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fred
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Looking at getting a little micro to do mainly fencing and the odd bit of landscaping. Are they man-enough to handle an auger to make 600mm holes with a 9/12" flight ?
Quattromike
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Depends alot on the ground. A 12" hole round round here you'd need an 8 ton machine. Withe a micro you could almost dig out with small bucket
doobin
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Get a larger auger motor. I run the pdx2 (30-55lpm) on the micro (20lpm flow). It’s a bit slow but can drill through mudstone with rock teeth on the auger.
A ‘micro’ auger would turn faster but stall easier.
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Brendan
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Micro should manage it fine, I had a 300mm one on my old tb108 at 1.2m deep
T whiting
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Yes that'll be fine at 250 you could nearly drill it with a handheld but I wouldn't want to
. A machine mounted auger is definitely the way to go
. A machine mounted auger is definitely the way to go
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Steve
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I would say you will definitely come across ground that you can’t bore with a300 mm auger on a micro. Also check your micro will lift high enough to clear the ground ie total length of auger +motor & swivel bracket.
doobin
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You will bore a surprising amount with the right torque and teeth. If you spec the right motor to start with then speed and downforce are your limitations.
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fred
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Anyone have new prices on E10 and kubota U10 ?
doobin
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E10 15k when I asked in passing chatting to a rep the other day about a loader.
hiluxman
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One of landscapers bought one the other week and he paid 15.5k plus the vat
Mick-the-fitter
It’s what I do!
I think we are missing something here with new machines, Kubota say they can’t deliver new until January 2022, but you have to pay for them now! If you were able to buy one now and in January 2022 sell it back to them unused it would be second hand!!
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fred
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as ive said before, micro diggers are better than any ISA for ltd co owners!
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Russell
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Bit of a tangent here but I read the other day bobcat e17z and e20z are going to be made in china. The article didn't mention the E10.
doobin
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Doosan Bobcat to start producing mini excavators at Chinese plant - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea
Doosan Bobcat Inc., a construction equipment unit of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, will start producing compact excavators at its plant in China to penetrate the country’s fast-growing construction market. Its
pulsenews.co.kr
Looks like it's the models on the zero tail chassis. Ostebsibly to respond better to Chinese demand. I assumed the Chinese used home built kit- it turns out that Carter are so bad even the Chinks themselves won't touch them!
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