Telehandler Log Grab

[fonzy]

I'm looking for a log grab for our manitou.  The Albutt LG700 looks good but it's £5k.  The Uniforest UF1300F is £2.5k and looks similar build.  https://www.riko-uk.com/product/timber-grabs-loader-grabs/uf1300f-scorpion

 

Anyone got any experience of either?

 

Thanks

[Khriss]

Get a muck gripe n modify it. They will be cheaper second hand. K

[swinny]

16 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Get a muck gripe n modify it. They will be cheaper second hand. K

I believe can be easily bent.... people say get hardox tines etc....

 

If your using it a lot i’d buy something decent but certainly not 5k’s worth!

[difflock]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

Get a muck gripe n modify it. They will be cheaper second hand. K

A "muck grape" should have Keverneland tines, Hardox or not, they are exceptionally strong, I recall being astounded at a farmer(using his own equipment) choosing to lift the rear of a stuck silage trailer with the tip of a Keverneland buckrake tine, it may have sprung a little, but it definately did NOT bend.

[Khriss]

Aiming to save the chap money, if he doing firewood, the basic frame work / hydraulics are all in place. Stick welder n square section n yr away . K

[fonzy]

Thanks for the reply's but I'll be buying new.  They are not a muck grape with clamping fingers.  If you look at the link it's a grapple and rotator.

 

thanks

[Bolt]

20 minutes ago, fonzy said:

...... not a muck grape ...

But they are used for raisin things up.

[difflock]

Unless one can only access the ends of the logs in the stack, I am perplexed at the need for such a swivel grab, I would have thought a straightforward grab like: https://www.riko-uk.com/product/timber-grabs-loader-grabs/loader-grab-dutk105euro would be a better/cheaper bet.

But you obviously have a clearly defined requirement.

P.S.

From recall (based on comments on the Farming Forum) Albutt are probably the equivalent of Fendt in the tractor world, and priced accordingly. 

[swinny]

3 minutes ago, difflock said:

Unless one can only access the ends of the logs in the stack, I am perplexed at the need for such a swivel grab, I would have thought a straightforward grab like: https://www.riko-uk.com/product/timber-grabs-loader-grabs/loader-grab-dutk105euro would be a better/cheaper bet.

But you obviously have a clearly defined requirement.

P.S.

From recall (based on comments on the Farming Forum) Albutt are probably the equivalent of Fendt in the tractor world, and priced accordingly. 

Like the fendt quote ? 

 

i have a kellfri log grab and its ok. Only 950 plus vat also so cheaper than the above and the rytec version

[william127]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

Like the fendt quote ? 

 

i have a kellfri log grab and its ok. Only 950 plus vat also so cheaper than the above and the rytec version

Do you have a picture, or a link? 

Thanks