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Smiffy
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I'm pretty sure everyone on here Will of had that as the joal model as a kid. My sone still plays with my one
I'm pretty sure everyone on here Will of had that as the joal model as a kid. My sone still plays with my one
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
All I can say is fortune favours the brave
Good on you for going for it
I wish you all the best with it I follow your tube films (only legs)
I too I’m a great believer in ‘if you build it they will come’
Or if you buy it work turns up
Good on you for going for it
I wish you all the best with it I follow your tube films (only legs)
I too I’m a great believer in ‘if you build it they will come’
Or if you buy it work turns up
doobin
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Looks wicked mate especially the front hitch.
But I thought you said you were done with backhoes?
Looks more than a bit like a Hyundai with that amount of yellow. Id be painting the rims grey to mess with people!
Furniss
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Fair play for bucking the trend and I sincerely hope you make it workBrave, mad, stupid - could be a combination of all 3! There's been a recession coming for the last 5 years, I've been sitting it out, working like mad thinking the music cant continue and I've honestly got to the point where I think I'm not waiting anymore. I've got to get out there and do what I want to do. People are already buying tiltrotators on sub 3tonners and going out for low money which technically undercuts my previous idea. I have to evolve and stay ahead of the game. I firmly believe that DualDrive amongst other new features on the modern backhoe could be a game changer for the concept. But it needs the same kind of progressive thinking that Eddie put into his 8 ton wideboy and then subsequently his Liebherr. I have some ideas for it, but it does depend on the kind of jobs I get where I can use it. To be honest, the backhoe for me earns money on price work. Sub contracting with it is a very low margin deal....
I might end up down this avenue yet. Who knows what the future holds. Trying different things is what's always made this forum interesting, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I honestly think this machine could be the same game changer that the tiltrotator was for me. But we will see. Worst case it will make a good youtube vid either way!
I've always said there's more potential in the youtubing than the actual digging. I'm not there yet to call it a proper income but I can see it working for others so why not give it a go. My only fumes however is going great, its paid for my new boob job
......im not convinced some of these innovators you mention needed to support a family though so they could afford to be at the bleeding edge 
Simon edwards
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Fair play Ollie and good luck with the new machine.I am sure you will make it work for you, this game is all about taking a chance and making the most of all opportunities that come your way,often involves a bit of lateral thinking and the balls to ‘go for it’Fair play for bucking the trend and I sincerely hope you make it work
The machine looks like awesome.
Gunners
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But I thought you said you were done with backhoes?
What I say on YouTube and what I actually do is not always the same. Got to play up for the audience a little. Although I don't recall ever saying I was done with backhoes? Just that I'd sold mine... Which I had.... To buy a new one!
TiltyShaun
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Good luck with the new one. I am firmly still happy on tracks!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well they had a grim day, sadly but did stop raining about seven -ish" It can only get wetter from here " -- sure a **** put the 'fluence' on it here today Ollie
Big wedding across the valley from us today .. been watching 'em put up a huge marquee, 17 bell tents for 'overnighters', half a mile of lights and God knows what else ... been looking lovely in the sun -- looks pretty ferkin' grim over there today
not the greatest of pix but all that is lights
last night - phone takes sh1t pix after dark
still going strong and can hear the music when the wind subsides - been a wild afternoon / evening here .. don't much fancy having to spend the might in one of the 17 bell tents .. gone off 'kin cool here this evening (C-yer-breff job)
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charlie2
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i really hope it works out well for you. me personally never got on as well with a 4cx as i did the 3cx contractors the only thing that the 4cx did perform better at was serious front loader work. but if its mainly the double drive thing that is what your after fair enough you could well find some great ways to utilize it to suit the work you do horses for courses and all that i do admire your liking for jcb products i wish you well with it.
Danny
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Probably because people speak and know you've sold it hence why the phone doesn't ring for it.
@Gunners best of luck with your new machine
Danny
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6feetdown
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When its paid for it doesn't necessarily need to work all the time
Gunners
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How are you getting on having a backhoe in the fleet?
Giles
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I think it’s a great move and you know your business better than anyone 
looking forward to seeing it at Chelsea haha
looking forward to seeing it at Chelsea haha
doobin
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Double drive does seem like a game changer. If you've got the work for it, the cost is irrelevant.
I just never had the right work even for a £16k model! Always too tight, too rough/slopey or too wet. When I could fit it into the job, I set out with high hopes only to discover that I'd be quicker with the E27 and tilty or the Multione. I was always disappointed with the front bucket capacity vs the turnaround time compared to the Multione. Never did get a big cut and fill that it would have excelled at. DItching was a particular dissapointment. On paper ideal, in reality useless at 90 degrees with a full bucket and way more hassle to push along to the next bit compared with standing on the pedals whilst slewing back around in a 360.
As for deep excavations.. even with my 86c, the deepest hole I've dug to date was around 5 foot....
I just never had the right work even for a £16k model! Always too tight, too rough/slopey or too wet. When I could fit it into the job, I set out with high hopes only to discover that I'd be quicker with the E27 and tilty or the Multione. I was always disappointed with the front bucket capacity vs the turnaround time compared to the Multione. Never did get a big cut and fill that it would have excelled at. DItching was a particular dissapointment. On paper ideal, in reality useless at 90 degrees with a full bucket and way more hassle to push along to the next bit compared with standing on the pedals whilst slewing back around in a 360.
As for deep excavations.. even with my 86c, the deepest hole I've dug to date was around 5 foot....
Danny
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It was mainly bought for trial pitting, which has been very slow this year. It does everything we need, it will never be a machine that is utilised to its full potential every week due to our work being so varied on the groundworks side. It's very quick on the road compared to the tb295w, especially with the torque convertor.
Got to think a bit more about how you go about a job after being used to 360 for years.
Would upload some more pics, but iphone 16 seems to be to higher resolutions
Giles
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You can either email them to yourself and pick medium size or screen shot them with power and volume up. What I’ve been doing but it’s fiddly and get duplicates
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
can't you compress them at all, or change the resolution in the camera?
(bearing in mind I've never even held an iPone, let alone used one ) luddite central here guys
Giles
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can't you compress them at all, or change the resolution in the camera?
No
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
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