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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:04 pm
by haggistini
why are the kubota dipper arms on the mini and micro diggers not long enough to scrape up to the front blade??? it is getting on my wick because you cant pick up the last bit of any spoil!!! the takuchi's do and others why is this?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:10 pm
by digerjones
think the blades stick out further on the ones you can scrape up clean with. what i do is use the pedle to move the arm 90' then you can clean up a bit better.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:13 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Our kx71-3 does, our little jcb 8018 doesn't get within a foot of the blade. I find it very annoying.
Will deepend on the specification it was ordered in I guess some have deep dig for graves etc and to protect the blade and under carriage from damage. Majority of minis operated by less experienced operators to larger machines.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:18 pm
by haggistini
nice 1 its been bugging me for while its the blade thas longer on the other types not smaller dippers, tidy but!
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:28 pm
by mickg
not tried that way digerjones , i will next time cheers 
it is frustrating though when you cant get that final 50 - 60mm of spoil, its not a problem on the Volvo 3 ton machine but the Volvo 8 toner has the same problem
on the JCB 3 ton machine the boom is more offset than other machines and it gives you a blind spot on your right hand side when using the grading bucket which means you have to lean forward out of your seat to see the end of the bucket when your close to any buildings or walls, never had that problem with any other manufacturers machines
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:22 am
by haggistini
takuchi ive always found to be the best. nice roof on the 1.6t too and very smooth controls on the recent 1's that is
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:21 am
by ambient
my hitachi 3 tonner goes right to the blade without having to angle it,
have you seen this giles on ebay Item number: 300514184033
perfect for you 
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:03 pm
by dig dug dan
the main reason for the 008 not performing that is because primarily they were desgined as a hire machine, and there fore is it to prevent unskilled operators damaging the front blade with the bucket.
as diger jones says, if you move the digger arm offset you can get some, though not all of the spoil against the blade
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:08 pm
by Hawk
my Hitachi ex16 wont clean right to the blade, so I put the blade down and lift the front of the machine and then off sett
the dipper arm, and it will then only leave a couple of shovels full behind
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:43 pm
by GB_Groundworks
ambient wrote:my hitachi 3 tonner goes right to the blade without having to angle it,
have you seen this giles on ebay Item number: 300514184033
perfect for you
I'd love one of them rare sight over here but got a little dozer now haha, think I posted some pics on another threadbabout those kobolecs.
But weve got a 13 and 16 ton already lol
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:53 pm
by rab1
Giles, just remember its tax deductable.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:56 pm
by dig dug dan
if you buy it outright, only 1/5 is. then 1/5 of whats left the next year and so on.
lease it, and each payment is 100% deductable!
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:38 pm
by digerjones
i think its a bit of longer dipper on some, blade sticks out on others. its abit of both these reasons, they are all different. i now its a terrible thing to say but i supose you could always get out of the cab and shovel the last bit in the bucket, god forbid. ha ha
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:07 pm
by lutonlagerlout
or the brickie waiting to pour concrete does it haha :;):
leasing can be a nightmare dan,a mate of mine did a lease scheme and has just paid his 5k balloon payment
sadly he still has to pay them 300 a year and also 15% of anything he sells the van for
there is a lot to be said for keeping new vehicles for just 3 years though,reliability is the main thing
LLL
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:15 pm
by dig dug dan
your mate was done tony. there are several types of lease. I always lease purchase, and at the end (You don't have to have a balloon payment), I sell it to them and buy it back, and only pay them 2% of the value. they always says its only worth a pittance, and it ends up a good deal. then its mine to sell, or trade for another