'd say!

Hyundai as a company might be South Korean, but I'm pretty certain my Hyundai chipper is pure Chinese! It's a pretty decent machine really, just things like the electric, exhaust and handle show where it's cheap. Having used it for the first time in a year or so last week, I plan to rewire it and build a new axle/tow hitch- its currently so low its basically un towable with anything other than a ride on mower on a flat concrete floor! I was thinking about selling it, but for the few hundred quid it's worth it's too handy!

My 1996 130. Bought as a second/third truck to run with my 2014 VW Crafter van(I'm mainly a lanscaper) and Discovery 3 back in June. Its since replaced the Crafter, and the D3 has been replaced with a D2, I think I just prefer older, simpler stuff.. The very smooth but underpowered 300tdi engine is getting replaced with a td5 lump fairly soon, it'll be running about 180hp so should be a fair upgrade!

I have similar, 1/2 inch compact brushless makita, (had for years, brilliant), big 1/2 makita (well not technically mine, it's on long term loan, loads of grunt but a bit awkward) and I've just got a 12v Milwaukee right angle,haven't really used it much but it'll save the day one day! I should also mention the 12v Milwaukee riveter, 400 odd rivetes per battery, very well made and only £230 with case, battery and charger. The case is big enough to fit the 12v combi drill, 3 batteries, charger and a tape measure which is pretty handy. Bit of a luxury but I was fed up with hand riveters falling apart or needing loads of room to use! I think that when it comes to 18v stuff makita and Milwaukee are pretty even but in the 12v stuff Milwaukee are miles ahead.

I do, yes. It doesn't get used that much, but when it does it's very handy. It's mainly used on landscaping jobs so I've not used it much on soft ground, but I've used it on jobs where its moved full grab lorrys worth of stuff over grass without too much trouble or mess. You can get a dual wheel kit for them I think, which should make a difference On yesterday's job we were putting the logs in it that the little chipper couldn't deal with, probably saved 15 trips to the truck!

The Hyundai had its first outing for 18 months, worked perfectly and saved a ton of effort today. It says a lot that I had my 6 inch Tunnisen being used out the front of the job, but I was quite happy using this out the back. No dragging, no chip to take away, less mess.

Nice spec, I need to ask the price to get a thumb added to my E19 quote- I was using my Dads 3/4 tonner to dig a drive the other week and trying to get odd shaped lumps of concrete a skip was really boring after years with a thumb on my 1.5 ?? Good one, might as well keep it if you can???

Very nice, is that to replace the Cat or are you keeping that too??? The bobcat dealer I've been emailing was very quick and helpful?

Wow, that's a longggg wait! Thanks for the heads up. I still need to contact other manufacturers, I'll make more of a point of questioning lead times! Hopefully the e19 arrived ok?

Full wet bed for me, 5 soft, 5 sharp, 1/2 bag of cement. Up to this autumn I've preferred wet mix 2, 2 1 soft, sharp cement pointing but the new brush in regardless of the weather jointing mixes are what I'm using now, as I dont loose time if its raining, and they do make a nice crisp finish, especially on single colour paving??

BLook for something slightly unusual would be my advice, can be better value for money, I bought a Lamborghini 950 (same as a Same, similar to a Hurliman/deutz) this year, 11k, with a loader, great condition, lots of buttons for its age? Or go the other way and buy something really common so you can get a real clear idea of the price?? Either way buy on condition not 'toys' or blindly following a particular make?

If you can get a 5 ton digger in you'll have no problems, boards and fence post rollers will help it move easier and protect the ground. I work with a couple of engineers positioning/removing generators and what you can do with a roller pole and a pry bar is amazing ?? I've got to site a 20 ft fully clad/insulated/lined shipping container for some customers in a couple of weeks, that's going to be interesting ??

I'll go for the shorter arm, every bit of maneuverability helps getting into some jobs, when you've got the arm slewed over and stuck in the air to get round a corner in an alleyway! Plus we're all guilty of being a bit greedy when handling timber with a digger! I'll try and find the performance pack, thanks. As far lead times go, they just said it will be next year, I wouldn't have expected it to be this year. I'm not too fussed about when it arrives, unless its absolutely ridiculous.?

Sorry I quoted the wrong post.

I got a nice speedy reply from bobcat, I asked about the extra counterweight, updated track motors, apparently that’s not something they can do??!? I need to work out wether something on that list covers the roller switches as well, but it’s a promising start. Ah, I think the rollers are in the comfort pack?

The tackeuchi spec does seem a bit low, luckily we have a dealer that we know and have used before in town here so I can just pop in and ask? the bobcat dealer website has certainly been the easiest to use I’ve found ? I should probably do some paying work now?

I've just made a list of names and numbers of companies who look like they might be able to help, Rapidpumps look like my first option, thanks??

Rapidpumps, I'll add that to my list. Thanks.

That's a hell of a wait! E19, so I guess its around 1.9 ton without the extras? Sounds like just the right spec for me too, canopy with extras? I dont use it a huge amount but I would plan on keeping it 10 years if I bought brand new, probably 3-400 hours a year, I've got 5 years and about 5 or 600 hours out of my old kubota. For me it's not about the hours the machine does, its the hours it saves- like my wheeled loader has only done 40 hours in a year☺️☺️, but that would have been hundreds of hours on a mini digger or thousands by hand!! Although if I had a brand new machine I'd be happier to look for more site work for it. Did you go through Bobcat to get your quote or a local dealer? I haven't had a quote for repair yet, new ones have been quoted at £2700 plus vat and delivery (wtf, a £1 bolt comes with free delivery, so does a big heavy track that's only £200, but a £3k 10kg pump you get charged for?). That's a non starter as the digger was only £5400 5 years ago! I'm hoping to find a repair for a hell of a lot less, but good point about moving it on due to contamination ? Thanks?

Anyone know of any good deals going on new 2 ton ish machines at the moment? Would be nice to be able to choose what I want, rather than hunting down second hand machines, get a warranty, fixed costs etc. I'm struggling to get a sensible replacement price for the hydraulic pump on my kubota kx36-3 and I'm thinking of upgrading instead- the costs of the replacements I've been quoted plus what I think I'd get for it would as is would make a decent deposit. Although if anyone has any suggestions of where to get a good value replacement/rebuild I'd be grateful! ?

I couldn’t really tell you to be honest. For splitting and the dirty site work that mine get used for it’s not really necessary for them to be that sharp, as long as the are roughly the right profile! ? I do know that when I have sharpened them they certainly take an edge nicely, knife sharp with out much effort ?

I’ve got fiskars X axes in about 5 sizes, from the x10 hatchet up to the x27. The x27 and x21 get the most use, living in the log shed. The rest live in various toolboxes and vehicles for using on sites. I use The x27 for breaking down the big/hard stuff and the x21 for most splitting. The X21 and x25 are probably the best sizes for felling and delimbing, but it’s been a long time since I used any axe for that!!

I finally got my dads mf35 put back together which meant I had enough space to get our 3 old tractors parked undercover and tidily ??

After 10 years of buying LED Lensers higher priced offerings and finding they’ve gone down hill - getting far too clever, too many settings, less robust, elastic not as good, on/off switch too sensitive so it turns itself on in the truck- I bought 2 petzal tikkas last weekend. £17 each, simple, nice tight elastic, 1 button, just like the first led one I had 20 years ago, but a bit brighter???

Theres quite a good group on Facebook called Same, Lamborghini, hurliman tractors on Facebook, someone on there would probably give you a lead.?