JCB JS130

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Biggest problem with this size machine is operators.most 13/14 to machines are run by plant hire fleets and go out on self drive where no one gives a sh!t about them and they get regularly abused.try to buy of an owner operator and you will be fine
Nick...
 
make sure the hard to find grease nipple on the bottom of the slew gearbox is used

my lad has had the job of slieving the bearing houseing after the bearing had collapsed on several machines
Which one is that then? Grease nipples on slew ring and inspection plate on slew gears but never seen one for gearbox? Hope I haven’t been missing one
 

Zetor

Member
Location
Northumberland
I have a 2007 js145 and there is a nipple on it. Dipstick on top of slew motor for oil lubricated top bearing and remove plate below slew motor to reveal bottom bearing grease nipple.

Oh! Typical JCB! My 2002 has a nipple but the 2006 (145) is blanked off, the slew gear oil lubricates the lower bearing on this one.
 
Really. Almost every post on this page is from people who own them and or run them. Obviously their opinions pale into insignificance compared to Bob the chainsmoking shakey bucket.

Actually that’s not fair to Bob, he’s entitled to his opinions but at least it is HIS opinion isn’t it.

Personally I think the JS 130, especially the older 145 sized digger with Isuzu engine and Kawasaki pump offer outstanding bang for buck, fast, nice Hydraulics and reliable too.
You seem to have bit grudge against plant operators or someone who has worked in building/construction who might just have a bit of knowledge about 360s, I am not saying jcb is rubbish, on this forum there many who own a js series and are happy, but I seen some that are shagged with 8/000 hours and in construction that's poor for machine to have faults with those hours on in this day and age.
 
Really. Almost every post on this page is from people who own them and or run them. Obviously their opinions pale into insignificance compared to Bob the chainsmoking shakey bucket.

Actually that’s not fair to Bob, he’s entitled to his opinions but at least it is HIS opinion isn’t it.

Personally I think the JS 130, especially the older 145 sized digger with Isuzu engine and Kawasaki pump offer outstanding bang for buck, fast, nice Hydraulics and reliable too.
Would you agree farmers buy them because there cheap ?
 

KB6930

Member
Location
Borders
I'd be looking at a JS over a Japanese machine because of dealer we already deal with JCB dealer for the forklift and 3cx so a JCB 360 would be the obvious choice for parts etc
 

shumungus

Member
Livestock Farmer
A couple of points before someone drags this thread into anarchy.
There is as much snobbery in the digger world as the tractors with brand loyalty etc.
If I was buying a prime mover digger to do 2500 hrs+ per year I could justify a different price range than if I was buying a farm digger to do 100 - 500 hours a year, you cut your cloth to suit.
Differences in diggers are sometimes less than you think with commonly used pumps, rams and engines used by different brands.
There is sod all wrong with older JCB, the right one still commands a decent price. Yes the orange ones are more expensive and held in high regard but value for money has to be taken into account. Now that I have mentioned the orange ones I will say this, in my opinion there is nothing wrong with them except I think they are over valued and this is largely down to fashion as has been demonstrated on this thread a lot of people who have big opinions on diggers neither personally own or run one or operate it on a daily basis, Case diggers are getting a large following over here and are being held in high regard and they as I believe are sumitomo design which people previously wouldn't have touched with a big stick.
I have employed and attended digger men with there own machines back and forth for the past 30 years and have owned and run my own digger for the past ten. Now, I can drive a digger but I ain't no digger man and believe me there is a big difference but I do pay the bills and know what works and am fortunate enough to have access to good men whom I pay to drive it. I have had diggers here from 1.5 to 35 tons and to me a 13-15 ton digger is well suited to general farm work, enough reach and power to keep you out of bother yet small enough to shift by tractor. The one big variable in what a digger is able to and how nice a job it makes is the person in the seat.
Rant over.
 

Wellytrack

Member
You seem to have bit grudge against plant operators or someone who has worked in building/construction who might just have a bit of knowledge about 360s, I am not saying jcb is rubbish, on this forum there many who own a js series and are happy, but I seen some that are shagged with 8/000 hours and in construction that's poor for machine to have faults with those hours on in this day and age.

Doh!

Quoting what you heard from whoever was yabbering at you last is not a sound basis for YOU to form an opinion - surely you know this.
In this case a digger driver who told you JCB has deteriorated in quality over the previous 25 years.

If that’s his opinion then fine, he is entitled to it - I said as much if you read my post. However.

Have you been plant operator for 25 years?

Have you bought a 360?

Have you paid for a 360?

Have you maintained a 360?

Have you compared the running costs like for like from one machine to another and considering purchase price vs likely repairs or depreciation made a decision/took a gamble and then followed through and bought said machine?

A machine shagged with 8000 hours. And have faults. Oh Lawd Jesus Say it’s not so. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Just what point are you making, in comparison to what?

Here is Salma Hayek. She is 52 years old, and my isn’t she in great order.

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I have definitely seen 52 year olds in worse condition. Infact I have seen 35 year olds in worse condition. You could say she has been well MAINTAINED

She is certainly wearing her hours well, and I certainly would not use the term you did earlier to describe her appearance in her presence.
 

sawdust

Member
Location
Argyll
Doh!

Quoting what you heard from whoever was yabbering at you last is not a sound basis for YOU to form an opinion - surely you know this.
In this case a digger driver who told you JCB has deteriorated in quality over the previous 25 years.

If that’s his opinion then fine, he is entitled to it - I said as much if you read my post. However.

Have you been plant operator for 25 years?

Have you bought a 360?

Have you paid for a 360?

Have you maintained a 360?

Have you compared the running costs like for like from one machine to another and considering purchase price vs likely repairs or depreciation made a decision/took a gamble and then followed through and bought said machine?

A machine shagged with 8000 hours. And have faults. Oh Lawd Jesus Say it’s not so. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Just what point are you making, in comparison to what?

Here is Salma Hayek. She is 52 years old, and my isn’t she in great order.

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I have definitely seen 52 year olds in worse condition. Infact I have seen 35 year olds in worse condition. You could say she has been well MAINTAINED

She is certainly wearing her hours well, and I certainly would not use the term you did earlier to describe her appearance in her presence.

But she'll still have been well f**ked although... :censored:
 
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Lofty1984

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
South wales
Biggest problem with this size machine is operators.most 13/14 to machines are run by plant hire fleets and go out on self drive where no one gives a sh!t about them and they get regularly abused.try to buy of an owner operator and you will be fine
Nick...
Do your homework I guess some plant machines firms will have been servicing on the button I would think. As you say though majority will have been hammered by inexperienced operators.
 

Wellytrack

Member
Biggest problem with this size machine is operators.most 13/14 to machines are run by plant hire fleets and go out on self drive where no one gives a sh!t about them and they get regularly abused.try to buy of an owner operator and you will be fine
Nick...

Owner operator is always the best, there is a civil engineering operator locally that has drivers fast approaching retirement and with a couple of them the long running 20 year old joke was their grease gun had rusted.

An exaggeration obviously but the sentiment was they don’t do grease, maybe a bit round the bucket pins, but definitely not going to be scrambling about in awkward places.

Nothing will beat a machine with an owner operator spending 30 mins per day greasing and making checks.

As an aside, I’ve never seen a well maintained and sorted JS make poor money, everyone says they are cheap but I’ve yet to see one.
 

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