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Tidy work mate. Ive done six tickets now at Staffordshire operator training and cant recommend them highly enough! Frank, Ben and the lads are all great teachers, showing little hints and tips to help in the real world too aswel, i wouldnt go anywhere else 👍👍
Great work, you and Olliegun are only decent videos of 26u. I'm looking at 1 or a Kubota at same price or CAT 4k more. Would you choose a Hitachi or consider the other options given changes in technology?
Hi Ben. I'm thinking of getting one of these. 2015, 2500 hours, £10800. Not from a dealer so no warranty. Do you thinkni could do better with another brand?
Hi Julian. I’m not mega familiar with prices on minis these days. I’m yet to do a video on it but i’m on earthmoving jobs now so totally different machines to what i’m used to on the minis! There’s a group on facebook i’m in called the 8 tonne and below plant group. It’s choc full of advice and plenty of people who will give you a better answer than i can 😁
Hi Ben. Can you do a video where you show more of the controls on the bucket release. We have one for work but we’re having trouble disconnecting. If you could do a step by step showing the buttons that would be awesome. Thanks
What is the machine seriously like off road. I am considering the hydradig for mainly clearance, farmland, woodlands using tree shears, grapple etc. And how far would you travel to a job site before using transport? Great informative video by the way.
Hey Andy thanks for the comment. I've taken the hydradig in some very boggy and wet situations and haven't gotten stuck once. Ground clearance admittedly is not quite as good as a conventional wheeled machine because the engine on hydradigs is under the cab as seen in the video however this does have it's benefits too. In terms of roading i guess it depends on your area. The engine is basically a loadall engine I believe so it'll be decent on fuel. Have you considered talking to your local dealer for a demo? They really are unique to any other duck on the market so I think that would be your best bet to get a feel for the machine. Hope that helps :)
@@bentheop I hadn’t thought of the clearance to the ground, good point. Yes I’ll be speaking to a dealer. What’s the furthest you’d drive the machine to the job site? Thanks
Hi Ben, have you had a. Han e to drive the new doosan DX85R? Also I seen one of these machines leaving barrow in Furness last week looked a very nice well bit of kit. I think it was a pot hole repair setup 😊
That’s the customer who was very kindly helping out. Saved me a lot of getting on and off the machine sorting through the soil for bricks and concrete.
Love the X series, really big development from the older JS series machines. Cab's are super super quiet on them, so much so you can barely hear the engine if the fan and radio is on.
Yes, at least 10 years on and around machines. Was 16 when I did my CPCS in the other video so had just been gaining more and more experience up to that point.
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Shame these only came out after I had stop operating plant, I always thought these looked a decent bit of kit. Used to drive ducks a lot and loved them. Although a 3cx would take some beating I think.
Hi William, yeah these are fantastic pieces of kit. And you’re very right, backhoes are hard to beat. I think it comes down to these machines having jobs which suit them best. It’s really hard to compare them. Although they aren’t massively far off price wise, the jobs they can do vary a lot. The hydradig really excels in certain areas which is why adaptations like the Pothole Pro have come in. But then the backhoe is perfect for individual operators, which is why you see so many owned by small companies or even just individuals.
It's night and day! The machine can get your average sized pothole cut, cropped, and cleaned in literally a few minutes. Without any power tools, jackhammers, etc needed. Plus it leaves a perfectly square cut. For larger patches the planer is fairly quick to go over roads with. The sweeper on the tiltrotator is what makes all the difference. It's a hell of a lot quicker than a brush and wheel barrow. Lads can come in with the tarmac and lay it directly into the perfectly cleaned hole, the operation is just so much quicker.
@@bentheop Oh, this was previously done by hand? I thought this just replaced a mini/midi with a tiltrotator and planer / cutting wheel / brush set-up. Yeah, massive gains when you automate it.
@@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg Yes for many potholes it is done by hand. You'd use a stihl saw, breaker, and shovel. So much quicker this was as the machine can drive itself to jobs on and off road at up to 40kph
@@bentheop In Australia they put these attachments on skid loaders and do the same thing thing. They call them profilers and and a broom bucket , the guys that lay the asphalt tow them around on a big trailer behind their asphalt trucks
