Telehandler question

[Mark Bolam]

They’re like cocks.

You’ll always wish you had a slightly bigger one.

[Peter 1955]

I always was proud of my MF 50E with a toe tip bucket for loading grain into bulkers. Woefully short reach, and absymal cab layout, but I could beat telehandlers, as the grain was tipped exactly where I placed the pivot, rather than telehandlers starting at one side, and spreading it as the bucket edge receded. I just used to cycle the bucket as fast as I could, and go back for another bucket. Since I left, that bucket has been enlarged, and fitted to the telehandlers that replaced my little fergie. In my exceedingly humble opinion, a toe tip bucket is the way forward, whatever loader is under it. . 

[woody paul]

1 hour ago, Peter 1955 said:

I always was proud of my MF 50E with a toe tip bucket for loading grain into bulkers. Woefully short reach, and absymal cab layout, but I could beat telehandlers, as the grain was tipped exactly where I placed the pivot, rather than telehandlers starting at one side, and spreading it as the bucket edge receded. I just used to cycle the bucket as fast as I could, and go back for another bucket. Since I left, that bucket has been enlarged, and fitted to the telehandlers that replaced my little fergie. In my exceedingly humble opinion, a toe tip bucket is the way forward, whatever loader is under it. . 

Farmer near me had a international 585 with quicke loader that you could pull pins and extend and he had toe tip bucket that thing would load high gain lorry it would sway about a bit at full height. 

[GarethM]

How big a bucket would you need to load a lorry tho?. Guessing they would want it loaded in 15-20 minutes.

[woody paul]

2 hours ago, GarethM said:

How big a bucket would you need to load a lorry tho?. Guessing they would want it loaded in 15-20 minutes.

The biggest the loader can handle, loading time may be different every time all depends if driver is do a break. 

[GarethM]

10 minutes ago, woody paul said:

The biggest the loader can handle, loading time may be different every time all depends if driver is do a break. 

I'd hate to load anything with my 2m wide bucket, even heaped up it's not much more than 0.7 M3.

 

The tractor could handle larger, but to be honest I would prefer to take longer than snap an axle.

 

Wasn't sure if the firm's had a time penalty deal like most concrete companies.

[openspaceman]

7 hours ago, woody paul said:

The biggest the loader can handle, loading time may be different every time all depends if driver is do a break. 

2m3 bucket on telehandler took 54 trips to load a walking floor bulker, Loading shovel took 17 with tip-on-lip grain bucket

[peds]

Quick question chaps... what weight could a big new shiny red tractor carry on its front forks? Ton point eight?

No, I can't be more specific I'm afraid.

[AHPP]

4 minutes ago, peds said:

Quick question chaps... what weight could a big new shiny red tractor carry on its front forks? Ton point eight?

No, I can't be more specific I'm afraid.

 

You're such a fabulously transparent leaker. You're going to put a builder's car on top of his other car.

[Brushcutter]

We have a JCB 526-56 which is 5.6m reach. It will fill a grain lorry but it is a little tight on reach. 7m with a 3 tonne lift is really the minimum to be useful. Had a Kramer 5 tonne 10m reach machine on demo 2 weeks ago. Let's just say it was too much machine as it had more push than grain store wall had restraint