scotslad Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Alright Does anyone know off a site that has charts showing wot different sized diggers can lift? (Even ball park figures as i realise alters with boom position/*buckets etc) Been googling different combination of above title and not really found much useful info, tried plant hire companies but can't really get a clear answer or a site comparing different sized diggers. I got some info trawlig throu digger brochures for new machines but not entirely sure i got the weights right, there actually lifting far more than i thought they could. Needing the smallest size to lift about 1.5T (big concrete 'lego' blocks) to a height of about 3m, but fairly close to machine. I thought i'd need around a 12-15T machine but some of those brochures had an 8T machine lifting 3T ish, which i was surprised by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 i think there are fairly strict laws on lifting with 360's........at one time all buckets had strop eyes...but now you dont see them............for a digger to be rented out for the purpose of lifting it will have to come with "certificates"......check valves...and in date and tested lifting strops time has moved on since i was in the game so there will be other boys on here with up to date imfo.......... what about using a teleporter instead........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted July 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Cheers ditchman. Have thought about a handler but quite a tight area and need a digger anyway to dig banking out and be a bit more maneroverable Job is just for myself, so not saying i want to be dodgy/unsafe but some of the certificates would not be neccesary. Can mind working on a pipeline job many years ago and the boss had major problems getting the right tickets and written work thingy's for 13T machines lifting pipes off the trailers, the digger drivers said it was a lot of BS as machines would of coped nae bother. In the end diggers weren't allowed to slew with pipes on, jus lift of trailer and we drove away in tractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitloop Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) all the 360s that the plant hire company i work for have. which are manly cat and jcb the lifting eye is only rated to 1000kg. Edited July 8, 2016 by fruitloop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bang bang birdy Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 A 13t 360 will lift 1.5t 3 meters of the ground but it it would be a lot easier with a bigger machine and to do it within the safe working load limit you would want a 20t plus machine. I work in ground works and we are lifting concrete pipes and pre formed concrete manhole all the time. To lift and place 4.5 T manhole we use a 25 or 30 T 260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Cheers folks. Thats more wot along the lines that i originally thought. Looking to buy a machine for the job and a few other jobs, was originally thinking a 8T machine and hiring someone in to do banking but might just go whole hog and buy a 13T and can do the whole job myself, pretty much the same money anyway 2nd hand Must admit i looked at some of the brochures and hey had smaller machines lifting some pretty heavy loas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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