Hired in plant

[Wee Jim]

I today received a 5 toner from hewden. It's a zero tail swing cat. Comes with a near brand new ditching bucket and a digging bucket that needs a dentist to tighten the teeth!

Hewden have a core plant promise so max delivery charge is £75 so that tuned out better than the £100 plus vat I was quoted and if you order before 12 you get it next day before 12 so I did that and it came at half 2! So I should get some hire off or something!

Pics etc to follow!

[Muz]

You'd expect the hire to start from the next day really .... but then again fermers are 24 hour day merchants .. not 8

[Wee Jim]

I was planning so late shifts with it but its not a 24 hr machine. As is came with only one light on the roof!!

It worked away fine today only shed the track once! I can throw the tracks for my 8018 on no bother if it ever came off its a wee bit harder/heavier on a 5 tonner!

[Wee Jim]

Some pics from today!

[245dlc]

How did you like the Cat machine Jim? I've seen a lot of Cat mini's here but never ran one myself, I also heard recently that the new line coming out for mini's will be made by Wacker Neuson. And what were you building/digging?

[Wee Jim]

Aye it's not bad to drive. It's a 5 tonner so it's a good size! The track did come off today and it was a little awkward due to the size to get it on again yourself but I managed!

I have seen them whacker neuson machines in the earth movers magazine and thought they looked alright but never seen one in the flesh!

[245dlc]

Yeah I haven't seen any yet just the C series machines like what you've got. There is a 3.5 tonner with just a canopy for sale near here but I gotta make some money before I can put an offer on anything. Keep posting the pictures Jim!

[Dan]

Aye it's not bad to drive. It's a 5 tonner so it's a good size! The track did come off today and it was a little awkward due to the size to get it on again yourself but I managed!

I have seen them whacker neuson machines in the earth movers magazine and thought they looked alright but never seen one in the flesh!

We had a demo of their 8 tonner a few years ago and it was an absolute dog it could barely lift a full bucket of stone at full reach. It was a short tail swing machine with terrible counterbalance . The cab was a half finished afterthought inside, I'd never own one and the depreciation on them is pretty shocking too.

[245dlc]

We had a demo of their 8 tonner a few years ago and it was an absolute dog it could barely lift a full bucket of stone at full reach. It was a short tail swing machine with terrible counterbalance . The cab was a half finished afterthought inside, I'd never own one and the depreciation on them is pretty shocking too.

Oh so Cat is maintaining their high standard of quality then...

[Wee Jim]

Lost a track again today!

[245dlc]

Worn out tracks Jim??

[Muz]

I had a Kubota u-20 that was bad for it ... short pitch tracks and I think the frame cannot have been true, as it kept throwing them off

[Wee Jim]

Worn out tracks Jim??

They look damn near brand new!

[Stock]

Could be misaligned idlers or a crook top roller too.................

[Wee Jim]

Good day today folks!! The track stayed on ALL day!,