cheap 3.5 tonne Volvo

[Regy53]

Gents,

I have a cheap 3.5 tonne digger here. Its a Volvo EC35 from yr 2000

3 bucket and hitch

The electrics are shot, but it will start, run and dig.

Dont ask me to much about the electrics, the pump? is on a separate switch ( assume start stop solenoid)
Push button start
load hydraulics to stop, (i am sure this could be bettered)

The hour meter / fuel gauge setup is unplugged, i plugged it in and it smoked so i unplugged it.

IT is actually bloody straight and runs well, no leaks from it and has new tracks pretty much

£7 k here

listing for 7250. + the usual

 

[V8Druid]

Gents,

I have a cheap 3.5 tonne digger here. Its a Volvo EC35 from yr 2000

3 bucket and hitch

The electrics are shot, but it will start, run and dig.

Dont ask me to much about the electrics, the pump? is on a separate switch ( assume start stop solenoid)
Push button start
load hydraulics to stop, (i am sure this could be bettered)

The hour meter / fuel gauge setup is unplugged, i plugged it in and it smoked so i unplugged it.

IT is actually bloody straight and runs well, no leaks from it and has new tracks pretty much

£7 k here

listing for 7250. + the usual

any pix please Ross ?

 

[Regy53]

Here she is, will dig her out when I get chance

 

[V8Druid]

is that a Mec style hitch on there Ross ?? .... assume the "£7 k here" is also "+ the usual " ? .... do you know if it's actually 3.5t or heavier ?

 

[Regy53]

Yes mechanical hitch and yeah sorry plus the dreaded

Will look at data plate tomo

A bit old Tlc and be a nice machine tbh

 

[V8Druid]

Yes mechanical hitch and yeah sorry plus the dreaded

Will look at data plate tomo

A bit old Tlc and be a nice machine tbh

Meant a Mecalac style, twin cone hitch Ross ?
..... does look like it'd scrub up well and leccies have never bothered me
... be a better tool without all the techy shite on board IMHDO.

Know sod all about Ovlov machines, other than the littler one's are a PITFA when they give issues .... a lot of problematic postings about the 1.5s on loads of forums.
anyone got experience of these guys? .... sort of size I'm interested in, for bits I can't get the 'Drema at ... looks very square, fair play

 

[Pedrod355]

I had a 2006 yr ec35, think you looked into it when i had it for sale on other forum yr ago, was excellent machine only fault was the puma control panel, ended up replacing & never missed a beat after, its bang on 3.5t . Punched well above it’s weight,good reach & had plenty power.

 

[V8Druid]

I had a 2006 yr ec35, think you looked into it when i had it for sale on other forum yr ago, was excellent machine only fault was the puma control panel, ended up replacing & never missed a beat after, its bang on 3.5t . Punched well above it’s weight,good reach & had plenty power.

Oh aye .... someone had a nice looking machine just looked at it again .... what sort of money was the PUMA .... see a lot of posts about those being troublesome things ... hence Ross's being devoid of electrics ... but as said, a basic set of leccy spaghetti is always far more preferable in my world .... an' it's not rocket science to make everything work
Your commentary is the sort of thing I was interested in hearing

See it's hand throttle so assume FD gear pump ? as a measure of its capability ..... would it pick / carry a dumpy ?

 

[Pedrod355]

Puma unit was £1200-£1300+vat if i remember right,yeh i recon you could re wire it and do with out the control panel,all it really did was keep hrs anyway.what you mean by dumpy? It would easily lift half pallet of blocks/ton bags etc

 

[Regy53]

Ah yes @V8Druid its come type

This is still my fav hitch mind you

 

[V8Druid]

Puma unit was £1200-£1300+vat if i remember right,yeh i recon you could re wire it and do with out the control panel,all it really did was keep hrs anyway.what you mean by dumpy? It would easily lift half pallet of blocks/ton bags etc

Aye dumpy bag .... got some reasonable guts then, not as it'd need to very often

 

[V8Druid]

Ah yes @V8Druid its cone type

This is still my fav hitch mind you

trouble with your fave hitch is they wear bad apparently and can't be reversed [won't break it in a hurry though ] ...... but neither can that Mecalac type either .... dunno WTF they're called zero build height though .... that certainly is a very square tool Ross