Which digger

Regal Digger Hire. Home Which digger? Gallery Contact Us. Micro Diggers are ideal diggers for tight access requirements. With a width of only 72cm and a fold down roll over bar these machines are capable of going through doorways and tight alleys and are able to get to most places that a person can get to.

I know that they have an old dash1 hitachi that has done an absolute mountain of work for them. It is pretty much retired now but still does the odd bit if they are stuck.

The two sons had to both cut their teeth on the dash 1 so ive seen it dig turf in the last couple of years and she is still well able for it. Great advertisement for it, even if it is a little rough around the edges now. Grass Hopper Guest. Grass Hopper said:. Had dealings with him before,well at least almost went to a deal on a zx,let down from my side by a poor trade in. Top man,no messing around with him.

He's strong on money but from what I saw he only really stocked good machines. If I was buying again I would definetly be in his yard for a look. He's based in Swinford Co. They're expensive for a reason. The dash 5 were another of those mid 's freaks of nature that last and last.

Avoid the dash 2 as they were a single variable pump and a bit gutless. The dash 3 was simular but used software to control the hydraulics, the 'doctor EX'. Much better but not a patch on Early zaxis may be similar in price but be careful, a lot of low spec models were imported in the madness. Top dog is one built in Amsterdam from 03 on. Usually noticeable as an LCN undercarridge but many dealers did sell jap diggers with mysterious LCN stickers on them.

Don't bother with a six ton, really limited for farm work. The dash 3 had a single variable pump that was controlled by basic software that altered pump pressure and flow to presets that were set by a keypad. This must have been the dogs compared to a hand throttle! The problem with the single pump is the track motors are robbed of power when you use the boom.

Anyone who's tried to pull themselves out a hole in a -2 or -3 will attest! The other problem was diagnostics. There was no laptops to plug in so there was a diagnostics computer called the 'doctor ex' They were a bit of a nightmare really.

All the coding was in Japanese. Shannon valley had a fitter who was pretty good with them. I remember a that had an immobilizer keypad with Japanese symbols on it.

The wrong code was entered too many times and she locked up. Log in. Install the app. Contact us. Close Menu. Forums Farm Machinery Machinery. JavaScript is disabled.

For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Which digger? Thread starter Macsky Start date Feb 29, Macsky Member Livestock Farmer. Location Highland. Amund Member. Location Sokna Norway. Buy kubota. Location Argyll. I'd go 6 or 8t machine, have just replaced our old Hitachi ex75 with a Doosan dx Hitachi served us well but was past it's best, havnt done much with the doosan but seems a good machine, plenty about and quite a few for sale, one in central Scotland maybe worth a look on Facebook.