Mini-JCB

[Smurf]

Anyone ever hired one of those Bobcat mini JCB thingys?

Are they easy to use? Are they pricey? I only want to shift a smallish amount of earth (prob take a day with a spade but it's cold and I'm lazy)

[carlos]

The mini JCB (402s IIRC) are a piece of p**s to drive but horribly underpowered so much it'd be quicker with a teaspoon. Can't say I've ever driven other mini-diggers, only JCB 3 & 4CX :twisted:
You'll pick it up in about 10 mins (just stay clear of your green house and gas pipes :D )

[Demonz]

Get one of these mate - then you can make a mess like... ah my boy did :oops: (1.2 ton digger) .

http://nbsl.co.uk/gallery/albums/album17/DSC00347.jpg

[valleyboy]

Kubato I think are one company that make mini-diggers.. they have several different weight classes...

0.6 Ton and up.. 0.8 is next, then 1.5 then various other big things I havent used yet... :lol:


as for driving, if you have good hand co-ordination, you will be fine.. just take your time at first.. they may be underpowered compared to their big brothers.. but they are still capable of putting a house wall through... :lol:

[valleyboy]

You'll pick it up in about 10 mins (just stay clear of your green house and gas pipes :D )

Errrrr.... hmmm.... bit late for that advise for me mate.. I once dag through the main gas pipe for a house once... stupid thing was only about 4" bellow the grass :evil:

never ran around shouting so much in my life... :lol:

[Ed]

Get one of these mate - then you can make a mess like... ah my boy did :oops: (1.2 ton digger) .

http://nbsl.co.uk/gallery/albums/album17/DSC00347.jpg

BH!! He's started knocking the house down :shock:

[Smurf]

Yeah that looks like the fella, feel a bit bad hiring one as it's only a small job but I just don't have a day to spare between now and when the dump truck of gravel arrives. Plus I always wanted to play about in a digger :D

[the_runt69]

Go south to Diggerland at the medway bridge and have a go at driving diggers, take the kids too

http://www.diggerland.com/

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[kwak zzr]

i have a builder friend i can find out the prices for you.

[tinpants]

Prices obviously vary quite a bit from place to place but you shouldn't be paying much more than £60 - £80 per day for a 1.5 tonne machine.

If I lived a bit closer to Essex then I'd come and do it for you. :wink:




Take your time and shop around a bit, then when you get a price close to what you don't mind paying, crack on. Take it easy 'til you get the hang of it. :scratch:

I've been driving them for years, firstly as a job then as a bit of a sideline. Thing is, the sideline is now getting more lucrative than my day job!! I feel a possible career change coming on!! :smt023

[Smurf]

Thanks for the advice on prices guys, I'm well chuffed now. Thought it was going to be way more expensive, actually about the same price as buying a pick-axe, spade and a pair of low cut jeans.

Plus I get to scare the neighbors and track mud up and down the road :D

[tinpants]

Thanks for the advice on prices guys, I'm well chuffed now. Thought it was going to be way more expensive, actually about the same price as buying a pick-axe, spade and a pair of low cut jeans.

Plus I get to scare the neighbors and track mud up and down the road :D



I know you were only joking about that last bit but, seriously, don't! Its an offence under the Road Traffic Act to deposit mud on the highway. Quite a huge fine too, or so I'm led to believe. If I were you then I'd stick with terrorising the neighbours from the safety of your garden :lol: :lol: After all, an earthmoving machine with a relatively inexperienced operator is quite a scary thing to behold!!! :twisted: :twisted: :lol:

[Scooby Drew]

Thanks for the advice on prices guys, I'm well chuffed now. Thought it was going to be way more expensive, actually about the same price as buying a pick-axe, spade and a pair of low cut jeans.

Plus I get to scare the neighbors and track mud up and down the road :D



I know you were only joking about that last bit but, seriously, don't! Its an offence under the Road Traffic Act to deposit mud on the highway. Quite a huge fine too, or so I'm led to believe. If I were you then I'd stick with terrorising the neighbours from the safety of your garden :lol: :lol: After all, an earthmoving machine with a relatively inexperienced operator is quite a scary thing to behold!!! :twisted: :twisted: :lol:

Oh really? I need to point that out to a couple farmers in my area - nothing like coming across freshly deposited red soil in the middle of the road at night in the ****ing rain :evil:

[gettin2dizzy]

unfortunately it is illegal unless.... your a farmer travelling between his fields (within a certain distance). Builders in manchester have left a street completely covered in clay recently, i locked the front just slowling to a stop :shock:

[northwind]

You've got to be realistic about it too, fields are full of mud, and there tends not to be a handy car wash at the gates :)

[Stingo]

Get one of these mate - then you can make a mess like... ah my boy did :oops: (1.2 ton digger) .

http://nbsl.co.uk/gallery/albums/album17/DSC00347.jpg


:lol: hey hey!! me too......

http://upload4.postimage.org/1713446/Digger3.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1713446/photo_hosting.html)


http://upload4.postimage.org/1713453/FirstDay5.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1713453/photo_hosting.html)
:thumbsup:

[Demonz]

:lol: hey hey!! me too......

http://upload4.postimage.org/1713446/Digger3.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1713446/photo_hosting.html)


:lol: The kids love it as much as the dads. Nice to see he has the right footwear for the job "Can we fix it...".

[Richie]

Thats my Boy...
Jake (not Luke) and No I'm not Bruce Lee...


JCB 4CX
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9241/wksp004zt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Stingo]

:lol: Excellent!!

[Amanda M]

I want a go :lol: :lol: :lol: I've always wanted to drive a digger for some reason :twisted: