New JCB Issues…

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Monkeybusiness

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It seems that there is another owner operator suffering from issues with his top-spec brand new JCB…
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https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10174369303750015&id=649025014

Such a shame that they regularly just can’t seem to get it right…
 
Gunners

Gunners

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I know Kieran very well, lives very close to me, I've driven that machine. What he's gone through isn't great. A lot of it caused by the dealer, but not entirely.

It actually raises a point that not a lot of people talk about. When trying to put these high spec machines together with more than just 3 buckets and a hitch - there are multiple companies involved and they don't all work so well together. Even when being co-ordinated (and paid for) through the machine dealer.

As buyers demand more from their machines, these companies better get their act together and stop blaming each other for issues. All the suppliers have egg on their face with this one, but it is down to the dealer (who is no doubt earning commission on this deal) to sort it. Sadly, it turns out, that despite paying that premium, you might as well do it yourself.
 
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Monkeybusiness

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Gunners said:
I know Kieran very well, lives very close to me, I've driven that machine. What he's gone through isn't great. A lot of it caused by the dealer, but not entirely.

It actually raises a point that not a lot of people talk about. When trying to put these high spec machines together with more than just 3 buckets and a hitch - there are multiple companies involved and they don't all work so well together. Even when being co-ordinated (and paid for) through the machine dealer.

As buyers demand more from their machines, these companies better get their act together and stop blaming each other for issues. All the suppliers have egg on their face with this one, but it is down to the dealer (who is no doubt earning commission on this deal) to sort it. Sadly, it turns out, that despite paying that premium, you might as well do it yourself.
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I have a good friend with exactly the same new machine and setup as Keiran and he is having exactly the same issues (and also has paint falling off!). He reckons the salesman is doing his best, but JCB themselves don’t want to know… (The dealer’s fitters are unable to sort his issues).
 
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DaveDCB

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There is a solution…. Hitachi 😉
Your one stop shop for decent machines- tiltrotators - guidance all at the same time. They have a specific workshop on site at Newcastle which fits all the tiltys/guidance etc. I was invited up but couldn’t take a day away from site.
I’m going to say it… why the hell anyone buys a JCB when hitachi offer such serious solutions is beyond me! (I get it with backhoes, but I won’t start that debate)
 
Furniss

Furniss

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DaveDCB said:
There is a solution…. Hitachi 😉
Your one stop shop for decent machines- tiltrotators - guidance all at the same time. They have a specific workshop on site at Newcastle which fits all the tiltys/guidance etc. I was invited up but couldn’t take a day away from site.
I’m going to say it… why the hell anyone buys a JCB when hitachi offer such serious solutions is beyond me! (I get it with backhoes, but I won’t start that debate)
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Bloody hell you've soon changed alliance ! give your Hitachi chance to develop a few niggles :) I mean anyone with any real experience knows nowt beats a wacker 😂
 
doobin

doobin

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DaveDCB said:
There is a solution…. Hitachi 😉
Your one stop shop for decent machines- tiltrotators - guidance all at the same time. They have a specific workshop on site at Newcastle which fits all the tiltys/guidance etc. I was invited up but couldn’t take a day away from site.
I’m going to say it… why the hell anyone buys a JCB when hitachi offer such serious solutions is beyond me! (I get it with backhoes, but I won’t start that debate)
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How come your tilty isn’t fitted yet then? 🤣
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
old JCB 'issues' :giggle:
interesting FB post
looked a beast

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DaveDCB

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They don’t help themselves .. say it enough times and anyone will believe you! I like the hand digging claw movement

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Furniss

Furniss

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DaveDCB said:
They don’t help themselves .. say it enough times and anyone will believe you! I like the hand digging claw movement

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yeah i saw that 🤦
 
Simon edwards

Simon edwards

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They were dogs on the hydraulics if I recall.This was my first mini,on servos and was pretty much untameable🤪 Used a gravemaster like the one you have there and that too was not nice.
 

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Furniss

Furniss

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i liked them tbh - simple and reliable - this is a customers but have owned and sold loads of them over here - loaded my dumper from a gravel heap with this and tbf the envelope is a bit off - can still clean up to some of the blade offset, but dumper had to be in neighbours field to load it :)
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
and on the subject of JCBs ..........

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