Grab

[woody paul]

Can see why you need the right geometry as with small digger you need to pick stuff up close. The only way to get this right is make it your self. 

[Matthew Storrs]

47 minutes ago, s o c said:

I think it does, (or maybe I’m just a bad operator 😃)

Also ,I find it easier and quicker to pick up small sticks or branches with a hanging grab as it always hangs level.

I’ve only started using a fixed rotator, hopefully I will get better with practice.

 

If you were constantly picking timber up at one end then yes, but then why would you do that!? Tbh they can take a bit of side loading without much issue  I've had a 350kg postknocker hanging side on/offset for years with out any issues despite thinking there would be Machine is always going to handle it much better with a centralised load. I'd agree with doobin. I have the same intermecato grab as his and I've given it some shit handling rocks which are far too big for it really. 2 years on its got almost neglible wear on it and not bent either. Its much stronger than it looks. I have the normal top hat mounting with parallel pins. I don't find it a problem for my line of work but if removing verticle timber and poles i get the point about angled hitch.

[woody paul]

Had a bit of a look for the TG12SR5 is it still available. 

[doobin]

9 hours ago, woody paul said:

Had a bit of a look for the TG12SR5 is it still available. 

Try Approved Hydraulics. Did take a few weeks but that was during Covid times.

 

They may offer you a TG16SR5 instead as they tend to keep this as a stock item. If not a zero turn mini, this would be a slightly heavier but still comfortable fit. If you will be doing any amount of grubbing out, consider a TG16 as it has noticeably more closing force.

 

If you are up for a couple hours drive, you can try both plus a smaller one at my yard. Midhurst.

Edited March 20, 2023 by doobin

[monkeybusiness]

A couple of weeks from Approved Hydraulics - they must have improved significantly! Anything I’ve had from them has taken months!

[Matthew Storrs]

I got mine from Nigel @ attachment solutions ltd in Colchester. Was good to deal with👍

[woody paul]

3 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

I got mine from Nigel @ attachment solutions ltd in Colchester. Was good to deal with👍

His on the other side of the Vale to me. 

[aspenarb]

On 18/03/2023 at 17:02, woody paul said:

Maybe after a grab for 1.5T digger, is there a grab on the market that you can turn 90deg by just pulling pin like the Klou one. 

 

You can run a grab and rotator on any machine if its piped for a breaker and you don't want to hold the grab in the vertical plane, as in just picking up or handling/stacking brash/sticks.All you need to do is mount the rotator straight onto the end of the arm , divert the crowd ram pipes to the grab and use the breaker circuit for the rotation.

 

Bob

[woody paul]

4 hours ago, aspenarb said:

 

You can run a grab and rotator on any machine if its piped for a breaker and you don't want to hold the grab in the vertical plane, as in just picking up or handling/stacking brash/sticks.All you need to do is mount the rotator straight onto the end of the arm , divert the crowd ram pipes to the grab and use the breaker circuit for the rotation.

 

Bob

I use a free swing grab on loader which is OK but would need fixed on digger on be able to grab vertical stuff. 

[swinny]