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Old Operator
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Re the Terex - @£15K - JCB backhoe loader welds had a design life of 12,000 hours, (& the F N R shuttle typically failed at about 7,000 hrs)
Not sure if relevant to Terex (MF) This has done 10,500 hrs. Think I would listen to Doob & put the 15K into a modern mini
Not sure if relevant to Terex (MF) This has done 10,500 hrs. Think I would listen to Doob & put the 15K into a modern mini
Storrsy
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How boring is that though!
V8Druid
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Old Operator
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Sadly never found a small duck capable of 25 mph. Oddly at the place where my Gopher is now stored there are 3 Yanmar tracked inc a VIO 26 with a fabricated add on to blade set of forks! I gather this OK as long as the brick truck driver does not stack the pallets one on top of each other. It also has a tilty QH & a mech thumb & an auger lying by it. Sadly I did not have a camera with me. Looks well equipped. Others were a VIO 10 & VIO micro - both tidy but with front stick direct levers rather than side servo / cable set up. Will get pics next time I am there
Storrsy
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You just havent found the right (down) hill.! Wackers EW100 supposedly is 40kmh now. But i suspect that is very much restricted to gentle declines and possibly on the flat. Id say mine is about 18mph on the flat perhaps as much as 5 or 6 mph up an incline
Storrsy
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Yeah I used to hang a set of euro 8 forks over the blade of my 3 tonner worked well. Especially for fencing as would load the forks with stakes and have post rammer on so could toddle everyone along together.
Jimbo69
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My Doosan 10 tonner will sit at 40kph on the flat, had it up to near 50 downhill a couple of times when I’ve not been paying attentionYou just havent found the right (down) hill.! Wackers EW100 supposedly is 40kmh now. But i suspect that is very much restricted to gentle declines and possibly on the flat. Id say mine is about 18mph on the flat perhaps as much as 5 or 6 mph up an incline
Storrsy
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I'm loving all the attention the ducks are getting on this backhoe thread BTW
V8Druid
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pettsy
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Lancs Lad
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V8Druid
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Gunners
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Did anyone else check the date? I mean, its an interesting concept, but wont you have a steering wheel in the way when digging? One advantage of a backhoe is a good view high up looking down into the trench. Its a very complicated way to achieve dual steering but it would make driving in reverse super easy with the wheel rather than a toggle as JCB do it.
Storrsy
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But no different then a duck ref steering wheel? Although all the dash and bulk of the steering column might be a pain
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Stroppymonkey
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Wonder if you can have it at 90 degrees as well, worst/best of both worlds!
V8Druid
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dash could well be side mounted and my steering column's no more than about 65mm in dia.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I did wonder the same - whether it's degree of rotation is variable ? @APhillips ???
Gunners
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I'd suggest from all the pics I see of duck ops taking their steering wheels off that the thing does indeed get in the way. And especially when you've not had to deal with it before - which is something many backhoe ops wont have faced. But we don't know what it looks like in the cab yet. Its an interesting idea for sure, and well used in tractors and forestry machinery so no reason it wouldn't work on a BHL
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