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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:20 pm
by dig dug dan
doing a 140sqm block paving job (back garden), but with access to a pavement at the side. So i hired one of the probst block paving barrows, the sort that clamps a whole band of blocks in one go.
Its been an absolute godsend, and saved so much time.
At £800 to buy, its not cheap, and i don't do enough of it to warrant buying, but has anyone on here got one/used one? what did they think of it?
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:58 pm
by pickwell paving
we've got 2 at the moment keep looking at buying a new one to replace our oldest, got that new in 1990 had to do a bit of welding on it but apart from that its still going strong, probst is top quality stuff we use ours even for just 2 packs of blocks if we can get it in saves a lot of double handling etc 
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:22 pm
by ambient
got one off ebay only been used for one job (300 metres) paid £350 worth every penny its as good as having another man.wouldnt buy a new one theres been quite a few on ebay last few weeks only thing you have to watch is if lever mechanism is worn and bit of weld can fix that ???
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:20 am
by msh paving
First one i bought in 1992 died in 1997 then 97 model is still going strong with a few small welds, best thing a paving gang can buy speeds the job up and no double handling blocks MSH
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:14 am
by lutonlagerlout
i have used them a couple of times,think they only work with normal 200/100 blocks though.
definitely speed up the manual side,1 man can keep me going on the laying ,whereas otherwise i would have to stop and load out too
LLL
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:37 pm
by dig dug dan
i thought that was the case.
My mate reckoned it was a waste of money and why didn't we just use a barrow!(he is old school. can't even switch on a computer)
Had to hire from hss. couldn't collect from my local depot as "they are not lift and shift"!
when i got it back to site, it had a flat tyre. rang them and they got another one out and gave me an extra days hire. well worth it!
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:43 pm
by Hawk
bought ours in 1995 cost about £695 back then, but its still going strong, always turns in on a monday and never answered back once, or never complained about the weather,
hasn`t even stopped for a brew, great piece of equipment,
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:57 pm
by ambient
theres somebody in essex selling three on ebay look like new £325 each ???
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:42 am
by Tony McC
There's a number of imitators on eBay - they make out they are Probst, but they ain't, and I know the Probst stuff is dear, but in terms of quality, nothing else comes close.
I'm a great believer in a tradesman only being as good as his tools.....
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:39 pm
by dig dug dan
the ones for sale on ebay in essex have probst stamped into the mesh, so i hope they are the genuine article!
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:46 pm
by ambient
yes they are same as mine, their have been a few cheap looking ones advertised as probst on there that arent they have two prongs that fit in fork holes not a patch on the real thing