a perfectly functional solution to the problem, but if you have a single two way aux a 6x2 change over'd be even easier ... the cetop only needs a single acting service but few of those are prop.
That's what I fancy i think without a bucket on it is borderline doable
have you considered a 6x2 diverter sharing your off set service to feed the thumb ??
I know your looking for a new machine anyway, but just to note, we can supply a conversion Kit to suit for not a huge fortune!
Yeah I can't help think of Tak had skimmed 100kg or whatever off the TB230 they'd sell more. Surely if your going to rely on a lorry to move it anywhere you'll just end up buying a bigger machine. They sell loads so I suppose someone is buying them but not to the towable 2.8t market.
That's helpful thanks. I hadn't considered tapping in to the offset- can you get electric diverter so I could use horn or something to switch the service in the cab. I'd use the pedal over the button on the joystick because you have feel with a pedal that you don't with the button.
I just thing a lot of folk don't worry about being over weight a bit. Daft thing is standard spec is short dipper and lighter counterweight and plenty light enough to tow but UK spec is long dipper and bigger weight
Tb230 is too heavy, I'm sure they are just over 3t. Have seen mixed reviews on the tb225 it's around 2.4t maybe less but from what have seen seems to be more a 2t-2.5t class rather than near 3t like your tb125.
Yeah I looked at the alumax 500kg ish I think at about 5k cost
I run a EC27d Volvo with a Rototilt R1, short dipper option and extra counterweight, good stability, and lifting ability, completely different machine from the zero tail swing ECR 25d i had before but borderline towable.Back to this thread again. I'm still on the look out to replace my TB125. I've had it 5 years 2500hrs and not a single thing gone wrong except a new set of tracks. But it is not compatible with the grab I want to get and therefore will either be relegated to 'rough work only machine' or ideally replaced. Im finding it extremely difficult to come up with something to replace it with. It absolutely has to be full rear end counterweight- I push it to it's max on tricky terrain and handling boulders so I know that zero or compact isn't what I want.
Rory and @Hg2702 have both warned me off Kubota from their experiences although haven't tried myself.
I wanted to buy new (bobcat never got back to me and are miles away anyway) so forget them, Jcb is probably the only one ticking the boxes at the mo. Only trouble is Im not into the looks of it at all
Latest thoughts is a very low houred Volvo EC27C I know of for sale which could be a contender... Any one had much seat time in one?
This is a daily scenario for the Tak and the last one I had lasted 5000 hrs before the slew ring was shot so dont know how long current one will go on for.
I hired one for a week. Not a bad machine aside from lack of offset boom (only 45 degrees to the right and if I wasn't into max handling tasks I'd definitely consider but I really noticed how easily it lifted a track over the side compared with my TB125 despite the track frame being wider. I suppose a good counterweight would help but then it brings it up to same weight all over so thought I'd just be best going for the biggest machine I can get on a trailer
That's interesting. The 27D looks to me to have a considerably shorter tail then the 27 C. The 27c looks the closest thing to what I have currently which is why it appeals but means buying used
JCB suffers from a lack of boom swing, to the point where it won't dig inline with either track, bit of a shitter but only niggle, unless you want rollers on the joysticks
Spent a few days on a 225. It's wild! Bloody quick machine. But lacking in breakout force. The machine I had struggled to curl a bucket through a pile of rubble.
And I wonder if it's just too lightly built. Tiny skinny tyres on it etc. I think the GH1054 is a good compromise between build quality and payload
or a complete valve change and driver
