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<blockquote data-quote="shumungus" data-source="post: 6402152" data-attributes="member: 55902"><p>A couple of points before someone drags this thread into anarchy.</p><p>There is as much snobbery in the digger world as the tractors with brand loyalty etc.</p><p>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.</p><p>Differences in diggers are sometimes less than you think with commonly used pumps, rams and engines used by different brands.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Rant over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shumungus, post: 6402152, member: 55902"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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