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JoeS
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Is your one a -3? Spend a while on one of them! Damn good machine. tracking and bucket curl was always my gripes
Thats a -7, tracking speed/ power and curl/cycle times are on a different level
Thats a -7, tracking speed/ power and curl/cycle times are on a different level
Furniss
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looks good - i spent a bit of time in an ex100 hitachi a fair while ago now but i really liked it - since then my own machines have all been kingpost, plus's and minuses really i think.Is your one a -3? Spend a while on one of them! Damn good machine. tracking and bucket curl was always my gripes
Thats a -7, tracking speed/ power and curl/cycle times are on a different level
is it your first tilty machine ?
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JoeS
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Exactly theres good bits to both but in my mind the tilty kinda fixes some of the short falls?
Yes first one of my own, first time using one on a 8/9t class machine first time with rototilt!
Have maybe 500 hours on 14t machines with tiltys...so im hoping i get as much benefit on a 8t as i found on a 14T
Furniss
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yes i imagine your right about a tilty making up for some shortfalls over kingpost machines, people who like them certainly seem keen to stick with them, guy i know likes them over a king post machine enough to special order them.
suppose the only people qualified to comment are the people who have had plenty of seat time in both, otherwise theres far too much choice supportive bias going on, like on faceache.
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DaveDCB
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I’d like a 8/10ton mono fixed boom with tilty.. so long as your not going into moderately tight spaces I see no disadvantage! Visibility is solved by booming up or a decent camera setup - which most new ones have as standard now anyway!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
6 way blade adjustmentKobelco dont make a VA boom in that configuration at this time (few dealers in Europe retrofit/ modify) also i have enough new buttons/rollers to learn without that
PAT blade???
"Power Angle Tilt (PAT) Blade
The Power-Angle-Tilt (PAT) blade is one of the most versatile dozer blades, known for its ability to move in six directions (up, down, left, right, and tilting forward or backward.) This range of motion gives operators excellent control, making it perfect for tasks like grading, land clearing, working on slopes, landscaping and road construction, where precision is key. Its flexibility allows operators to adjust on the go, even on uneven surfaces, for smooth and accurate results. "
would be nice to have had the 'blade runner's' blade set up
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TiltyShaun
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Yes on a -3.Is your one a -3? Spend a while on one of them! Damn good machine. tracking and bucket curl was always my gripes
Thats a -7, tracking speed/ power and curl/cycle times are on a different level
Furniss
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Think I woul of skipped it on a little machine anyhow tbh6 way blade adjustment
"Power Angle Tilt (PAT) Blade
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The Power-Angle-Tilt (PAT) blade is one of the most versatile dozer blades, known for its ability to move in six directions (up, down, left, right, and tilting forward or backward.) This range of motion gives operators excellent control, making it perfect for tasks like grading, land clearing, working on slopes, landscaping and road construction, where precision is key. Its flexibility allows operators to adjust on the go, even on uneven surfaces, for smooth and accurate results. "
would be nice to have had the 'blade runner's' blade set up
Furniss
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If I was going up above 9t then deff mono boom, essentially there work is diffent no ?
TiltyShaun
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Pretty much. Bigger machine for bigger space. I wanted a mono boom for the project I was going. I think they are better for lifting and it was having the tilty put on!!
Storrsy
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Kingpost obvious benefit of working in line with tracks or digging along side a fence or whatever but really for me this was where the benefits ended. The monoboom on my case lifted better and in close-as per pic I could swing a bucket of soil around in a tighter radius than my 3 ton takeuchi! Plus with the grab on I could work in really tight areas building walls because the bucket/grab works so well in close to the cab, visibility so much better and having all the weight of the arm back in close to center of gravity it was just a weapon- plus lack of wear compared to kingpost. For my work if I was ordering an 8 tonner now it'd be mono all the way.
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doobin
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I was just wondering. I reckon you got the best blend of depreciation- year old machine and a five year old tilty. Good find.ehh fully 20 grand more than i was wanting to spend?
Furniss
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what explains the popularity of kingpost over mono then ? site work and such ?
I have to be honest for what I ask of the wacker it would be kingpost all day long, but it has to try perform like a 3t mini digger where you have to have eyes everywhere one day and an 8t on the next job.
I have to be honest for what I ask of the wacker it would be kingpost all day long, but it has to try perform like a 3t mini digger where you have to have eyes everywhere one day and an 8t on the next job.
Storrsy
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Well like you say for small machines doing utilities, footings all the usual stuff the kingpost has obvious benefits and id say that's probably the majority of work small machines do. As soon as your out of that kind of work than the mono all the way, all the big machines run mono and I wouldn't want the bulk of a 14 tonner so a smaller 8 ton one which operates like a bigger machine was perfect sweet spot for me
Furniss
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yeah work depending I guess - reach ?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
VA every day for me
Furniss
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Horses for courses - choose your compromise
doobin
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I still think this is more versatile.
Giles
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Weaver have this one nice setup
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