Lovely grab and I will happily buy one when the right job comes up- or I can't resist it any more, especially after having a play (literally) in my mates bobcat with twin rollers etc
You’d need to change to bobcat at the same time, otherwise it’s only half a job…Lovely grab and I will happily buy one when the right job comes up- or I can't resist it any more, especially after having a play (literally) in my mates bobcat with twin rollers etc
But for now, and the jobs I have lined up, a 400 quid 'helper' makes more sense than a couple of k dedicated lifter. Unfortunately.
Need to up my filing cabinet game too it seems
Lovely bit of stone
Nice grab!
They getting a pick and carry crane in for that one, couldnt fit the spider crane they wanted to use close enough.gonna need a biggadigga??
Yeah I wouldn't say I was blown away by the TB225 exactly either but as you say pretty stable machine.
How much extra would a hydraulic thumb have cost. Id find that frustrating to me the whole benefit of a thumb is being able to flip it out when you need to grab something and back in when you just want to dig not have to get out the cab and muck around with pinsLooked at a job on Monday, part of which includes moving a load of bramble piles I created a few months ago.
Haven't sorted out a proper grab for either of my Takeuchis yet- and if I had it wouldn't have paid its way anyway unfortunately (would have made me smile though). So I did what I said I wouldn't and bought a manual RSL thumb for the 23r, my 3rd one.
Ordered and paid for it this morning, picked it up this after- only about 3 miles from my yard
I know from experience even this simple a 'grab' will save me a days work on this job- that's the thumb paid for and a less frustrating time on the job
Hope the weather is as good as it was in September when I was last there.
Last picture is my first machine which had a thumb from day 1, and my old 110/10ft tipper, those 3 were a great combination
Not a lot, maybe 300 quid. Certainly not enough that it would have been the deciding factor on hydraulic or manual.How much extra would a hydraulic thumb have cost. Id find that frustrating to me the whole benefit of a thumb is being able to flip it out when you need to grab something and back in when you just want to dig not have to get out the cab and muck around with pins
Is that little acro staying in there forever?Roofing this morning until it rained then did abit of underpinning on an internal wall which has shallow foundations! Forgot that we had to mix about 8 mixers full of concrete outside in the hammering down rain
I was wondering. And what are you jacking off (pardon the expression) of? Surely any real pressure from teh footings downwards woul djust make that footplate sink?
Yeah stays in there , time team in 1000 years will find it interesting I’m sure.
been half about here today ... did get pee-ed on for 20 mins, mid morning, but otherwise been dry most of the day, kneeling at me 'hole'
...... that looks 'kin horrendous AndyYep dire tbfbeen half about here today ... did get pee-ed on for 20 mins, mid morning, but otherwise been dry most of the day, kneeling at me 'hole'
You and @Storrsy should team up and charge millions of squids solely delivering the tidiest possible work in the nicest possible locations!
wouldn’t dare dig a hole deeper than a meter at the moment around us!Wouldn't dig a hole full stop,be full of water in minutesPosting photos up from mid summer level of dryness is cheating