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local patios and driveway
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Post: # 60981Post local patios and driveway

bought one of these today for moving slabs and blocks etc. anyone got one? ive used them in the past and dont like the way they steer but that said this one was peanuts and like new.

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Post: # 60983Post rab1

watch Raynsway (BB Company)use one everyday and just think........ use a wheelbarrow you lazy git.

the lads that use them really rate it, saves on the strain etc of using a wheel barrow and the wheels are self cleaning so no mess. :)
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Post: # 60990Post local patios and driveway

for me the beauty is that it takes 3-4 wheel barrow loads, which illiminates 2 labourers straight away for the cost of some fuel. should pay for itself in a few weeks

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Post: # 60994Post bobbi o

we've got one of these,for footpath works etc,carries about 750kg and has hydraulic tipper.

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Post: # 60999Post henpecked

I did look at one of these but it was a bit pricey, how much did you get it for?

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Post: # 61000Post bobbi o

henpecked wrote:I did look at one of these but it was a bit pricey, how much did you get it for?

very pricey-about 6k.had a particular tar job,with a 1200mm wide access point,which it paid for itself on. its a handy piece of kit but in reality it only comes out the shed a dozen times a year.

looked at the muck truck,but you have no control over the tipping,which i needed for moving tar about for hand-lay jobs.

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Post: # 61021Post local patios and driveway

i paid 500 quid with the ramp and the slab carrier, its also the uprated honda engine. its been used 7 times and looks brand new.

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Post: # 61027Post bobbi o

local patios and driveways wrote:i paid 500 quid with the ramp and the slab carrier, its also the uprated honda engine. its been used 7 times and looks brand new.

bargain at that price. i nearly bough one for the leaf suction attachment. we used to do a lot of resin bonded and thought it would be good for sucking up the loose chips after the resin has set.



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Post: # 61030Post local patios and driveway

yeah bobbi, i looked online and new its about 2300 worth of kit.

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Post: # 61031Post Mikey_C

i rented one and didn't get on with, required significant manual effort to steer in turn circle of anything less than a bus. also the manual lifting of the bucket was annoying.

saying that the intend use didn't happen, so perseverance may have paid off. also if I had the skip ramp I would have been able to make better use.

at a monkey, I would have brought it, in fact if you don't like it I'll give £600 for it!

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Post: # 61050Post GB_Groundworks

i hired one of these and liked it but was a struggle to turn it it tight spots etc but better than barrowing on hilly or uneven ground, the one i hired the had a sticking handle so my lad turned it over on a little bump.

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