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The machine that starts every job on the list. It digs with a bolt-on-tooth bucket, backfills and levels with a hydraulic dozer blade, and gets there on rubber tracks 705 mm across. A fixed ROPS canopy, a suspension seat and an air-cooled OHV petrol engine with electric key start complete it.
Includes free delivery to the UK mainland.
New and unregistered. Ships direct from our supplier.
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Why it earns its keep
705 mm across the tracks, where most UK side gates open 780–900 mm. Measure at the post, the usual pinch point.
Bucket teeth bolt on; the hydraulic dozer blade pushes the spoil back and levels it before you leave.
Suspension seat, lap belt and a fixed ROPS canopy over the operator.
An air-cooled OHV engine: fill it at any forecourt, with no red-diesel paperwork.
Twin joysticks and foot pedals in the pattern operators already use.
12 V battery and electric start; the engine bay, battery and fuel tap sit behind a hinged panel.
Full specification
| Model | RootVexx CREX6-M |
|---|---|
| Width across tracks | 705 mm |
| Tracks | Rubber |
| Engine | Single-cylinder air-cooled OHV petrol |
| Starting | Electric key start, 12 V battery |
| Operator protection | Fixed ROPS canopy |
| Seat | Suspension seat with lap belt |
| Controls | Twin joysticks with foot pedals |
|---|---|
| Front attachment | Hydraulic dozer blade |
| Bucket | Digging bucket with bolt-on teeth |
| Slew | House slews on a ring bearing; boom offset fitted |
| Guaranteed sound power | 92 dB(A) |
| Warranty | 2 years parts, 1 year engine (manufacturer-backed) |
Specifications are nominal and may vary slightly by production batch.
Questions
705 mm across the tracks. A standard UK side gate opening is 780–900 mm, so yes in the great majority of cases. Measure the narrowest point — usually the gate post rather than the gate — and remember the canopy needs headroom under an arch or a porch.
No legal licence to own or use one on private land. For paid work on a commercial site most principal contractors want a CPCS or NPORS card for 360° excavators below 10 tonnes. That is a site-access requirement, not a legal one, and we do not provide certification.
Not at this size. Petrol keeps the weight and the price down, fills at any forecourt and avoids red-diesel rules entirely. Diesel earns its keep further up the weight range, where the machine runs all day and fuel burn starts to matter.
Ask us for the operating weight before you book transport — we quote it from the shipping paperwork rather than from a brochure. Check your V5C towing capacity, your nose weight and your licence entitlement against that figure.
Typically 800–1200 hours on mixed ground, considerably less on hardcore and kerbs. Ask us for a price and delivery time on replacements.
The rest of the range
Moves what the digger dug: 500 kg a trip, through 715 mm, tipped at a lever.
Clears the brash after the digging: petrol chipper on two wheels.
Finishes the job: takes the stump out on a walk-behind Honda grinder.