Slicer Dicer
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But wouldn't there than be loads of empty properties in cities. They're being filled by someone which is probably why people are struggling to find anywhere to rent...
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Correct. But with small machines weight is normally the issue at far reach unless your just fiddling around with small stuff. A thumb whill still get things up to a few meters in height which is ample for most applications. If the OP is running a 1.7 I'm confident he'll get more weight up to height with a thumb than a grab. All whilst being more durable, half the cost of the grab and always on the machine when he needs it. I have a thumb machine, fixed grab machine and a rotating grab so I'm not just biasing the thumb because that's all I have which is generally what a lot of people do when they're trying to defend theyre own gear.🤣
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Everywhere I go there is collosal amounts of housing being whacked up. Who is suddenly filling these new houses and where were they before is what I want to know? Sure immigration won't help but are they the ones who would normally move in to a 3 bedroom new build in Cornwall for example? Aside from that where has the massive demand come from? More divorces? More people living alone?
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These pictures highlight why for me a thumb will always win when it comes to getting the maximum lift and height capacity out of a machine whilst maintaining a degree of mechanical sympathy to it. 2 rocks both similar in weight. Look how far the grab rock hangs below the dipper pin whereas with with the thumb the rock is more or less level with it- a considerable diffence in lift height on a small machine. In order to get the grab rock into a dumper I have to lift the dipper much further out to get the height subjecting the grab and bracketry to a horrible angle and also more stress on the slew with it being further reach with that kind of weight in in. The thumb holds the weight much nicer closer into the machine and gets more lift height as a result
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You will I think love the thumb for general farm work. I'd favour an RSL grab myself over the JB or similar design. The JB ones are quite wide and feel more cumbersome out on the end, the RSL ones are same width as dipper and pretty much indestructible.
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Definitely this. If your chucking brash around you'll get alot more in a bucket and thumb combo. But that's likely more favourable if brash raking and scrub clearance where bulk shifting of material is required . Arb work being more organised and refined by its nature a grab is very good at precision stuff. Tbh there's nothing I can't do with a thumb that I can with grab but grabs articulation can be more preferable for certain tasks. As said if your needing to do anything with a bucket too than it's always there when you need it. A grab is another thing to take in the trailer and time will be spent taking it on and off when it's not needed. 6 of one half a dozen of the other . ...
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Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
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Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
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It does make me laugh with the current coffee culture. I'm sure 20 years ago instant coffee was far more commonplace and accepted. But now everyone (including me) is quite snobby about the quality of coffee yet quite happy to dunk a 2p tea bag in a cup of water and call it tea. You can't beat a pot tbh, I like 2teaspoons of black mixed with 1teasoon of lapsang soushong. Although only do that in Sundays now as they reckon lapsang is carcinogenic🤦. My gran drank the stuff everyday and lived well into her 90s so can't be too bad I guess -
Oh it didn't happen the second time I tried it!
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And when you scroll it off screen and come back to it 10secs later they've all turned face down again🤔
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Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
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I Always take my own flask. A liter of brewed coffee is normally enough for the day.I don't really do domestic work anymore but remember when I did it got to the stage where the quality of hot beverages coming out was so poor and not always that hot either- plus it never seemed to come out the right time. -
I have the RSL ones. They're very strong and are the same width as dipper so doesn't get in the way on any other operations. You see some thumbs that are quite wide but there isn't much benefit for this and in fact makes it more prone to having twisting forces against it. it's incredible how much of a "lump" can be lifted with. A dedicated fixed grab has more benefit in the sense that you can articulate the whole grab and work in closer to the machine. A thumb does have a sweet spot in the distance out from the machine where it works best due to geometry, but I always find I want a bucket on and I want to grab too so its the most convenient solution for me- when I'm using just the proper grab theres alot more changing over attachments .
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Stacking timber with a small machine and no rotator is all about working strategically. Work in parallel to the timber stack etc or using the offset boom to get it how you want it. As doobin said its not a forwarder but it will happily stack up timber all day long. I'm a big fan of a hydraulic thumb myself for general purpose work. I can stack timber, rake and grab brash, move rocks around etc and it's always there when I need it, is very robust if you go for the right one and costs little. It's a superb tool for grubbing out and moving stumps etc too. I have a few intermercato fixed grabs and a larger rotating grab but if I only had one it would be the thumb purely for versatility and convenience👍
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I have 4 diggers and yes I'd like one of them to be tilty equipped for the right jobs but equally would want the other 3 to remain as they are. I want maximum lift and height capacity and wouldn't want to sacrifice any break out force either so for me it's all about having the right machine for the job. I have a Kinshofer rotating grab on biggest machine I have and the rotator does not like pulling big boulders around etc so think an engcon would suffer same problem.
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Also having been to Sweden many times. They will bring in a 16 ton duck with a tilty to dig over some flower beds. The amount of council work done there where they have used a sledgehammer to crack a nut so to speak is impressive but not always necessarily terribly efficient in my eyes🤣
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All depends on application though. They're pretty expensive which is fine if the work warrants the extra efficiency but for alot of bulk forestry/agri work etc they are of little benefit, in some cases a hindrance and therefore no point paying for a machine equipped with one.
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Yes this is mine it's the TG16 light selector grab they call it I think more for general purpose work than timber handling but far stronger than it looks I have to say.
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I have 2 fixed intermacato. I give them shit. Pulling roots out, levering boulders than I can just fit in side the grab etc, how I haven't managed to bend one yet is beyond me. quite surprised it bent so easily. But mine is has all the tines plated together so couldn't happen like that...
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That looks great👍. My only possible concern it that with that stack height with the tilt hitch on the knocker is creating a fair bit of leaverage on the dipper ram, and just twist int the stack too. Has that got the standard quick hitch on too?
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Mod stuff pretty good for the money but I have gone to these now. Warmer for machine work, waterproof enough for the amount of rain I want to be out in, I get annoyed with zips getting jammed with mud so pullover suits me well. Just cut the hoods off as they're a pain https://activeweargroup.com/regatta-tactical-threads-tactical-hi-vis-bomber-jacket-tra316-p1204
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The house in Devon- if you look at Google Street view (taken 9 years ago) the house actually looks pretty tidy and presentable from the outside- you wonder what could have happened to allow it to get so bad. Average house price in that street is £200k. There's 5 rooms in that house and reckon you could get things fairly orderly for say £12k a room. £60k, let's say £80k for contingencies. Still could leave a decent return for an investor.
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Spot on. My father in law had a lovely 3 bed country house in Sweden, sold it for around £80k but the reality is nearest small town is half an hour away and the only thing there is folk who like a drink.
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Phew thats a relief- I was up all night worrying what Petzones stance on it all was..
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Wouldn't the taxes gained be outweighed by the cost to NHS in smoking related illnesses? Genuine question- I'd love to see a cost analysis. I pro anything that discourages any form of smoking/vaping, can't fathom why you'd want to do it or subject yourself to another level of unnecessary risk to health, but then I like a drink here and there so who am I to point the finger😂
