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    Kubota Vs JCB

    Thanks spunkymonkey, My dad brings his R420 home every now and then to do some work on the block and it hasnt failed us once yet. Just keep fillen her up with grease and fuel lol Not to metion their easy to get the hang of, just seeing as my dads a kubota man thats all he thinks i should...
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    Kubota Vs JCB

    Thanks Ausdave, i thought i stole that 1CX photo from somewhere on here:tong Basically i live in the Riverland, a little grape growing region which has alot of citrus, vines, almonds, olives, you name it theres probley someone who grows in down my way. The main point in this though is i have...
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    Kubota Vs JCB

    Thanks, i was sorta swaying towards the kubota for everthing ive heard about them and how good they are to operate, but i cant seem to find anything about the 1CX. i wonder if its just a niche machine or nobody really likes them?:confused:
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    Kubota Vs JCB

    Hey all, Im stumped on this one. As part of a whole year school assignment i decided to set up an earthmoving company, which includes everything from company name reg. to twelve month cash flow forecasts. I hope to use this one day as i love my machines, and its a dream for me to own my part of...
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    Kubota R420

    oh also i dont no the complete lifting capacity, but the other day dad and me were shifting 2 tonne pallets of batteries around, on and off trucks with no problem lifting to full height or losing power at all. and for everything else, here is a few little things i got off the spec sheet for the...
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    Kubota R420

    So do i. It takes the place of a bobcat and excavator package easily, and with no set backs. Its a small machine, not too much bigger than a bobcat width wise, but in height it depends if you have a cab or rops. If your buying new, they come stock with rops i think, but the cab is an extra 6...
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    Different type of scraper?

    Wow! I dare say for smaller contarctors this machine would come in handy, such as in the video. As well as looking on the wikipedia about it, its says that it has the ability to lower itself so as to be able to pick up speed from place to place but also get down low for a clean cut while...
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    Rock saw

    hold on....no chain, belts or cogs? ive never seen it like that before. we mainly have these in australia http://www.stihl.com.au/Products/category.cfm?iCategoryID=6 call them cut off saws but the blades can be changed around to watever you wana do with it. and is that disc in the middle of...
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    dragline repair, swing and drum brakes

    :eek: Do they have a website could have a look at?
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    how can you till if a bobcat is high flow?

    Too true.
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    Motor Grader

    Hey skyhightree1, better to ask a stupid question than to go into it with no info! Well thats how i see it anyway :p I wouldn't mind knowing a bit more either, all those levers and controls must take a little experience to get over :)
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    Rock saw

    Great pics :D ive never seen a saw like that :drinkup i would like to find out a bit more about the machined
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    Another lonely forum

    i agree with redline, here in south australia we call them profilers too, but everyone has thier own thing :D
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    dragline repair, swing and drum brakes

    hey guys, sorry for butting in on your thread but just wondering what ever happen to the old dragline? ive had a nose around on the net a bit but i thought i might go straight to the experts =) couple questions: 1. is there any companys that still make draglines, and if so what are their names...
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    Testing 1 2 3...

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