JCB micro 8008?

[Russell]

Indeed, I would be going to look at bobcat this week but because of the festival, the ferry price has doubled.

 

[Brendan]

Been to the local dealers on the island. Wacker nuson 803 is £12,750+ and yanmar svo8 is £11,600+. Neither offer 0% and both are on sticks and both only expand to 800 odd wide. I'm still liking the idea of the bobcat but I'll wait for the finance quote on those 2. Do these micro diggers break often, within the warranty? The reason I ask is it's about £100-200 for ferry and half a day to get to the nearest bobcat dealer.
Also has anyone used a yanmar vio12? That looks a bit more on par with the e10

Most micros tend to be around 860mm max track width and to be honest with them being conventional tail swing they are stable, the bobcat and takeuchi I think need the extra track width to counter the effects of the near zero tail swing.
Had a brochure through for the vio12 and it's too big to be classed as a micro the minimum width is just around 830mm which would really hinder access to tight sites.

As for the bobcat/doosan you'd need to speak to your nearest dealer to see what they could offer in terms of aftercare if it's a ferry ride everytime to service or fix something

 

[doobin]

I’m near Chichester if you want to come over and play with my E10 for a day. Speaking to bobcat of London re the E27 later, I’ll ask what the deal is re going to Isle of Wight.

I can tell you that with £1400 down, a full spec E10 with buckets and hitch would be around £210 a month interest free over five years according to the spreadsheet they sent me for the new offer.

 

[fred]

I’m near Chichester if you want to come over and play with my E10 for a day. Speaking to bobcat of London re the E27 later, I’ll ask what the deal is re going to Isle of Wight.

I can tell you that with £1400 down, a full spec E10 with buckets and hitch would be around £210 a month interest free over five years according to the spreadsheet they sent me for the new offer.

That is a bloody good deal, knock off another 20% corp tax saving as well and thats crazy cheap..

 

[Grahams]

At that price they are almost giving them away. That is only £6.90 a day - insane!
Graham

 

[JD450A]

At that price they are almost giving them away. That is only £6.90 a day - insane!
Graham

 

[Diggerdave]

I am really interested in an e10 to replace the kubota k008-3 that I have now. But looking on Google at the specs of both machines , the e10 has 200 mm less dump height than my old kubota, which is a lot when loading Skip loaders etc.. I don't quite get how an e10 can have good dig depth and reach but not the dump height?

 

[Regy53]

I’m near Chichester if you want to come over and play with my E10 for a day. Speaking to bobcat of London re the E27 later, I’ll ask what the deal is re going to Isle of Wight.

I can tell you that with £1400 down, a full spec E10 with buckets and hitch would be around £210 a month interest free over five years according to the spreadsheet they sent me for the new offer.

thats great value really. The residual value on the E10 as we know is brilliant. You can generally lose 2/3 k over 3 years only.

 

[Brendan]

I am really interested in an e10 to replace the kubota k008-3 that I have now. But looking on Google at the specs of both machines , the e10 has 200 mm less dump height than my old kubota, which is a lot when loading Skip loaders etc.. I don't quite get how an e10 can have good dig depth and reach but not the dump height?

I'm sure it's the design of the boom as there is more of a downward curve to it.
I've not tried to load a 1t dumper but would assume it might be a struggle. I'm sure when I was co.paring specs it was a good foot in it from the tb108 and that's before you add the quick hitch

 

[V8Druid]

interesting points these ... but can see how it's easier to get deeper than you can high

 

[hiluxman]

We have never noticed the difference in dump height.

You are always gona struggle with a micro. Micros are just that and probably spend more time filling barrows than a 1t dumper.

 

[Brendan]

To be fair if you can get a 1t dumper in, you have at least 1.2m width so should get a 1.5t digger through.
Only issue for me is I only run the one size machine the old one could load one off the deck and a little below whereas think would be a struggle with the new one

 

[Diggerdave]

Thanks, that is useful to know. I guess it's always going to be wheelbarrow s when you've gone through a narrow gate to a back garden, but I have had quite a few extensions to dig out over the years on the side of houses where you wouldn't have room to swing the 1.5 tonner because you are tight to boundary wall of neighbors house etc. So I do think myself it is useful to have ability to load a dumper.

 

[doobin]

Thanks, that is useful to know. I guess it's always going to be wheelbarrow s when you've gone through a narrow gate to a back garden, but I have had quite a few extensions to dig out over the years on the side of houses where you wouldn't have room to swing the 1.5 tonner because you are tight to boundary wall of neighbors house etc. So I do think myself it is useful to have ability to load a dumper.

Dig depth or load height- pick one. It’s the same with any machine, but the difference is amplified on a micro where there’s no leeway anyhow.

Would be a fairly simple job to weld a new mount point for the boom cylinder in the middle of the boom, so you could swap depending upon the job you were doing. I may well do this to mine- should be easy enough to change pin positions on such a small machine.

 

[doobin]

I can confirm the currently geometry with a quick hitch is absolutely perfect for loading a barrow from a stone stockpile with the bucket on backwards. Amazing how quick you can shift a few tons of type 1 with this and a power barrow.

 

[fred]

I borrow a mates muck truck max (mine got pinched) when I have to use the micro, amazing how much crap you can shift in a day with a micro and muck truck.

 

[Russell]

Me and my brother did 24 tonne in a day with a power barrow and 1.5t digger. I didn't like the hinowa dumper, it's a bit big and the mechanism for lifting gets on the way of the digger bucket. I've got myself a TCP tracked dumper, it's a bit smaller and doesn't have a standing platform and I prefer it that way. Only trouble is the tracks slip when loaded, I don't know if that means it needs tracks, sprockets or both?

 

[Diggerdave]

I guess it could be tracks o r sprockets, not bad much experience of track barrows. i was going to buy a track barrow for a job that I have coming up, but found that putting a set of narrow wheels and tyres on my neuson 1001 dumper gets the width down to 980mm .

 

[Russell]

Got one

 

[Furniss]

I guess it could be tracks o r sprockets, not bad much experience of track barrows. i was going to buy a track barrow for a job that I have coming up, but found that putting a set of narrow wheels and tyres on my neuson 1001 dumper gets the width down to 980mm .

I have one of these ... propper little bit of kit - expensive but in different league to those power barrows and such

http://www.merlo.com/media/1177229/T392FR.pdf