Second timber crane price?

[Brushcutter]

Hi

 

Just throwing around a few ideas for upgrading forwarders. Currently got a Botex 5050 on a 10 tonne trailer behind an Valtra A92. I'd like a roofmount crane on a bigger valtra. Just need to work out the sums to do it:thumbdown:

 

 

I was wondering how much the just the crane on the trailer would be worth? Apparently its designed as a roof mount but bodged onto a long king post trailer. So i'm asuming they can part ways. I'd like to keep the trailer to use behind the new rig.

 

Its a Botex 5050 5m reach 500kg lift at 5m and 1750 close in. Has continous rotor and a botex grapple. Could do with being repiped apart from the graple and extending boom which have been. Has PTO pump and 8 levers controls block.

 

 

Thanks

 

Andy

[Stephen Blair]

you will need an oil tank on the tractor since it is in your king post just now, and a pto to power it which should come off the front or you are limited to just trailer work if you use the rear one. Then its a mighty frame, weights, balast in your tyres job done.

Oh and getting someone to do it right helps:001_smile:

[Brushcutter]

I was thinking of getting a 570 or 580 botex crane to go on the newer valtra. Or A Kesla equivelent not decided yet. I was wondering on what you'd get for selling the crane? I was thinking it would be in the region of 2.5k? I think the trailer/crane setup is wirht about 6k

[skyhuck]

I would have thought you'd be better selling the trailer and crane together and just buying a S/H trailer without crane.

[Hodge]

I had a roof mount botex 560 tl on a valmet, it was great but it needed loads of weight in the tires and i had to have front weights aded to the front as when i put a chipper on it used to wheelie on bumps.

[Brushcutter]

I would have thought you'd be better selling the trailer and crane together and just buying a S/H trailer without crane.

 

Hand thought of that. Worth looking into thanks.

 

As for them going at interesting angles with the crane on, that the biggest disadvantage of having it on the roof as aposed to just under the rear window. Stability can be an issue. I'd get the tyres water ballasted and some wheel weights a front block and maybe some belly weights too.

[Stephen Blair]

at first they are a bit twitchy but you soon get into it, you will NEVER lift as big a bits as you do with the trailer though.

[Brushcutter]

Its true. I've often though about why people don't get stabaliser legs made up for front/rear linkage and run them spool valves. Give you a bit more stability with the big stuff.

[Chris Sheppard]

Its true. I've often though about why people don't get stabaliser legs made up for front/rear linkage and run them spool valves. Give you a bit more stability with the big stuff.

 

You coudl always go down the Jake Frame JAKE Start ENG - JAKE route for mounting the crane as that would botls straight on, have legs and also mean you could get a lot of the work done locally - win win all round Jonathan Latham supplies them and I know there's a wide range of sizes to suit lots of tractors and cranes

[Stephen Blair]

Chris that is excellent mate, what a find. I have seen them on utube, do you have any idea of prices?