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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:23 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:27 pm
by 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. 
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:13 pm
by 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
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:59 pm
by bobbi o
we've got one of these,for footpath works etc,carries about 750kg and has hydraulic tipper.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:14 am
by henpecked
I did look at one of these but it was a bit pricey, how much did you get it for?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:11 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:37 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:08 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:05 pm
by local patios and driveway
yeah bobbi, i looked online and new its about 2300 worth of kit.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:28 am
by 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!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:58 pm
by 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.
