Vinpetrol
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Has anyone used this wee Volvo duck ? Just wondering what they are like ?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
very wobbly and harsh .... had fifteen minutes on one at a Steelwrist day some time ago ... was long enough - travel was on/off
Vinpetrol
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What do you mean by on /off Graham ? Sharp ? Bound to be a bit bobbly with the king postvery wobbly and harsh .... had fifteen minutes on one at a Steelwrist day some time ago ... was long enough - travel was on/off
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
travel was literally on/off ... touch the pedal and it came in bang - stopped the same ... really did not like it ... there's wobbly and then there's oh sh*t ... I've had plenty of practise on rubber and like to think I'm pretty smooth, but that little thing was butt clenching
pity, 'cos in principle it'd be a nice thing in tight spots .... at reach it is a REAL balancing act
got some pix somewhere but can't find the damned things ATM
you need to try one ... you'm a duck man - it's an education
Vinpetrol
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Considering changing the Komatsu for something smaller that my right hand man might not be so nervous off but sounds like that might be worse !!! What the smallest side boom duck around just now ?
I had a lot of time on and also owned an ex100wd hitachi . It was the best duck I’ve ever driven by a country mile . They also did a 6 tonne version with side boom but seems to be gone out of favour now . One of them would be very nicely balanced if they still made something similar
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
answered your own Q there Vin .. just have to find a nice one
funnily enough, I saw one yesterday ripping crash barriers out on the A40 just outside Aber. ... looked a nice tool
Furniss
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little ew65 might be worth a look - if its anything like the tracked one.
sjs5060
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if you've got the money i'd bet the mecalac is the most 'planted'
Vinpetrol
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I haven’t
sjs5060
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Yeah me neither, as much as i dont like takeuchis as a rule i did have a day on a 290w i think it was, wasnt a bad thing to be fair to it, i rarely get on a duck nowadays and found it very easy to drive. was painfully slow on the road thoI haven’t
T whiting
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The volvo is very bouncy I had a go on the same one as gra and theres one locally that I've seen working and had a quick go on it was very similar and the lad on it was being thrown around. I don't think the tyres help either
The old ew100 wacker is a lovely machine if you can find one in budget.
The new one is even better but the computer is very much in control
The mecalac is lovely and planted very low and pushes like a dozer and is brilliant with pallet forks but the demo one I had was already showing rust I couldn't get the hang of the mecalac boom (though very good for working in low headroom) and it felt short of reach for its size
The old ew100 wacker is a lovely machine if you can find one in budget.
The new one is even better but the computer is very much in control
The mecalac is lovely and planted very low and pushes like a dozer and is brilliant with pallet forks but the demo one I had was already showing rust I couldn't get the hang of the mecalac boom (though very good for working in low headroom) and it felt short of reach for its size
Vinpetrol
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This looks interesting , amalgamation between liebherr and kubota . 9.5 or 11.5 tonne options . Both side booms .
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
bang on ... didn't like the Mec boom one bit, either at their demo day a while back ... rest was impressive
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
but at what cost Vin??
find yourself one of these
https://youtu.be/V8TH73MOiFs
Vinpetrol
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They look quite good but the whole of the arm is hanging on the front . I’d just prefer a side boom really . Just hardly any made now sub 10 tonne .but at what cost Vin??
find yourself one of these
or these but rarer
or
or an 1100 side boom rough ol' jockey on this one
https://youtu.be/V8TH73MOiFs
Vinpetrol
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I’d seriously like a demo with this 7.5 t
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
didn't see this one then
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
would you ferkin' believe it 
Vinpetrol
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Nono missed that ! Will get a look
APhillips
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There is a guy in Cornwall (Arron Shurvell of ACS Building Services) who has an EW60E with X06 Steelwrist fitted (Potentially the one that was at the Steelwrist demo event), I was down there last week and he said that when they first got it he was unsure he'd made the right decision, but warmed to it and said he couldn't have been without it for the last few years.
I believe he may be looking to sell it at the moment as he's just put a Steelwrist on a U56 and not sure he has the work for a duck at the moment.
There are quite a few of those smaller 6 - 7t ducks out there, Hyundai, Bobcat, Volvo, Wacker, there could be a couple others, to me they always look very narrow for their size and usually have really crap looking tyres. The best one I have seen is Golding's Wacker EW65, they have this and 2 EW100's now I beleive.
Side boom 10t ducks are the way forward I believe, for me the king post style booms just make machines feel cumbersome and the balance feels odd. Granted 90% of my experience is on Mecalac's which as others have stated are 'unique' and do take some getting used to. I had a drive of the Liebherr version of that Kubota at Bauma last year and from the 15 - 20mins I spent on it I really liked it, I have seen quotes for both the 909 and 911 which put them firmly in the £140 - £155k bracket! Kubota UK have a demo KW095 (Liebherr909) which will be back in the UK late feb or early march, we're putting an X12 on it and I'm excited to give that machine a try.
I believe he may be looking to sell it at the moment as he's just put a Steelwrist on a U56 and not sure he has the work for a duck at the moment.
There are quite a few of those smaller 6 - 7t ducks out there, Hyundai, Bobcat, Volvo, Wacker, there could be a couple others, to me they always look very narrow for their size and usually have really crap looking tyres. The best one I have seen is Golding's Wacker EW65, they have this and 2 EW100's now I beleive.
Side boom 10t ducks are the way forward I believe, for me the king post style booms just make machines feel cumbersome and the balance feels odd. Granted 90% of my experience is on Mecalac's which as others have stated are 'unique' and do take some getting used to. I had a drive of the Liebherr version of that Kubota at Bauma last year and from the 15 - 20mins I spent on it I really liked it, I have seen quotes for both the 909 and 911 which put them firmly in the £140 - £155k bracket! Kubota UK have a demo KW095 (Liebherr909) which will be back in the UK late feb or early march, we're putting an X12 on it and I'm excited to give that machine a try.
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