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[barracane]

Vermeer Commercial Mini Loaders & Mini Loader Attachments

With a wide variety of attachments and heavy-duty lift capacity, Vermeer mini loaders can help tackle nearly any challenge on the jobsite. See the lineup.

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guys sorry if i disturb, would you buy one of these mini chargers? and if so which one? do you consider them efficient? in my part only small tracked wheelbarrows. let me know thanks sorry for the trouble.

 

[doobin]

If you’re going to do mini it might as well be proper mini! And on wheels so minimal turf damage and faster IMHO. Although I can see uses for the tracks upon occasion, I have enough tracked diggers and dumpers.
Doing this currently. Chipping to vertical with the airspade, the loader just moves the sand ever five minutes to save shovelling. Then loads the truck when I get back from tipping.

 

[pettsy]

Mini dumper here to go with mini skid steer

 

[Shovelhands]

Mini dumper here to go with mini skid steer
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That’s awesome!

 

[barracane]

il dumper ??

Dingo Mini Skid Steer and Track Loader | Toro

Toro Dingo compact skid steer and track loaders help landscape professionals complete work more productively. Our loaders are designed to be easy to operate and maneuver.

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but the dumper is a model or does it work?
do you find it useful and versatile as a small wheel loader or rather the classic skid? I've never seen in my part only the tracked wheelbarrows combined with mini excavators.

 

[Gunners]

I'm working alongside one at the moment. Its a brilliant tool and shifts 20t in about 40 mins with a 70m each way haul. Not as fast as a dumper but can do it on its own while I dig something else. It can also lift over 1ton, or be used with the power harrow or any other number of attachments which make it very versatile and useful throughout the job.
But by god does it churn up the ground.... I've been on jobs with it in summer and its not really an issue but this wet January we are having is not doing us any favours.
Its also £50k so even more expensive than the Avant 800 series, although not if you add tracks I suppose.

 

[Lancs Lad]

I'm working alongside one at the moment. Its a brilliant tool and shifts 20t in about 40 mins with a 70m each way haul. Not as fast as a dumper but can do it on its own while I dig something else. It can also lift over 1ton, or be used with the power harrow or any other number of attachments which make it very versatile and useful throughout the job.
But by god does it churn up the ground.... I've been on jobs with it in summer and its not really an issue but this wet January we are having is not doing us any favours.
Its also £50k so even more expensive than the Avant 800 series, although not if you add tracks I suppose.

How is there 50k in them? When u think what size 360 you can buy for 50k?
Not saying they not awesome tho.

 

[GazCro]

I'm working alongside one at the moment. Its a brilliant tool and shifts 20t in about 40 mins with a 70m each way haul. Not as fast as a dumper but can do it on its own while I dig something else. It can also lift over 1ton, or be used with the power harrow or any other number of attachments which make it very versatile and useful throughout the job.
But by god does it churn up the ground.... I've been on jobs with it in summer and its not really an issue but this wet January we are having is not doing us any favours.
Its also £50k so even more expensive than the Avant 800 series, although not if you add tracks I suppose.

Unless you can run in straight lines it's either churning ground up or horrendous track wear.

 

[hiluxman]

I'm working alongside one at the moment. Its a brilliant tool and shifts 20t in about 40 mins with a 70m each way haul. Not as fast as a dumper but can do it on its own while I dig something else. It can also lift over 1ton, or be used with the power harrow or any other number of attachments which make it very versatile and useful throughout the job.
But by god does it churn up the ground.... I've been on jobs with it in summer and its not really an issue but this wet January we are having is not doing us any favours.
Its also £50k so even more expensive than the Avant 800 series, although not if you add tracks I suppose.

Buy a cat 432 do it all yourself and load a proper tipper so saves you even more money. Hehehe.

 

[Gunners]

Buy a cat 432 do it all yourself and load a proper tipper so saves you even more money. Hehehe.

Well I would love to have a backhoe, this has been discussed....

 

[GazCro]

Well I would love to have a backhoe, this has been discussed....

About churning the ground up...........
What's tracked loader like on diesel. I bet it uses a lot more than a digger and dumper combo to move the 20ton

 

[doobin]

They are horrendously expensive considering the sum of their parts.

 

[Storrsy]

Well I would love to have a backhoe, this has been discussed....

Dont talk to me about Backhoes. I had a beaut lined up this week to buy- and flippin idiot that I am procrastinated for 2 hours too long and someone else got in there before me.
Glum face here this evening.

 

[GazCro]

They are horrendously expensive considering the sum of their parts.

I guess it's like you're multiones etc you pay the small towable tax. I'm sure the bigger tracked loaders are similar price to 8 ton 360 which isn't that much more than those by the sound of it.

 

[Gunners]

About churning the ground up...........
What's tracked loader like on diesel. I bet it uses a lot more than a digger and dumper combo to move the 20ton

Gaz, I don't disagree with you about it not being as efficient to move aggregate with than a digger and dumper, but I feel you are missing the point of a loader which is that it is more versatile and for the landscape contractor who owns it, it can earn money for him long after a digger and dumper would have been off site. Just the fork ability it has alone is worth its weight in gold saving hard work and labour, so whilst its not as good as a dumper at this stage in the build, he owns it and its doing a pretty good job at muck shifting. But when the digging is done it will earn money a dumper never could.

 

[GazCro]

Gaz, I don't disagree with you about it not being as efficient to move aggregate with than a digger and dumper, but I feel you are missing the point of a loader which is that it is more versatile and for the landscape contractor who owns it, it can earn money for him long after a digger and dumper would have been off site. Just the fork ability it has alone is worth its weight in gold saving hard work and labour, so whilst its not as good as a dumper at this stage in the build, he owns it and its doing a pretty good job at muck shifting. But when the digging is done it will earn money a dumper never could.

No I'm not missing the point of a loader but genuinely interested in fuel use when working hard. At 50k it needs to earn money but realistically do you need to be on price work to get a good enough rate in for it?

 

[Gunners]

No I'm not missing the point of a loader but genuinely interested in fuel use when working hard. At 50k it needs to earn money but realistically do you need to be on price work to get a good enough rate in for it?

I think it uses around 30L a day when going hard. Has a turbo yanmar engine with a DPF so must have some power to need one of those? I should review it really but cant really make the time when I'm being paid to dig on day rate!
I don't think its an owner operator machine on day work as such, more of a useful all round machine to own for your own price work in the right application? This firm also own the smaller Toro one which is narrow enough to fit through a side gate but its thin tracks snap faster than a rubber band. Will lift a bulk bag just about though so some fair capacity for its size.

 

[CPS]

No I'm not missing the point of a loader but genuinely interested in fuel use when working hard. At 50k it needs to earn money but realistically do you need to be on price work to get a good enough rate in for it?

My little old multione goes so long on a fill of diesel that you forget to top it up (gauge broke) even when it does run out and you put a gallon of fuel in it, it could go another 3 weeks

 

[Smiffy]

Second hand one of doobins if anyone is interested

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