Forestry Tractor

[Tommy A]

Evening,

 

After my unfortunate events, my 8150 & roof mount has been written off so I’m on the search.

 

I am after a Valtra with a Botex / Kesla roof or jake mount. 8000 series or T series. Lower hours the better.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

[Andy2873]

What happened to her? I’m currently looking at mounting a cranab crane to the roof of my Valmet 8100. Could do with the frame or at least pictures of how to mount it. Is this anything you could possibly help with please?
Cheers

[Brushcutter]

Is it totally written off. No option to buy back the crane and the roof frame if they survived? 

 

Chandlers have t series botex roof mount and a jake kesla. A few valmet 8000 series on farm trader but the hours are high.

[Tommy A]

What happened to her? I’m currently looking at mounting a cranab crane to the roof of my Valmet 8100. Could do with the frame or at least pictures of how to mount it. Is this anything you could possibly help with please?
Cheers

She’s bent and twisted beyond repair unfortunately. I’ll have a look through some pictures see if I’ve anything that could help. JASP built mine, could be worth a call to them, they’d make you up a frame to suit?

Tom

[Tommy A]

Is it totally written off. No option to buy back the crane and the roof frame if they survived? 
 
Chandlers have t series botex roof mount and a jake kesla. A few valmet 8000 series on farm trader but the hours are high.

It’s totally destroyed unfortunately the frame for the crane has squashed the cab, the tractor axles are bent so she’s beyond repair. The crane for wrecked during the recovery which was gutting. Only had done 100hrs since the conversion. Spoken to Chandlers they are too high hours and pretty rough. Good condition, low hour used forestry tractors = hens teeth.

[monkeybusiness]

3 minutes ago, Tommy A said:

 

It’s totally destroyed unfortunately the frame for the crane has squashed the cab, the tractor axles are bent so she’s beyond repair. The crane for wrecked during the recovery which was gutting. Only had done 100hrs since the conversion. Spoken to Chandlers they are too high hours and pretty rough. Good condition, low hour used forestry tractors = hens teeth.

 

How?! Sounds a great story (providing nobody was hurt)…

[Tommy A]

How?! Sounds a great story (providing nobody was hurt)…

I got rear ended by a Van at 70mph….. van went under the hopper of the chipper picked it up on the 3 point linkage and flipped me over as I had it on a swinging knuckle to take the weight off the tractor when in chipping mode. Van roof was can opened off by the hopper. Van driver was ok. I had 2 weeks off work …. was lucky to climb out alive really. Broken rib, Road rash on my arm, Steel toe cap pinched my toes, and just totally black and blue, a few minor burns from being trapped and hot oil spraying on me. Not ideal but here to tell the tale. Onwards and upwards.

Mission accepted to find a replacement as good as the last!

[DanHorrich87]

So you're scouring the ads or will commission a replacement from Wilson's?

[monkeybusiness]

31 minutes ago, Tommy A said:

 

I got rear ended by a Van at 70mph….. van went under the hopper of the chipper picked it up on the 3 point linkage and flipped me over as I had it on a swinging knuckle to take the weight off the tractor when in chipping mode. Van roof was can opened off by the hopper. Van driver was ok. I had 2 weeks off work …. was lucky to climb out alive really. Broken rib, Road rash on my arm, Steel toe cap pinched my toes, and just totally black and blue, a few minor burns from being trapped and hot oil spraying on me. Not ideal but here to tell the tale. Onwards and upwards.

Mission accepted to find a replacement as good as the last!

 

Farkinell!!! I bet that was a bit ‘5p 50p’…! 
Glad all involved are ok, I was anticipating a tree-felling incident gone wrong story, yours is a bit too real-life though!

[Tommy A]

So you're scouring the ads or will commission a replacement from Wilson's?

Been searching ads since October when it happened nothing of similar age of condition. Would get another 8150 and have a crane put on the roof but haven’t seen one for sale for months. People seem to be holding onto them.

The search continues.