Still waiting for that beer so we can pull each others levers…Who says it has more or less torque?
I challenge you to a dual. Gladiators style with pugil sticks on the end of the machines
Who's from Newcastle on here that can be the referee?
Isn't the 8026 another one that only offsets at 45degs from the cab though? Perhaps not such an issue if your running a tilty but I like to look out the door and see the bucket when I'm working in close to a ditch or something. The yanmar had 45° and I really didn't like it for it.Since we are playing top trumps...
The 8026 has a perkins 1.5L lump putting out 18.4KW and 96lbf ft of torque. It has more dipper breakout (although interestingly not bucket? Irrelevant for timber work anyway) More Aux flow, more weight built in so no need for any additional counterweight, more slew speed so faster cycle times and therefore more productive. The JCB 8026 was the best 2.8tonner you could buy and will be sorely missed. Its replacement has a lot to live up to and as others have said, productivity doesn't seem to be top of the list of requirements these days for manufacturers.
I don’t think the jcb is as bad. The yanmar was pretty much unuseable for me in that regard.
Me too.
Offset is really poor on the 8026, it's very limiting. You can't have a 300mm bucket on an pull inline with either track, at times I've had to squeeze into some tight spaces. Not had to do it for a while but if you have to track up to a a wall (both tracks touching and blade behind) with a 450mm bucket it is just short of being able to dig perpendicular to the tracks, against the wall
Thanks for confirmation- that's another one struck of the list then
Makes up for it in other areas, but there's times when you need to dig online with the track but just end up with a wider trenchThanks for confirmation- that's another one struck of the list then
Yeah, offset isnt great. But its been hugely improved on the new model - something I made clear we wanted from the start and they seem to have listened!Thanks for confirmation- that's another one struck of the list then
Im not in the market for a mini but I look forward to seeing a @Gunners video review of it - perfect bloke to compare it to the outgoing 8026.....like you say it has a lot to live up to, I think its predecessor was the 802 super which was a good machine so that might bode well.
When you say improved- does it swing further round?
It can at least dig online with the tracks with a small bucket, can't find the specs but it shows on the brochure, not sure why JCB felt the need to not put all the specs with the brouchure
JCB was much expensive than the Bobcat and i wasn’t willing to take a punt on an unknown AND pay a premium. Plus, the salesmen always lie when they tell you the lead time.
I'm still waiting on an offer for the kx30, but I heard from a friend they are quite more expensive here than the competition here in Belgium.
Yes, I did five year warranty on my bobcat. Fixed costs
