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Old 27-01-2008, 08:12 PM
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Nice chivvy,

I personally work on the JCB 2CX/£c and the 3CX Bachoe Loader, the 4CX is the daddy 3CX and is awesome!

2Cx


3CX


4CX


And, a military unit we've also worked on



Different to the bit plant units as mentioned in the thread,but pretty cool all the same
Old 27-01-2008, 08:14 PM
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that military unit
Old 27-01-2008, 08:14 PM
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I was loading jcb 360's on a boat at work the other night was a good laugh, had to put 6 on all together!
Old 27-01-2008, 08:16 PM
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Nice one Pez,

Dealt with a few of the cabs that go onto those 360's before too, not much room in those is there lol
Old 27-01-2008, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by danja
Nice one Pez,

Dealt with a few of the cabs that go onto those 360's before too, not much room in those is there lol
i didn't get to drive one, i was driving the crane, have driven a old jcb 360 and there wasnt alot of room in that, but it had no windows or door so didnt seam it (was being sent out to mombasa, they buy 3 shitters and make one good one )
Old 27-01-2008, 08:29 PM
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my cpcs telehandler course cost £1400+ vat that was 4 months ago
Old 27-01-2008, 08:31 PM
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thats a lot of money.

hate to think of how much all my licences cost as i have about 14 on my card.
Old 27-01-2008, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo Pez
Originally Posted by danja
Nice one Pez,

Dealt with a few of the cabs that go onto those 360's before too, not much room in those is there lol
i didn't get to drive one, i was driving the crane, have driven a old jcb 360 and there wasnt alot of room in that, but it had no windows or door so didnt seam it (was being sent out to mombasa, they buy 3 shitters and make one good one )
lol

We make alot of canopy cabs going to S.A and Cuba, jeez are they basic!!!

The new Fastrac is nice though, fooking rapid on the roads too!

Old 27-01-2008, 08:36 PM
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This is the big beastie I hired to dig out my new double garage - Takeuchi 3 tonner!





This was a before photo of the site - note Phil2400 off here pissing around - nearly got the thing to roll over



Quite easy to drive actually, wonder if I can have a go with Dave Cos 4*4's 82 tonner next? I managed to shift approx 280 tonnes of earth over 3 weekends with the little bucket!

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Old 27-01-2008, 08:40 PM
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SiB

thats on order Si.

we have 2 Daewoo 520's, these are 52 tonne and have massive shears attatched to them.

you must have had about 15 wagom loads Si.

there fast little machines them Si.
Old 27-01-2008, 08:49 PM
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used to paint them at the local komatsu place. painted toose big cat earth movers aswell,they are fooking huge.
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Originally Posted by dave cos4x4
SiB

thats on order Si.

we have 2 Daewoo 520's, these are 52 tonne and have massive shears attatched to them.

you must have had about 15 wagom loads Si.

there fast little machines them Si.
Around 25 tractor and trailer loads Dave

The road was a mess, and it took bloody ages to load up due to limited room and the trailer being nearly as high as the bucket at full stretch!

The machine may have been quick, but the operator was less so! I chopped my BT cable by mistake, despite knowing where it was. I scraped the main powering the street lights, and I flattened my wall and a washing line while digging.

Can see why you folks do so many hours training and working up towards the bigger machines!

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SiB



bit of damage eh.

Si,

the bigger ones are a lot easier to operate,lot slower and you just move the handles slower,a lot more relaxed.

we get 5 tonne in our bucket on the 520, so 4 fills the wagon.
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I'd love to drive one Dave - but only in a big open area!

Couple more pics:

The wall -



Half way through digging out the back garden -



Moving the shed the lazy way!





And a couple of the various different tractors and trailers we used:



Si
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drive big toys but bored with them now
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dave cos4x4 - Do you move your own machines from site to site or get a haulier in?
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Originally Posted by danja
Can anybody comment on JCB performances, only I build the fookers but havent had chance to operate one yet lol

Hi Danja


well to be honest JCB 803 (3.5Tonne) V's Hitachi Zaxis 35 (3.5tonne)


jcb 803 has a rapid movement speed , great power very fast tracking system in fast track mode , great digging power


weak points :jerky operation systeam (controlls) ,keep breaking hoses hydraulic pumps break wearout quickly

great machine never the less when working




Hitachi Zaxis 35 ,compaired to JCB

smooth operating system , better stabillty , longer lasting parts ,

bad bits

slower digging @ full revs , not as powerfull , slower fast track

alot slower allround but reliable


we dont keep no machine more than 4yrs from brand new


marco
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best way to get experience is to get your tickets on the machines you want then you will be issued with a red cpcs card you then have 3 years to gain 300hrs experience and then an nvq assesor will come out and check you are still operating safely then you will be able to get your blue cpcs card which lasts for life i think

the best way to gain experience is to sign on with an agency and explain that you are newly qualified and they should send you to sites which arent too full on hope this helps
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Originally Posted by Big G
dave cos4x4 - Do you move your own machines from site to site or get a haulier in?
we move our own machines up to 20 tonne, then for the bigger ones we get someone in.

depending on the machine/arm and the attatchments weight wise,we get certain firms in.

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SiB

need some pics of it finished Si.
Old 14-02-2008, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CRABBY
best way to get experience is to get your tickets on the machines you want then you will be issued with a red cpcs card you then have 3 years to gain 300hrs experience and then an nvq assesor will come out and check you are still operating safely then you will be able to get your blue cpcs card which lasts for life i think

the best way to gain experience is to sign on with an agency and explain that you are newly qualified and they should send you to sites which arent too full on hope this helps
What im looking at doing better get job out of it as its costing 2.3k to do the course so i better pass
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