jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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anyone used one? just wondering if there easy to use and easy to get to grips with as i intend on hiring one to sort out our back garden?
also does 50quid a dayfor hire sound good? any pointers and tips would be welcomed 
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
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DrunkenFool hired one to dig a Pond/Lake/Swimming Pool/Ocean I think
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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We've hired one before here and I used it most of the day - took me maybe 10mins to get used to it then it was a piece of piss.
Also think £50 was cheaper than what we got it for so not a bad price.
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
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Yeah their fairly straight forward. Just take your time getting use to it and should be straight forward enough then 
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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You can actually hire these and work them yourself? Up to what size...?
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Jake
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we use them quite often for digging footings and ripping out alot of soil. 3/4ton is pretty gutless but is ok for light landscaping. its about 50 a day then you have to pay extra for different buckets
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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well its from a local building supply company and am sure he said he'll give me the digging bucket and the large bucket aswell
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by jungle
well its from a local building supply company and am sure he said he'll give me the digging bucket and the large bucket aswell
we got the two with ours.
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jungle
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tbh whats the worse that can happen??? i could probs knock down next doors garage lol its a pile of jumk anyways lol
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Cosmo
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Worst that happened to me was I tried to dig out a fairly large amount from the bottom of a hole when sideways on (so tracks werent giving me support) - the thing tilted right in the hole and rested on its arm. Had to push it out using the arm slowly but all was good.
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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so there quite easy to work with then thats settle's it i'll hire it for thursday 
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Laura
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Oh will you now 
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ChrisBoom
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Piss easy. £50 is very cheap too, usuall come with a narrow bucket, medium sized bucket and a ditching bucket.
Watch for cables, have someone watching where you are digging, if they see a cable, stop, and expose the cable by hand. Move it out the way and carry on.
And there will be instructions in the cab to show you what lever does what
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jungle
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yes lol since you have me shopping at the weekend lol
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jungle
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cheers i think it should be simple enuff tbh cheers guys if anyone has anymore info let me know
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
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we had one a few years back. we had to get the smallest one available as the only access to the back garden is a 35 inch wide path. this meant it was the shittest one too. the controls we a bit eratic and all the markings had come off so you forget what lever does what. i crushed a wheel barrow with it by pulling the wrong lever.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Shoot a permanent video in case anything funny happens, I was watching my Dad use one years ago and he managed to tip it on it's side
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
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Pics or it didn't happen
Thur that is.......
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ed
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They show you what the controls do when dropping them off. They're easy to use after you've got used to the way they work.
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Twiggy
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for 50quid i might just get one and dig a fucking massive hole for a laugh!!!
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ed
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More fun than a night out that
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VegasPhil
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Yeh they are easy once you get used to them.
I've had a go in a JS-330 before (33-Tonne) Soo massive.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Cosmo
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Just dont fall in to it like you probably would at the end of a night out.
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Yeh they are easy once you get used to them.
I've had a go in a JS-330 before (33-Tonne) Soo massive.
Yeah, big machines are awesome, biggest I had a shot of at my last job was:
http://www.dnsrailway.ca/Quickstart/ImageLib/Cat_330_Excavator_Pic_3.jpg
Great fun
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JadeM
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Colin hired one to do the back garden, he loved it you'd have thought all his Christmases had come at once haha !
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