Bombsquad Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 11 hours ago, danger said: How do you control track length/spread? with your feet? Has 8 little levers (4 down each side of drivers seat). What they control I have no fucking clue, get it running and play with it lol 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmxnz11 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Oh man that's sweet. I worked on a site in days bay for awhile where they had this one. Was able to maneuver itself between anything. I believe there were/are only 2 of these in nz? Good luck with the build. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombsquad Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/8/2017 at 09:18, bmxnz11 said: Oh man that's sweet. I worked on a site in days bay for awhile where they had this one. Was able to maneuver itself between anything. I believe there were/are only 2 of these in nz? There have been a few of them in and out of NZ, the one you have there has since been sold overseas back to Europe (I spoke with him about it when he had it). There are currently three in the country to my knowledge, Karls one in Cambridge, mine in Hamilton and there was one in Christchurch that the guy was trying to sell which may have gone overseas as well. The problem with them is they are huge money ($350k new), take a very long time to learn to operate to their full potential, and you cant just chuck anyone on them like a regular digger. So its hard for someone to outlay that kind of coin and then cop the loss until its paid for and starts turning a profit. That and NZ on the whole doesnt have the extreme conditions they really thrive in so its hard for people for justify the extra hourly rate over a conventional digger, as I said earlier mine is really just a toy (though it will have to earn its keep on the odd extreme demolition job). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NickJ Posted February 13, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2017 So cool! I never knew any made it over here. have worked with them a bunch in Europe, just the ticket for snow at odd angles. It was pretty much the secret allowing us to build this thing 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bombsquad Posted April 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2017 So its been a long time with no progress on this, those of you in the digger thread will have seen some of the other stuff ive been up to but we finally got this off te truck today, Bit of a fuckin mission since both the big diggers are out out site so we went full Barry n used our bin truck gantry! Next i have to shift my bobcat and fire engine to this yard then we'll start cracking into getting the Kaiser moving under its own steam. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bombsquad Posted November 11, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2017 Poor thing in its current state, however there is hope on the horizon! Some time before xmas it will be moved from this current yard into our new yard and into a workshop, where will begin the tear down and sandblasting 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombsquad Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 So today we made it fly... Followed by a truck ride And now its here.. In the next few weeks we have a big container shelter/workshop arriving and we will start tearing it down to be blasted and painted. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Nice saw that middle pic earlier today as a name this machine quiz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 @Bombsquad any progress? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 I often wonder what happens to things like this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 They get lost in the sands of time... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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