Whats the best value for money?

[V8Druid]

They always say they are going up in Jan and they very possibly do but I've never actually checked. The only thing with buying late in the year is in very short time you're 2021 machine will be a year old, I've bought twice in Nov (taken delivery) but if you plan on keeping for a several years it's no big issue imo as condition is as important on older machines than 1 year difference in age.

only if you don't reference it as "new November 2021"

 

[GazCro]

we (PT) appear to have become an 'orange beacon' ... (wanker magnet)

only if you don't reference it as "new November 2021"

It'll still say 2021 on plate though.

 

[JB123]

we (PT) appear to have become an 'orange beacon' ... (wanker magnet)

Whats that mean?

 

[Lancs Lad]

Whats that mean?

He's slightly geriatric

 

[Shovelhands]

I know you’re looking at other brands, but just for comparison.

Current prices from JCB dealer are held until April next year. So not all manufacturers are the same. It’s a good tactic to get you to make a quick decision though!

Incidentally, JCB run their plates from October, so any new JCB machine from now will be a 2022.

Obviously anything you buy that’s in stock will be a 2021, it may or may not bother you. It really only matters if you are planning on selling it in a few years time, but the older it gets the less it matters.

 

[Left hooker]

My latest Hitachi now has the month next to the year on the plate they never did that before
We have in the past had new machine delivered in final few days before Christmas with the next year's plate on

 

[V8Druid]

Whats that mean?

don't know HTF it got there TBH ??? ..... from a thread a few days old .... not looked at that since it was posted sono idea how it got copied into my reply to @gaz ???????

He's slightly geriatric

I'm as confused as @JB123 is LL ..... not seen that since posting it

 

[V8Druid]

It'll still say 2021 on plate though.

but you'll have the invoice with a supply / delivery date on it Gaz

 

[V8Druid]

He's slightly geriatric

less of the slightly

 

[JB123]

Hi everyone thanks for all the replies. I have bought a new kobelco. Last one in Scotland before the price goes up apparently. I must be mad lol

 

[Vinpetrol]

Hi everyone thanks for all the replies. I have bought a new kobelco. Last one in Scotland before the price goes up apparently. I must be mad lol

Good luck with the purchase JB ! What is it replacing ?

 

[TiltyShaun]

the only let down on mine was I always thought the tracking was under powered. Well not any more. Rang the fitter today as it was painful tracking up thr hill on the farm. He ran a engine pump reset and 5mins latter with no spanner’s it is flying!! Bloody computers!!!

 

[JB123]

Good luck with the purchase JB ! What is it replacing ?

Not replacing anything. I'm trying to expand, lost a lot of work over the years due to only having a 3 tonner. I'm telling myself this is the right route to go down. 2nd hand prices are sky high, it just didn't make sense. I'm gambling that in 2 years time if it's not doing enough to justify having it I can sell it without losing a fortune

 

[DaveDCB]

You’ll soon realise you have you been playing at it with the 3tonner, the volume of work you’ll get through with the 75 will be surprising! I’d of 100% gone new with them prices quoted. Good on ya

 

[Vinpetrol]

You’ll soon realise you have you been playing at it with the 3tonner, the volume of work you’ll get through with the 75 will be surprising! I’d of 100% gone new with them prices quoted. Good on ya

Just playing ! @Gunners

 

[DaveDCB]

it’s an extended hobby for all of us

 

[doobin]

Just playing ! @Gunners

Yeah, consider whether you are really going to make extra money with a larger machine. You can hire them for peanuts. You need to be quoting larger jobs, not day rate. Most guys I know are around £400 a day for a 7.5 tonner, we get that for a 2.7t and it's under half the cost, burns less than half the diesel and doesn't need a lorry.

Not saying don't do it, just saying that bigger most certainly doesn't mean more profitable. Yesterday I went out to a job 45 mins away with the 1.9t and rotating grab. Three beds of small shrubs to come out in a primary school, some of them to be kept rootballed, stacked to one side, and the rest in a skip. Done in an hour and a half, £400 plus VAT. The grab made the money there.

 

[DaveDCB]

Nice when it’s like that!! Can’t imagine many folk can get away with charging £50/hr on 8hrs anywhere but down south!
I get a herbst crusher for that up here!

 

[doobin]

Nice when it’s like that!! Can’t imagine many folk can get away with charging £50/hr on 8hrs anywhere but down south!
I get a herbst crusher for that up here!

Yeah, on the flip side a 750 square foot terraced cottage on the main road costs £325k... new build shitboxes start from £350k

Seriously, if a skilled man is worth £250 a day on site (and that's true anywhere, right? brickies on £300 in Manchester currently?) then why the hell do people expect me to turn up with £20k worth of machinery for another £50????

 

[DaveDCB]

Our joiners are on 160 and Brikkies 150/day… although I do expect them to put rates up again in the new year. It’s all relative to where you live i guess.