Happenings in hiluxmans world 🤪

[hiluxman]

I've a lovely old s type jag, if anyone fancies a project. Needs work on cills and an out rigger.

 

[hiluxman]

Any one guess the weight of green waste removed from here. Aprox 350sqm.

 

[6feetdown]

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Any one guess the weight of green waste removed from here. Aprox 350sqm.

1.3 ton

 

[TiltyShaun]

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Any one guess the weight of green waste removed from here. Aprox 350sqm.

You smashed it all to bits with a flail and through some soil other it!! None!!

 

[hiluxman]

1.3 ton

580kg altogether. I was expecting 1t ish.

 

[hiluxman]

You smashed it all to bits with a flail and through some soil other it!! None!!

If only lol. I'm not equipped like that and there's no entrance bigger than a micro.
Fair old run all up hill out of the job too, so the lesser spotted muck truck came out of hibernation.

 

[hiluxman]

Hired this for today of a fellow I know, not a bad machine and was quite stable on the steep ramp (which I didn't take any pics of).

Was just the right size for today's job. Builders had been in before and hired a dx27 but it just wouldn't reach.

 

[hiluxman]

Current happenings...

dug out for the ring beam

put a suit on for first time in many years

had heart attack at price of these step units. £65 per tread and £57 per riser

 

[hiluxman]

Well the muck truck came out to play again.

Stump ground out and little footing dug as per the builders instructions.

Been playing on a 432 again....I do keep thinking about having one again but hiring suits at the moment

Our other builder is happy now the foundations are completed as you can tell by his little face.

 

[DaveDCB]

He’s abit keen to be starting the plumbing isn’t he @hiluxman ?

 

[hiluxman]

He’s abit keen to be starting the plumbing isn’t he @hiluxman ?

Hes a twisted firestarter .

 

[hiluxman]

One of my good customers asked if I'd do a job for them....however its way out of my area. So I said yes if they organised a machine as I'm not dragging mine that distance.

Got there today to find a few weeks old kobelco sk26.

Not done much with it so far. So I'll reserve judgment on it yet.

 

[doobin]

One of my good customers asked if I'd do a job for them....however its way out of my area. So I said yes if they organised a machine as I'm not dragging mine that distance.

Got there today to find a few weeks old kobelco sk26.

Not done much with it so far. So I'll reserve judgment on it yet.

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Civils firm round Southampton runs boatloads of them. Some larger machines with knuckle booms too- a blast from the past!

 

[hiluxman]

Civils firm round Southampton runs boatloads of them. Some larger machines with knuckle booms too- a blast from the past!

Only driven an old 8t kobelco so this is first of the newer stuff I've tried.

Nice and smooth on the levers and quick enough, everything tight, which you'd expect on a machine with only 90 hours on.

Still laid out in the cab like an old Japanese machine.

Not keen on the extra step in the cab floor created by the sliding door runner. Has a few big blind spots with cab frame.

Plenty of leg room and you can track with pedals. But not a spacious cab.

I can't say too much in terms of power as this is another pond job rather than pulling foundations.

It doesn't have auto idle, not that I'm fussed as used to not having it. But does have an idle button...which on the pond jobs there is alot of stopping and waiting for a min or so.

 

[Storrsy]

Only driven an old 8t kobelco so this is first of the newer stuff I've tried.

Nice and smooth on the levers and quick enough, everything tight, which you'd expect on a machine with only 90 hours on.

Still laid out in the cab like an old Japanese machine.

Not keen on the extra step in the cab floor created by the sliding door runner. Has a few big blind spots with cab frame.

Plenty of leg room and you can track with pedals. But not a spacious cab.

I can't say too much in terms of power as this is another pond job rather than pulling foundations.

It doesn't have auto idle, not that I'm fussed as used to not having it. But does have an idle button...which on the pond jobs there is alot of stopping and waiting for a min or so.

Alot of the Kobelco mini range are actually Yanmars painted blue. Not sure about this one though as doesn't look familiar to the Yanmar ones

 

[hiluxman]

Alot of the Kobelco mini range are actually Yanmars painted blue. Not sure about this one though as doesn't look familiar to the Yanmar ones

Back at the job where the kobelco was, this time they have sent a volvo ec27c. Its done nearly 4k hours, and is 8 years old, much prefer it, in fact if they were side by side I'd take the volvo over the kobelco with only 96hrs on.

 

[6feetdown]

Back at the job where the kobelco was, this time they have sent a volvo ec27c. Its done nearly 4k hours, and is 8 years old, much prefer it, in fact if they were side by side I'd take the volvo over the kobelco with only 96hrs on.

Surely you've taken your liking for it too far

 

[hiluxman]

Surely you've taken your liking for it too far

Haha.

The following morning they swapped the old volvo for a new sk28 with 22 hours on. must of been reading my post.

Not a bad machine. Just not what I'd pick.

My new cat arrives tomorrow.

 

[hiluxman]

So just to confirm I'm not been abit thick here.

The new machine came without aux pipe work (1 of reasons I got it so cheap ), so ignoring the oil, if I remove this little hose and run a line from each port up the arm with some couplers I'd get 2 way aux?
Flicking the aux roller on the lever produces oil from there.
I was just expecting to see 2 blanked ports rather than a little link between.

 

[V8Druid]

So just to confirm I'm not been abit thick here.

The new machine came without aux pipe work (1 of reasons I got it so cheap ), so ignoring the oil, if I remove this little hose and run a line from each port up the arm with some couplers I'd get 2 way aux?
Flicking the aux roller on the lever produces oil from there.
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probably stuck on to stop it dead ending, if the service s activated ..... you jammy sod
bang a 6x2 diverter in there and run 4 pipes up the boom