1.1ton Vs 1.7-1.9 ton digger?

[Left hooker]

I wish I had kept my old 3T straight tip when the 3t swivel tip arrived - hydro box is great and yes the swivel has its advantages but it crap for going with the 8t machine .... fecking ditcher on 8t is too big, also it doesnt tip anywhere near steep enough if your facing uphill or its a bit clarty
Might have to get a 6t straight tip but im trying to reduce my amount of kit to maintain not add to it.

Let's hazard a guess it's a thwaites and if so straight tip is no better at discharging it's load

 

[JD450A]

Rob Roy, Actually carries 3t and tips out clay!

 

[craig]

Rob Roy, Actually carries 3t and tips out clay!

But does it fit in a plant trailer?

 

[Shovelhands]

I’d have my old Winget 3t dumper back in a heartbeat. Worst days work I ever did selling that

 

[JD450A]

But does it fit in a plant trailer?

Yes, 6'6 Ifor wills dropside

 

[Furniss]

Let's hazard a guess it's a thwaites and if so straight tip is no better at discharging it's load

No its a terex ...my 2002 Bedford straight tip was better at getting rid.

 

[V8Druid]

No its a terex ...my 2002 Bedford straight tip was better at getting rid.View attachment 26701

not over the side it wasn't ....... my old Thwaites 2.5t Alligator's skip is damned near vertical, full up and just short of the deck ..... can push out with it

 

[Smiffy]

not over the side it wasn't ....... my old Thwaites 2.5t Alligator's skip is damned near vertical, full up and just short of the deck ..... can push out with it

It is not taken in good humour when you list bulldozing on the list of tasks you have carried out with a dumper on the "experienced worker" ticket

 

[GazCro]

It is not taken in good humour when you list bulldozing on the list of tasks you have carried out with a dumper on the "experienced worker" ticket

Tis what's wrong with the job now, a good man on a dumper should rarely need another machine to follow on where they're tipping.

 

[Left hooker]

Tis what's wrong with the job now, a good man on a dumper should rarely need another machine to follow on where they're tipping.

Barford straight tip 6t were good for stock piling and pushing up the pile

 

[Gunners]

No its a terex ...my 2002 Bedford straight tip was better at getting rid.View attachment 26701

See thats the problem @Furniss its a Terriblexx. Possibly the worst shaped swivel skip to ever exist. Great engine and transmission power but hateful skip.

 

[GazCro]

See thats the problem @Furniss its a Terriblexx. Possibly the worst shaped swivel skip to ever exist. Great engine and transmission power but hateful skip.

Ironically as a straight tip probably the best 3 ton dumper of their time.

 

[Shovelhands]

Terex apparently struggle with skips, w@nkers

 

[GazCro]

Terex apparently struggle with skips, w@nkersView attachment 26703

Never understood that lip on the edge and it's on the bigger dumpers, imho it's actually dangerous.

 

[Shovelhands]

Never understood that lip on the edge and it's on the bigger dumpers, imho it's actually dangerous.

There’s absolutely no good reason for it, other than that the designers don’t understand the product they are drawing

 

[Gunners]

Ironically as a straight tip probably the best 3 ton dumper of their time.

Yes, and they have the biggest skip capacity too.

 

[GazCro]

Yes, and they have the biggest skip capacity too.

Used to be thwaites 7000 skip was slightly longer front to back so you could load them with 5ft ditching bucket from front or side but for some reason they decided to change the skip

 

[Furniss]

See thats the problem @Furniss its a Terriblexx. Possibly the worst shaped swivel skip to ever exist. Great engine and transmission power but hateful skip.

You see I never get to see/try/hire any of this kit before I buy it .... one of the very few downsides of being hidden away.
I sort of trust companies that have been making the same product for decades to get the basics right ... fooking amazing they dont