Bought two sanys - have I gone mental?

[DaveDCB]

That was a lifetime ago!!

Just shows how much things have gone up in 10 yrs, I must have thought them too expensive back then as I never got myself a new one even at that price!

 

[doobin]

In 2013 a new cat 302.4 with a cab was 22k … just to really upset you

A yanmar sv26 cabbed was 23.5k at the start of covid, so that cat sounds very expensive for back then.

 

[DaveDCB]

Thus my second reply regarding it being too expensive

 

[Gunners]

A yanmar sv26 cabbed was 23.5k at the start of covid, so that cat sounds very expensive for back then.

I remember when Mars bars were 20p

 

[Canal Navvy]

2p for a roll of polo mints

 

[Vinpetrol]

2p for a roll of polo mints

Someone who isn’t Druid must be older than me !

 

[kabin man]

 

[V8Druid]

in '76 you could get 5 pints of beer and change for a quid

 

[6feetdown]

I remember when Mars bars were 20p

A can of coke 11p!

 

[Quattromike]

Yes but do you also remember £1.65 per hour wages

 

[Bucket on wheels]

1976 did you get 10 pcs Smørbukk 2 X 2 Cm large toffee for 0,08£
2023 will you get 1 pcs for 0,23£

In 1995 When I was in UN service one liter of vodka Absolut cost 2,72£ in the camp px
In 2023 in Norway 0,7 liter of vodka Absolut will set your back 26,58£

 

[Bob]

I must be bloody old a gallon of petrol 4 shillings and 6d = 23p in new money when I first had a car , hourly rate on Drott 6s 4 d, first job when I left school £2 per 40 hr week

 

[V8Druid]

I must be bloody old a gallon of petrol 4 shillings and 6d = 23p in new money when I first had a car , hourly rate on Drott 6s 4 d, first job when I left school £2 per 40 hr week

I can recall half a gallon of petrol for me 'field bike' was half a crown (12.5p) when I was 13

 

[Canal Navvy]

Saturday morning treat was to go down into town with the old man to fill the tank or a fivers worth whichever came first.
Ration coupons came into it too I think

 

[Canal Navvy]

Saturday morning treat was to go down into town with the old man to fill the tank or a fivers worth whichever came first.
Ration coupons came into it too I think

Although quite what this has to do with the purchase of two Sanys I've already forgotten

 

[doobin]

Although quite what this has to do with the purchase of two Sanys I've already forgotten

Good practice for @Lee - in years to come, when he slips the grandchildren £50k each to spend down the sweet shop, he can tell them “You know, I bought not one but two diggers with this back in 2023!”

 

[Lee]

They don’t make em like they used to might become a theme!

 

[Lee]

Good practice for @Lee - in years to come, when he slips the grandchildren £50k each to spend down the sweet shop, he can tell them “You know, I bought not one but two diggers with this back in 2023!”

I’m hoping I’m telling them in 2023 you could buy a digger for 16k and it could yield 50k in three years…we’ll see how that goes

 

[Lee]

Both been out this weekend 24hrs on the cabbed 12 on the other and all seems well apart from stupid emergency stop button position. Needless really so I’ll take them off as customers knock them then don’t know why it won’t start, fuel guage is shite…electric readout alternates so you don’t always see it. A straight forward dial would have suited better, and brand snobbery…hadn’t really thought about it but first self drive said I was expecting a bobcat! I said hopefully you won’t need a call out on this one and the paint will still be on it when I get back.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Both been out this weekend 24hrs on the cabbed 12 on the other and all seems well apart from stupid emergency stop button position. Needless really so I’ll take them off as customers knock them then don’t know why it won’t start, fuel guage is shite…electric readout alternates so you don’t always see it. A straight forward dial would have suited better, and brand snobbery…hadn’t really thought about it but first self drive said I was expecting a bobcat! I said hopefully you won’t need a call out on this one and the paint will still be on it when I get back. View attachment 46804

Might be a big ask lee but it would be good to see how the life of these 2 progress through self drive hire .