Opico Skidster or sherpa mini loaders

[tim361]

4 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

I bought this bucket today Tim, thank you very much for putting me on to it.

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No problem. I’ve bought a few bits from them and they’ve always been really helpful. 

[Mark Bolam]

Yes, I dealt with Will, smashing bloke to deal with.

[doobin]

Here we go! (Hopefully!)

[Mark Bolam]

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[doobin]

12 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

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Works a treat- only problem is that the other side now appears a touch weak in comparison! I will try to adjust the stops on the replaced motor's control lever to compensate as it's still got plenty of power.

 

Hopefully I've caught it in time with a full fluid and filter change. Let this be a free (for you at least) lesson for all those of you who think hydraulic fluid and filter changes don't matter!

[Dilz]

Got the logs dropped off from this weeks dismantle - 7 tonnes of oak and cherry all shifted and (mostly) sorted ready for milling / carving / firewood thanks to the little sherpa agri 

[Ian C]

On 20/01/2022 at 11:01, AHPP said:

On that particular job the wood was going out of a domestic garden 50m onto a smallholding log pile, hence why I stopped the skinny kids cutting it up there. I could probably get that chunk into the back of a Transit tipper though. Even if I couldn’t, I could definitely get half of it in and that would still be less manual handling than sliding/rolling chunks into a grapple bucket. The bucket clamps aren’t wide/strong enough to pinch stuff like that from above and you can’t get under stuff as easily as you think, especially without ground damage. A pincer can pinch pretty big rings in any orientation. They’re better for brash inline or across too. They’re just better for trees. Much better. Promise.

Hi Alex, what grab is it you have on the skidster please?

[Ian C]

On 21/04/2023 at 19:15, Dilz said:

... but mostly i use it on my own jobs and as much as i can...  - Even if its just for holding up branch wood for logging up - saves the back... and knees from flying chogs. 

I reckon its easily saved me  3 days x 1 man labour hire this week and the subbies i use to help with the climbing are always happy to see the wee machine on my trailer when i get to site. 

Is that the standard log grab that sherpa sell? does it swivel at all and I take it that will fit a skidster?

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, Ian C said:

Hi Alex, what grab is it you have on the skidster please?

 

Sorry, don't know. It came with the machine and I've never noticed a manufacturer's plate or anything on it. It's pretty big for the machine (like those crabs with one absurdly big claw) so I suspect a homebrewed item. If I had to buy one now, I'd buy the light blue one from whatever the business in Chesterfield who sell the Sherpas is called, or a Klou. If I had other machines, I'd do what doobin did and make one that could be shared.

[Ian C]

6 hours ago, AHPP said:

 

Sorry, don't know. It came with the machine and I've never noticed a manufacturer's plate or anything on it. It's pretty big for the machine (like those crabs with one absurdly big claw) so I suspect a homebrewed item. If I had to buy one now, I'd buy the light blue one from whatever the business in Chesterfield who sell the Sherpas is called, or a Klou. If I had other machines, I'd do what doobin did and make one that could be shared.

Thanks mate, yeah I have had a look at the Sherpa grab and that possibly the best way to go, I take it Sherpa attachments fit straight on a skidster