mark in Portugal
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My first post;
I live in Portugal, looking to buy my first milling machine.
I'm looking mostly on German sites as these things are a lot cheaper there. I've found that shipping an extra 1,000 km makes little difference to the price, the main cost is local pickup + delivery.
So my question;
I see a Ruhla duplex 58 for sale. weight 1550kg
Supposedly identical, a Ruhla FUW 250/710 is 885kg.
I thought it was a typo but images of both data plates are clear.
Googling around, I found other examples of the FUW 250/710. some are listed as 1,300kg, others as 850kg.
These are built at wildly different times, but the weight difference doesn't follow build year at all.
Thiel duplex 159 built in west Germany is supposed to be identical to the east German Ruhla machines, manual from the French site [link found here, thanks] seems to show a hoist loading of 1150 kg
What's with these wildly different weights? I can understand a couple of hundred kilos as years pass and things develop, but as I said, the weight changes don't correspond to build year.
And what's the opinion regarding these machines [the east German ones]?
Thanks,
Mark
In Portugal
I live in Portugal, looking to buy my first milling machine.
I'm looking mostly on German sites as these things are a lot cheaper there. I've found that shipping an extra 1,000 km makes little difference to the price, the main cost is local pickup + delivery.
So my question;
I see a Ruhla duplex 58 for sale. weight 1550kg
Supposedly identical, a Ruhla FUW 250/710 is 885kg.
I thought it was a typo but images of both data plates are clear.
Googling around, I found other examples of the FUW 250/710. some are listed as 1,300kg, others as 850kg.
These are built at wildly different times, but the weight difference doesn't follow build year at all.
Thiel duplex 159 built in west Germany is supposed to be identical to the east German Ruhla machines, manual from the French site [link found here, thanks] seems to show a hoist loading of 1150 kg
What's with these wildly different weights? I can understand a couple of hundred kilos as years pass and things develop, but as I said, the weight changes don't correspond to build year.
And what's the opinion regarding these machines [the east German ones]?
Thanks,
Mark
In Portugal