I need a wacker plate but ..

RSVr · Post: # 55395Post **RSVr** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:09 pm

What size and weight would you reccomend as I would only use it for doing 140sqm of block paving

Ive seen this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WACKER-....5d55d5d

Is this too heavy too light??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHACKER....0545068

or is this too crap LOL

Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:33 pm

RSVr wrote:Is this too heavy too light??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHACKER....0545068

or is this too crap LOL

hahaha

electric compactor, stay clear

Stuarty · Post: # 55400Post **Stuarty** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:36 pm

RSVr wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHACKER....0545068

or is this too crap LOL

Tell me thats a joke. Please! lol

RSVr · Post: # 55401Post **RSVr** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:38 pm

Stuarty wrote:
RSVr wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHACKER....0545068

or is this too crap LOL

Tell me thats a joke. Please! lol

Do you reckon its to make cake toppings smooth? LOL

What u reckon of the other one?

and what weight should i be looking at?

Stuarty · Post: # 55402Post **Stuarty** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:57 pm

For a light use pedestrian path the first one would be ok. I wouldnt use it on a driveway though, its just too light for my liking. The bigger the better!

rimexboy · Post: # 55403Post **rimexboy** Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:14 pm

RSVr wrote:What size and weight would you reccomend as I would only use it for doing 140sqm of block paving

Ive seen this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WACKER-....5d55d5d

Is this too heavy too light??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHACKER....0545068

or is this too crap LOL

none of either of them has sold any on ebay listings, why not just pop down the local hire shop..

and as said the bigger the better you dont want the surface to drop in the future....

Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:06 pm

RSVr wrote:What size and weight would you reccomend as I would only use it for doing 140sqm of block paving

Ive seen this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WACKER-....5d55d5d

Is this too heavy too light??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHACKER....0545068

or is this too crap LOL

roflmao

"top of the range"
"very good compaction"
"brand new" and "never been used"
" colours vary"

??????????
what does all this mean
LLL

DNgroundworks · Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:54 am

colours vary lol

Post: # 55427Post **Dave_L** Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:21 pm

Hire something decent.

Whacker plate won't be man enough for any sub base compaction anyway.

Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:24 pm

decent wackers are ok on domestic drives dave

mbw and wacker brand

but these chinese copies are likely to be a pile of crap
we just hire the big diesel ones now, too much agg moving and storing them when you can hire for Â£30 a day
cheers LLL

Ted · Post: # 55437Post **Ted** Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:51 pm

I got given a brand new Chinese wacker plate (petrol motor) as part payment for a job in Angola. I used it on my next job and it did not last half a day - it shook itself to pieces and we could never put it back together satisfactorily.

Don't buy a wacker unless you can buy a decent one. I have an Ammann Yanmar AVP2220, I think, and it has lasted ages but it would have cost a fortune new. I got mine second hand.

remus · Post: # 55447Post **remus** Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:17 pm

Be VERY careful
I purchased one from e bay a few years ago. It looked just like one I had hired 10 - 15 years ago from a plant firm.
Looked nice when it arrived. and still would be, but I did a silly thing.
I tried to use it, every part is a cheap copy of the original and falls to bits.
Had to replace the rubber mounts, bolts, belts, covers etc.
If you get one just keep it to look at . Do Not start it.

RSVr · Post: # 55451Post **RSVr** Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:53 pm

right so whos got one for 100 quid including postage LOL