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Thanks! Assume it uses the thumb hydraulics? Sounds like a 36 is the right size for my 26g.

So worth the extra expense to get an angle capability? That was my initial thought but they are a lot more expensive. What size machine do you have that on?

Hi all, I just got a 26g, it has an 18” heavy duty dig bucket. A lot of the work I need to do is creating pathways and raised garden walls. I live on a semi steep hill (15 percent avg). The 18” bucket with teeth really tears into things, what’s the best approach to smoothing out areas and...

Motors seem all good, overall love it. Installed led’s, a radio and started to play with it. Need a different bucket however, post coming on that shortly.

Hi All, I just got a 26g equipped with a tag coupler and need to get a good cleanup/grading bucket. Any suggestions on good places locally within the greater Seattle area? Thanks!

26g arrived yesterday and looks/runs great. Thanks for all the advice and apologies in advance for a bunch of newbie questions I’ll likely be posting soon :)

Thanks for the advice everyone, 26g arrived safely yesterday and I’m glad I didn’t try and figure out trailering in this tight time frame.

Good advice, I’ve got a lot of experience with boats but they move around a lot less! I’m considering using a shipper instead, I don’t love the idea of rushing into a trailer I might regret since I won’t use it again for a year when my projects move to our other place. This has been super...

thanks much for measuring, that was awesome of you! When you say rear supports you mean to support while loading? I watched a video of a guy who uses blocks to dump the trailer just high enough so the ramps are inline with the bed, I’m assuming what you are referring to is the same concept...

Hi all, I’m very close to purchasing a Deere 26g and was hoping someone had experience putting one in a 12x6 10k dump trailer and advice on loading. Can anyone confirm if it will fit? Also blade forward or to the rear? I won’t need to have any other buckets/etc in the trailer. Any advice would...

Thanks, a mechanic inspection is a good idea.

How would I test that?

Looks like I might have found a machine that seems like a pretty good deal. It’s a few year old 26g with cab and about 1500 hours for around 35k, all the service has been done regularly with records, new tracks and everything is tight. Will be getting a 12ft 10k dump trailer to move it on if...

Cash purchase for sure, especially with interest rates these days. I am reluctant to add another vehicle, the reality is i would rarely if ever drive it so seems like a headache just to tow once a year. I did have a bit of a second thought last night. Am I optimizing for the wrong thing. A...

very helpful, I just talked to a friend who owns an 8k new holland and I’m leaning towards bigger now. The big thing he pushed on was stability. The towing will be occasional between two properties 2 hours away, but if it’s once a year I wouldn’t constrain myself by that, likely can borrow a...

Novice but extensive experience around heavy equipment in general and certainly understand the physics, that said if only used an excavator a few times.

That makes a lot of sense, so for my use a tail would be advantageous.

Is the advantage if zero tail just the ability to have more swing ability in small spaces? I’m not sure the foot or two matters for me.

So I could push or carry the stone close in and then as long as I am facing the wall get it up 2-3 feet onto the wall, again it’s rare I think that I’d need to do this as I’d put the larger ones at the base. While a larger machine might be nice I think much bigger and I’d loose access to...

Maybe I don’t fully understand the lift numbers, the 26g says it can lift 2573lbs from the front, shouldn’t that be able to easily handle those rocks, granted not over the side?

I’ve not spent much time in an excavator, would I be able to get them moved around at least? The lifting charts are a bit confusing, it for instance looks like the 17g can’t lift nearly as much as the tb216.

I should note that most stones won’t be that big, the heavy ones can go at the base, walls wouldn’t be more than 4ft tall.

Hi, I’ve got a smaller tractor but now looking to add an excavator. The biggest challenge I’m having is what size to get. A few things going into this decision: -Would like to be able to tow in a 12ft 7k dump trailer, my suv maxes out at 7500lbs. This is pretty important but I would rather...