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Eddie I don’t want a telehandler. i want the duck so can load 8 wheelers / dig and also use it as a pseudo telehandler. Saves me buying a 13 ton digger and a telehandler is my thinking

I should have mentioned it will he only used on building sites. Maybe with a crane boom attachment it would have the height to lift trusses on. from my rudimentary research I think the English market is not going to have any so which euro country will be best ? Germany? also I think will need to up the budget a bit.

this. https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/one-man-and-his-komatsu-rubber-duck http://www.earthmoversmagazine.co.uk/english-owneroperator-swedish-approach/ Now to learn about rubber ducks, the wife things ive finally lost it after i mentioned im researching rubber ducks!

I do like the jcb hydradig with the double knuckle setup. Wonder what they like on the mud. being able to drive it on the road is a major plus.

So, we were having a discussion about replacing a telehandler with a digger that has similar reach and lifting capacity. 6m min and a ton at full extension. Would need a tilt on it and pallet forks etc i think it would be a more flexible tool than a straight telehandler. For example exact placement of pallet loads without shunting about. help loading out block and beam , loading out scaff with blocks/bricks etc unloading lorries. pro’s multi use faster work rate cons not as much reach can’t use on road slower loading - maybe so my question (Eddie!) what would be the smallest footprint digger that could do this, what make / model . We will be replacing a telehandler next year but if I can sell the pro outweighing the cons It could work. budget 25-30k + vat

good luck with sale. Equipment aside I would expect maybe £2-3k for the goodwill side. one man bands are just not worth any money unfortunately.

typical council lunatics. Send them a bill for your time under Section 1 of Paul Bunyon 2018. It will have the same amount of legal force.

damn these Nivara's are tough!

No consequences, your rules. I'll start off, benefits only paid 10 months a year. The other 2 months they goto 40% taxpayers.

yes you can its fine. When you record the purchase on your books, mark it paid and add it to the account 'Your cash' or similar to make it easy to keep tabs. I can 100% recommend www.clearbooks.co.uk it does it all for you.

we have the 5 tonner JCB ex hire (green paint you know the ones) we had it 4 years now and its still great. Daily abuse on site and no faults as yet. Only call out we had, it wouldnt turn over one morning. Tried everything filters, fuel. The mechanic arrived on site and saw the hammer line was on in the cab so the engine was pushing against the pump when trying to start. Flicked this off and she started right up. Couple red faces that morning.

Why is this eddie ? Had to demo a house and borrowed the 13 tonner from the farm and bugger me i really missed the blade. I took the oppertunity to clean up some ditches where my 3 tonner didnt have the reach and it annoyed me no end I couldnt level the machine with the blade on a slope. I couldnt live with it if it was mine, do blades come as an option ?

a couple for £5k https://www.buddplant.co.uk/used-dumpers-for-sale

Would only buy a high tip version. My muck truck was great (before it got stolen) bu having to carry ramps so could load the tipper got boring real fast. The hinowa 1100 is great.

I helped a friend of mine (window cleaner) setup a dead easy way to keep his customers updated. Like most folks nealry all of them txt him and vice versa. So when he needs to send the same message to all of them it took him ages. I signed him up with a cheapo online txt service (there are loads we used fastsms.co.uk). Next was the painfull bit, we created an email contact on his PC for every person off his phone, the email format is [email protected]. This took a while but only has to be done once and them kept upto date with new customers. Now the easy bit, he is off on hols for two weeks and needs to let them all know. He starts a new email and BLIND BCC adds all the contacts from the step above. Adds the message and hits send. Job done 322 txt's are sent immedialty. Took him less then 2 mins. Obviously this has marketing options for you wood choppers to keep your customers up to date / christmas sales etc so thought id mention it. https://fastsms.co.uk/solutions/email-to-sms.html

planning laws. created to protect buildings that were built long ago when there were no planning laws.

found the invoice, it was £2900+vat. only weighs 500kg which is important as the digger is a fat old girl with bucket and tilt.

im not sure as it came with the digger, its an Indespension Alumax. Very well built. I think it would take double the weight to be honest.

tipper is 3.5tonner, alumax trailer is 500kg, digger is 3 ton.

thanks eddie, they not far from us as well.

funny you should mention a DIY counterweight. I'm in the middle of having it made now, the digger has mounting holes already. I'm thinking about 300 - 350 KG does that sound about right for a 3 tonner or should I go 250-300 ? My plan is for a wrap around steel 'bumper' and fill it with lead (melt and pour) so it doesnt protrude too far and as narrow enough to miss the blade and allow the service door to open. Here you can see them, the black bumper is what is being replaced

You make a good point there eddie. Im running S40 and have the auto hitch as well running of a trigger which is bloody great time saver. As the kx040 is so new I'm having trouble getting a counterweight but it will definately be less bronco with one. I've had her on a heap loading an 8 wheeler and full stretch which you need to dump into an 8 wheeler she is rocking and bucking a fair bit. You do get used to it but the H & S bloke would shit a brick if he saw it. As far as trenching, I could drop the tilter unit off and put the whites hitch on but I just dig all my trenches in 600 now. If I did miles of 6" then it would be different but I dont. I also got an augertorque unit and run it off the rotate circuit for post hole/stump planing. It has just the right amount of flow, not too fast and not too slow. The claw on it is too powerfull to be honest, I had some 8" stumps and it just disintegrated them. Crazy strong. A word of warning though you can hit the cab if your not carefull as the tilty extends the length of the arm just enough.

i had ex demo engcon with a grab fitted on my kx030-4 and you wont get change from £10k Great bit of kit but it is bloody heavy so you will need weight on the back. Also bear in mind if you do trenching the narrowest you will be able to dig is 600mm as the tilt is 580 wide. The engcon buckets are the best ive used as well, they have slightly difference geometry than stricklands ones. You get more in with each scoop and its easier to dig with them if you know what i mean. In near worcester if you want to come and have a play on it.

cash! do monthly vat. it doesnt build up then.

sodium chrlorate is very very good but also banned for a while now and cant be legally sold.