Opico Skidster or sherpa mini loaders

[Mark Bolam]

I would be seriously interested as well William.

Just need to find one you push instead of pull!

 

@doobin how hard would it be to bastardise the linkage on an ATV one?

[Mark Bolam]

[doobin]

17 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I would be seriously interested as well William.

Just need to find one you push instead of pull!

 

@doobin how hard would it be to bastardise the linkage on an ATV one?

I’m sure we’ve been here before. And you said ‘that’s why you’re a welder and I’m not!’

 

Anyway, it doesn’t matter which kind you buy, you just cut off the towbar you don’t need and weld your loader brackets on the right side, reinforcing if necessary with an extra backplate. 

[Mark Bolam]

29 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

@Donnie check this flail out.

It’s got a baccy/Monster holder like your splitter!

 

I’d have a Stella in mine for particularly rough jobs.

[Donnie]

9 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

@Donnie check this flail out.

It’s got a baccy/Monster holder like your splitter!

 

I’d have a Stella in mine for particularly rough jobs.

Best of both worlds Henry Weston will fit in there perfectly. 

[Dan Maynard]

8 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

I’d have a Stella in mine for particularly rough jobs.

Man that'd have a hell of a shake, imagine that going off as you pull the ring!

[william127]

15 hours ago, doobin said:

I’m sure we’ve been here before. And you said ‘that’s why you’re a welder and I’m not!’

 

Anyway, it doesn’t matter which kind you buy, you just cut off the towbar you don’t need and weld your loader brackets on the right side, reinforcing if necessary with an extra backplate. 

Yes it's not particularly difficult, just wondered if anyone had actually taken the plunge and done it yet, or whether I'll be group guinea-pig 😆 🤣 

Although with the amount of work that's come in this week I'm not going to be fitting in a fresh workshop project for months! 

[AHPP]

11 hours ago, william127 said:

Yes it's not particularly difficult, just wondered if anyone had actually taken the plunge and done it yet, or whether I'll be group guinea-pig 😆 🤣 

Although with the amount of work that's come in this week I'm not going to be fitting in a fresh workshop project for months! 

*pioneer

[william127]

On 09/02/2024 at 17:01, Mark Bolam said:

I would be seriously interested as well William.

Just need to find one you push instead of pull!

 

@doobin how hard would it be to bastardise the linkage on an ATV one?

Any of them will work, just fit the loader bracket on the back side 👍 

Currently looking at a used SCH 42inch model seems ideal - the front hitch is on pins as it's designed to be usable offset so that comes off with no mods, and the back looks simple enough to take the wheel set up off with no hacking, bit of thought and I should be able to swap between mounted and trailed in about 10 minutes when it's done.

It's a  gs390 engine so that's always good and it only weighs 125 kg so more than light enough.

Just need the Facebook people to message me back 😕 

[william127]

On 11/02/2024 at 20:07, william127 said:

Any of them will work, just fit the loader bracket on the back side 👍 

Currently looking at a used SCH 42inch model seems ideal - the front hitch is on pins as it's designed to be usable offset so that comes off with no mods, and the back looks simple enough to take the wheel set up off with no hacking, bit of thought and I should be able to swap between mounted and trailed in about 10 minutes when it's done.

It's a  gs390 engine so that's always good and it only weighs 125 kg so more than light enough.

Just need the Facebook people to message me back 😕 

Well it's been raining today and as I am already  a days money ahead this week after a nightshift I made the long drive from Hertfordshire to Wisbech and collected an sch fm48 👍 😃 

It is bigger and heavier than the fm42 I wanted, but comes with the bonus of a 13hp gx not a 9hp.  Bought at a right price so it can easily be moved on or I can use it as the manufacturer actually intended behind my quad.

Got it back in the workshop, took the back axle off, the front drawbar off and tacked up a mounting plate 👍 👍. 

Just need full welding, some angle braces making and we are ready for testing 😬 😀 20240213_190153.heic20240213_184332.heic20240213_184332.heic20240213_184332.heic20240213_190153.heic