Piping up a Fresh Timber Grab

[liamjordan]

Well we had our old timber grab and rotator stolen (http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/stolen-equipment/31601-timber-grab-rotator.html) which really sucked, it wasnt anything special but did the job.

 

So a few weeks back we dragged an old grab out of the hedge in our yard, did a bit of bodging and got it working. No where near as handy as the old one, as this one doesnt have a hydraulic rotator (it does swivel by hand tho), but it will do for what we want it for

 

This grab isnt actually a timber grab, it just to be a clam shell grab, but grandads brother changed that when he built a forwarding trailer with a mcconnell backhoe as the crane.

 

Needed abit of welding done, which was cool as i havent done any on site before wasnt expecting my welder to work well from the generator, but managed to get it on there ok, not pretty by anymeans aha. One of the ports had sheared off so welded a joiner into it, plus put some weld on the pin to stop it getting pinched again!

 

Was a fair bodge (as you can see from the plumbing) but this was done with stuff that was in grandads landy aha, theres a fair bit of tack in there.

 

Thanks for reading

[elfinwood saws]

been doing the same today, fitting a big grab and rotator to our foden, 36 metres of hose 230 pounds!!!! then all the fittings another 100 pounds, but it,s done now so off to work tomorrow.

[Rob D]

Well done Liam - didn't realise you had the other grab stolen.... gutted

[liamjordan]

been doing the same today, fitting a big grab and rotator to our foden, 36 metres of hose 230 pounds!!!! then all the fittings another 100 pounds, but it,s done now so off to work tomorrow.

hells, dont think we've ever bought new pipe, our cranes are all abit cobbled up with old bits of pipe and fittings

 

Well done Liam - didn't realise you had the other grab stolen.... gutted

cheers man, yeah man happened a while ago

[Stephen Blair]

proper job !!!!

[33bk]

look like it will do a job what is it attached to ?

[elfinwood saws]

hells, dont think we've ever bought new pipe, our cranes are all abit cobbled up with old bits of pipe and fittings.

I think it,s the hose is the only new thing we own:thumbup:

[liamjordan]

proper job !!!!

cheers man

 

look like it will do a job what is it attached to ?

its a hiab on the back of a major, just a yard tractor doesnt go into th woods,

 

hells, dont think we've ever bought new pipe, our cranes are all abit cobbled up with old bits of pipe and fittings.

I think it,s the hose is the only new thing we own:thumbup:

aha you gotta splash out on some shinny stuff evry now and then

[elfinwood saws]

got our grab on and working!