EBay- Bobcat 2.7t with engcon and attachments.

[Furniss]

Matey with the bobcat was saying yesterday he takes the engcon off when he has the ripper on- pulling through roots etc. reckoned it wasn't worth risking damaging it I must admit the EC02 did look a bit Mickey mouse really for doing much hard graft with it.

Im just careful how i lever with the ripper on so as not to put too much force through it, I think they are pretty robust otherwise lazy feckers would be pulling them apart all over the place.
@Gunners uses his ripper on the ec02 / 8026 and that machine will deff pull harder than the bobcat 🫣

 

[doobin]

Matey with the bobcat was saying yesterday he takes the engcon off when he has the ripper on- pulling through roots etc. reckoned it wasn't worth risking damaging it I must admit the EC02 did look a bit Mickey mouse really for doing much hard graft with it.

Why would anyone put on an attachment for max breakout underneath a tilty that robs you of half of your breakout force?

Thats what a top hitch is for. Every mini digger with an engcon should have one.

I agree with you about grab work too. A dedicated fixed rotator is far faster.

 

[Furniss]

Why would anyone put on an attachment for max breakout underneath a tilty that robs you of half of your breakout force?

Thats what a top hitch is for. Every mini digger with an engcon should have one.

I agree with you about grab work too. A dedicated fixed rotator is far faster.

Yeah but you can't get the angles for the ripper without the tilty - ronking about prizing where you can at full power as opposed to carefully prizing just where you want ie at its weakest

 

[doobin]

Yeah but you can't get the angles for the ripper without the tilty - ronking about prizing where you can at full power as opposed to carefully prizing just where you want ie at its weakest

That works too, and I've used it to undermine stubborn stumps. The principle still stands re loss of breakout force though-and a top hitch gives you the choice.

 

[V8Druid]

Matey with the bobcat was saying yesterday he takes the engcon off when he has the ripper on- pulling through roots etc. reckoned it wasn't worth risking damaging it I must admit the EC02 did look a bit Mickey mouse really for doing much hard graft with it.

now there's a quote, if ever I saw one -- for Rory to drop into a linkedin post

 

[Storrsy]

Im just careful how i lever with the ripper on so as not to put too much force through it, I think they are pretty robust otherwise lazy feckers would be pulling them apart all over the place.
@Gunners uses his ripper on the ec02 / 8026 and that machine will deff pull harder than the bobcat 🫣

You probably also have a size of machine more suited to actually what your doing where as generally towable often get pushed to their max. Interesting looking at the Ec02 most 2.8 tonners will exceed the max breakout Engcon have recommended. But this is kinda why I think the engcon I looked at yesterday isn't for me. If I'm not going to use it with a grab, or a riddle bucket which are my two most used attachments then it really only leaves it for finishing off paths and that's too limited to be paying for the full control system

 

[doobin]

You probably also have a size of machine more suited to actually what your doing where as generally towable often get pushed to their max. Interesting looking at the Ec02 most 2.8 tonners will exceed the max breakout Engcon have recommended. But this is kinda why I think the engcon I looked at yesterday isn't for me. If I'm not going to use it with a grab, or a riddle bucket which are my two most used attachments then it really only leaves it for finishing off paths and that's too limited to be paying for the full control system

Yup, four pipe is all you need on a 2.8t machine, I’ve always said it!

Least you’ve tried one now. I don’t use mine all the time but I’d never get rid of it.

 

[Storrsy]

Yup, four pipe is all you need on a 2.8t machine, I’ve always said it!

Least you’ve tried one now. I don’t use mine all the time but I’d never get rid of it.

Yup especially if running multiple towable machines you can swap between as the need arises

 

[doobin]

Yup especially if running multiple towable machines you can swap between as the need arises

It sure works for me.

Might even try it on the micro for a laugh

 

[Furniss]

That works too, and I've used it to undermine stubborn stumps. The principle still stands re loss of breakout force though-and a top hitch gives you the choice.

Agreed although we could go round and round like a tilty with this - you dont need the breakout as much when you get the angles, my 6t doesnt have huge breakout with sandwich setup but unless im straight digging in hard ground I dont miss it, bit of hard trenching the other day and dropped of bucket and broke it ip with ripper then trenched again, i would of been fine with no top hitch as I've only had it off the machine maybe 3 times in 2+ years, but as you say top hitch adds the choice + bit of welcome reach.

 

[Brendan]

Is a new 4 piper really only 5k? I thought they were 7?

According to the engcon rep, ss9 ec02 is £9685 plus vat including £1200 for fitting

 

[Brendan]

It sure works for me.

Might even try it on the micro for a laugh

There was a guy running a tilty on a tb210r

 

[doobin]

According to the engcon rep, ss9 ec02 is £9685 plus vat including £1200 for fitting

What’s ss9?

They always seem to want silly money for ‘fitting’. Wanted similar on a 4 pipe I got a quote for for the 9 tonner.

 

[doobin]

There was a guy running a tilty on a tb210r

Really?

Would be under a top hitch and I think it’s a non starter but it’ll be a laugh.

 

[Brendan]

What’s ss9?

They always seem to want silly money for ‘fitting’. Wanted similar on a 4 pipe I got a quote for for the 9 tonner.

I think it's 4 pipe then extra aux to run attachment underneath, there's a Ss9 wiring which I can't see being too involved as the tilty runs off the machines high and low flow aux circuits

 

[doobin]

I think it's 4 pipe then extra aux to run attachment underneath, there's a Ss9 wiring which I can't see being too involved as the tilty runs off the machines high and low flow aux circuits

Just a diverter and a switch in the cab then.

 

[Brendan]

Really?

Would be under a top hitch and I think it’s a non starter but it’ll be a laugh.

It was John Clarke I'm certain I wasn't imagining it but can't find any pics or vids of it

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Really?

Would be under a top hitch and I think it’s a non starter but it’ll be a laugh.

I would like to see it!. Slew strength on E10 is pretty weak so not much to be had out of a tilt/rotate on E10 surely? How would you control it? Scandi Tilt bucket seems optimum to me... I haven't put grader on in 2 years.

 

[Storrsy]

I would like to see it!. Slew strength on E10 is pretty weak so not much to be had out of a tilt/rotate on E10 surely? How would you control it? Scandi Tilt bucket seems optimum to me... I haven't put grader on in 2 years.
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Wish I could get around to sorting my hoses out like that!

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Wish I could get around to sorting my hoses out like that!

6 cable ties and a bit of sheath!? Have a shackle and ring to keep it touching the hitch lifting eye... but keep loosing it.