Farm 360 Excavator

[Sharny dubs]

I would say daewoo are a good farm digger. We have a 130lcv. Nice simple machine. Can pick them up for reasonable money and if you buy at the right money it wont loose much value. Balgownie are good for spares and workshop. Once you get a track machine, you will wonder how you managed without it.

 

[CPF]

What age, hours and value, I'd be interested in something like that for sure.
PM if you prefer.

Cheers @Pringles Moving between farms is what put me off last time, the two places either side of the road aren't quite such an issue but the place along the road would need a low loader. Contractor had his JS up at dung last year and it was a good job.

Thanks, my budget is a bit less than that one unfortunately.

Get a set of these to put on the steel tracks

 

[grainboy]

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I would say daewoo are a good farm digger. We have a 130lcv. Nice simple machine. Can pick them up for reasonable money and if you buy at the right money it wont loose much value. Balgownie are good for spares and workshop. Once you get a track machine, you will wonder how you managed without it.

Snap

 

[shumungus]

Get a set of these to put on the steel tracks View attachment 1018998

Why oh why?

 

[CPF]

Why oh why?

Just to explain so you don’t rip up sensitive surfaces

 

[shumungus]

Just to explain so you don’t rip up sensitive surfaces

Unless your using your 13 tonner exclusively on tarmac or driveways you want steel. Rubber has no grip on grass or clay, complete disaster that's why diggers on rubber out of the factory come with a blade, they need it for a handbrake.

 

[Finn farmer]

A couple of serious 360° operators once told me that you can't go wrong with Volvo, Hitachi, Kobelco/New Holland. Which is the best of those comes down to personal preference.

Doosan would also be good, although a bit slower than the others mentioned above. It might not make a difference in farm use, but they also said that even though Doosan costs 15-20k€ less, you can make the price difference zero out in the first year if you've got some serious ditching to do.

 

[CPF]

Unless your using your 13 tonner exclusively on tarmac or driveways you want steel. Rubber has no grip on grass or clay, complete disaster that's why diggers on rubber out of the factory come with a blade, they need it for a handbrake.

Load of b —-locks

 

[CPF]

I do have a little bit of experience with diggers coming up to 47 years in may .When I had an interest in a construction business we operated machines from micro to 65 tonne machines.

 

[Runs Like a Deere]

Unless your using your 13 tonner exclusively on tarmac or driveways you want steel. Rubber has no grip on grass or clay, complete disaster that's why diggers on rubber out of the factory come with a blade, they need it for a handbrake.

Never had any issues with my rubber tracked 8 tonner on grass or clay. Also remember seeing clarkson sliding down a bank in his steel tracked machine so to say rubber tracks are rubbish on grass and that steel is infallible is complete rubbish.

Either type of track will slip if pushed to the limit

 

[Lakesdigger]

Never had any issues with my rubber tracked 8 tonner on grass or clay. Also remember seeing clarkson sliding down a bank in his steel tracked machine so to say rubber tracks are rubbish on grass and that steel is infallible is complete rubbish.

Either type of track will slip if pushed to the limit

True but steels will grip better on wet grass than rubber. The only advantage for rubber tracks is they don't make a mess of tarmac conc etc. Steels are far better once off sealed surfaces imho. The other thing is steels are usually wider than than the equivalent rubber tracks fitted to machines so are a lot better at staying on the top. Steels far better for a farm machine imo.

 

[shumungus]

Never had any issues with my rubber tracked 8 tonner on grass or clay. Also remember seeing clarkson sliding down a bank in his steel tracked machine so to say rubber tracks are rubbish on grass and that steel is infallible is complete rubbish.

Either type of track will slip if pushed to the limit

Never said steel is infallible and there is a marked difference between an 8 ton and 13 ton machine. I was talking about a 13 ton class machine.

 

[shumungus]

Load of b —-locks

How so? Factory fit rubber diggers usually have blades and rubber tracks by their nature have less grip off the hard than steel. Steel is designed to bite rubber is designed to sit on top of. Rubber is higher maintenance and expense also. There is nothing wrong with rubber in its correct environment but in 360 diggers its a solution for a certain / niche application and not very applicable to farm type work.

 

[KB6930]

I've an 8t and it's not very often I wish I had a 13t if I had a 13t I'd want it with a blade as it's bloody handy for levelling yourself up when ditching or grading or using as an anchor when things get very steep

A 13t would be good now I'm doing more with timber but the 8 is surprisingly nimble in a tight space and saves having to hire a mini digger for wee jobs in sheds etc

 

[Runs Like a Deere]

Never said steel is infallible and there is a marked difference between an 8 ton and 13 ton machine. I was talking about a 13 ton class machine.

How many 13 tonne machines have rubber tracks, I don't think I have ever seen a single one, therefore your comment about rubber having no grip on grass or clay can only be applied to machines of 8 tonne and below and is completely invalid if you are speaking about 13 ton machines

 

[Richy12]

There

Just to explain so you don’t rip up sensitive surfaces

Blocks shake the sh1t out of a machine and wear the undercarriage twice as fast

 

[Richy12]

 

[Richy12]

Get yourself a hitachi, buy once cry once

 

[Lakesdigger]

It isn't just grip which differs between rubber and steel but also when off hard surfaces rubber being a lot more flexible don't stay on the top as well as steel and steel are far better for tracking stuff in as they like to sit flatter.

 

[Tomr10]