hiluxman
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As per title really, how hard is it to buy things nowadays? Ie new truck, digger, attachment ect ect
GazCro
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Seemingly quite difficult. 3 weeks waiting for price to change a digger but i don't want to push it. It'll be due a service soon and I'll have to get a filter off them i wonder if it'll jog anyones memory
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Brendan
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Amazing that salesmen can be so crap, makes you wonder how their backup will be once they've had the money
GazCro
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Touch wood I've never needed it so don't know but it does make you wonder
Gunners
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When I bought my dumper earlier in the year, it was a problem. If the factory or dealer didn't have stock you were screwed. Think JCB quoted me September for a dumper from them based on their anticipated factory output. I was lucky Thwaites had one in stock at the factory. I dont think even now factories have resumed normal service and so if you are looking at something bespoke or out of the ordinary then its long lead times. Otherwise I think the regular standard stuff is coming through fairly well, but demand for new kit seems to be higher than normal at the moment? Maybe driven by 2nd hand prices rising slightly as its harder to buy new?
Danny
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Heard off a few dealers mini diggers are selling quick and long lead times they put it down to landscapers / groundworkers etc using BBL
Regy53
I like cake
market has gone mad
We underwrote plant in Jan, should be due in March... Then June.. Then end of July.. still delayed machine is on the line and they had gone for a 3 week shutdown like there wasn't anything else at all to do
Lot of talk about how machines are built. Usually 4 people to a station now just 1, then its stopped and wiped down before next station so its taking a lot longer to build.
Bounce back has caused the market to go a bit crazy. Sub 8 tonne is very expensive right now
We underwrote plant in Jan, should be due in March... Then June.. Then end of July.. still delayed machine is on the line and they had gone for a 3 week shutdown like there wasn't anything else at all to do
Lot of talk about how machines are built. Usually 4 people to a station now just 1, then its stopped and wiped down before next station so its taking a lot longer to build.
Bounce back has caused the market to go a bit crazy. Sub 8 tonne is very expensive right now
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
and everyone's awash with cheap/free money
Nick...
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Can’t say I’m suprised.consider changing my digger and mentioned it to couple of dealers,one i have had 4 machines from and I heard absolutly nothing from either
nick...
nick...
Furniss
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Took me 3 months to get a response from a dealer - must have plenty on without scratching around for a single machine sale.
BBL will surely be driving small plant sales - the only 2 people im in regular contact with in uk have both bought new mini diggers/dumpers will BBL ...... s**t will hit the fan further down the road
BBL will surely be driving small plant sales - the only 2 people im in regular contact with in uk have both bought new mini diggers/dumpers will BBL ...... s**t will hit the fan further down the road
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Russell
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BBL?
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Brendan
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Bounce back loan
Many using to buy new cars, vans and plant instead of keeping a company afloat paying wages or just investing into shares, going on holiday
Regy53
I like cake
cheapest money they will ever borrow
GazCro
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Glad somebody answered that cos i thought after looking on here it was a bobcat buying loan
doobin
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Nah, that’s even cheaper...Glad somebody answered that cos i thought after looking on here it was a bobcat buying loan
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Jimoz
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I'm not buying another plot until around end of next year as things stand. I think all this funny money will take a while to wash out. Furlough only just beginning to wind down and we've seen a few job losses already. Wonder if govts promise to invest and spend will keep things afloat?
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Brendan
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Hard to say, I've currently not applied for the bounce back, could be a lot of kit going cheap next year if s**t hits the fan
hiluxman
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Ive not got any bbl nor have i had any help whatsoever but trying to get sorted on new stuff is just hard work. Lots are saying its because of bbl and others saying because of shut down.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
GazCro
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Just thought I'd drag this thread up again. Tomorrow will be 5 weeks still heard nothing. Bumped into local yanmar dealer the other day (lives nearby) took him less than a minute to give ball park figure.
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