Backhoe Thread

[Pedrod355]

It is

How old is your unit, and is it just a paint issue? (That’s not meant to sound dismissive as they are bloody expensive and the paint should be brilliant!).

Year & 1/2 old but only done around 70hrs.It was just paint issues really from new .

To be fair they wanted to take it back after I raised issues at the start but I said no as madness stripping a brand new unit to bits just to repaint, So agreed to put some hrs on it first.Typically not many jobs came along requiring machine last year.

 

[Pedrod355]

what was the problem ?

I was lucky came with spare shims kicking about in casing . Paint issues in various places.

 

[V8Druid]

Engcon played a blinder with their early marketing - there used to be a guy on here (or more likely the previous forum) who I think invested heavily into bringing them into the uk and subsequently got out once they gained traction. Engcon have subsequently almost become the default name for a tilty (a bit like a digger is a JCB).
My dealings with them in 2019 were disappointing in terms of over-promising and under-delivering (combined with zero communication), and prior to that in 2016 they tried to force me into something I now realise would have been an unsuitable compromise.
I don’t think that there is a bad tiltrotator manufacturer out there - I’d happily take any of the brands on offer today as long as they were realistically priced and well supported.

Robert .. met him a couple of times - seemed an OK guy IIRC lives in Ross

 

[V8Druid]

I was lucky came with spare shims kicking about in casing . Paint issues in various places.

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" Issues " !!!!!! FFS it's chipped off in two places in that pic of a tiny little area - WTF is the rest like