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    PLastic Piles

    Hi Miniape, I get the distinct feeling you are reading slightly too much into what were my own thoughts on how I was treated as a new customer to both companies. If I was treated 'slightly nicer' by one but 'not so nice' by the other, that would have been my experience at the time. However...
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    Takeuchi TL250 Cool Aid Package Info ?

    Having decided a small tracked loader (Cat 939) is out of the question I am in a straight battle between the TL250/T870/299c from Takeuchi, Bobcat and Cat respectively. However the UK market is tiny, there is very little info available and I am having very little success with dealers. The...
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    Takeuchi TL250/Bobcat T870/Cat 299 Steel track Options

    CM1995, how interesting that your thoughts basically match my own! I have in my mind a CAT 939c sitting on wider dozer pads (insides cut to get them on) for lower ground pressure and more traction. Coupled to this a front quick hitch to integrate with the CAT tool carrier system and I can...
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    Takeuchi TL250/Bobcat T870/Cat 299 Steel track Options

    Just trying to gather info regarding full steel track options and conversions for the larger Tracked loader models. They are a very rare tool over here in the UK, but I have applications for one that would cover a wide range of work types. I really want one with steel tracks to cover the type...
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    JCB 814 Super

    Hi Plymouthfury, I have very limited experience of the 'white cab' versions of the 814 as I always searched for the 'grey cab' which were a seriously well built and completely underrated machine. The local story is that it was JCB's last throw of the dice for their own...
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    Excavator Mounted Brush Mowers?

    Hi Silveroddo, As Cps says I run an Osma semi forestry flail on a Kubota kx080 and have had great success with the combination. There are many other makes that produce similar, Seppi, Berti and Fae are probably the most heard of over here. The one I want and the daddy in...
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    Got a New toy

    Thanks for the list on the plastic planking Rob. I have to keep looking at the recycled alternatives for obvious reasons when looking at solutions in this Environmental work. Having just discovered that some really smart looking Bog Mats are now being produced in recycled plastic with many...
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    Excavator Bulrush cutter ? Who makes them ?

    Hi Darryl, Nice pics of some tidy looking mowing there. Just thinking of the Rush mowing I do with the Kubota 8 tonner I have, and I have been searching for something along the Rotary mower lines. What manufacturer is your mower? And what blade set up are you running to get a...
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    Got a New toy

    Nice looking job on the Lock Rob.:thumbsup The quality of the wooden gates look exceptional in the pics and should hopefully provide some long service. Never come accross those panels before and I would be interested in a rough cost per panel? It would be interesting to compare against...
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    lgp Excavator

    Hi CPS, couldn't get to open the Volvo EC55 or CAT 307? I have seen a few pics of the EC55 done by JCC who did the Kubota. It was fitted with 1 metre wide pads and had the sprckets and chains uprated to 8 tonner spec. Should be a great tool, but better if they strapped an Engcon to it...
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    Sneak Preview.

    Hi CPS, all has been very busy for the Kubota over the winter period. Thankfully both the Flail Mower and Selector Grab have proved to be excellent purchases, with good utilisation of both and only one chipped flail in a good few hours now. The base machine is heading for 350 hours now and...
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    some irish lgp excavators and bog machines

    DifcoDriver that Hitachi looks a Beautiful conversion:thumbsup I can't quite see close enough, but I assume the turret is not cut into like the 20 tonners that appeared in earthmovers. Love Zaxis Hitachi's and miss the 160 i had last year. You will find a thread called LGP excavators on...
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    lgp Excavator

    Welcome to you Lee Cutting, Many Thanks for your Kind comments regarding the Kubota, and I'm really pleased with the result. I have a few niggles with Track master pins and a couple of things on the Engcon set up that are really down to a poor design. Hopefully a solution will be...
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    boom mounted winchs on excavators

    http://www.landmarc.co.uk/news.asp?id=24 Here is a link to a UK company that runs a successful set up on a CAT 312 with Quick Hitch. They use the winch as a Safety wire to anchor mowing machines, but such a set up would be easy to copy and have many applications. I also have my own...
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    Show Me Your 'Thumbs!'

    I am enjoying the input from all on the whole thumb issue.:thumbsup Firstly I haven't had time follow up Rocklnd on the Krypto Claw yet, but shall do so. It would be good to get some pictures and input from a real user on here though. The latest idea from Lowenequip of a Hitch/Thumb combo...
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