Grabbing brash

[kimtree]

I wouldn't mind having one of these machines but the only thing that would worry me is damage to people's lawns?

 

How much damage do they cause? Don't think most people would want one going over there nice lawn, I know I wouldn't.

 

Sorry for a bit of a high jack

 

Schaffer 2026 with turf tyres can do a donut on a golf green and do no damage except lay the grass over.the trick with a good lawn ( a rarety here) is not to drive in the same track all the time

Basicly the loader will do less damage to a lawn dragging/moving brush than numerous trips done by personel

 

my loader has 300mm wide tyres and weighs less than 1.8 tons and will quite easly float over mud which a person would sink into

i used to have contractor with skidsteer and a dingo to clean up the big stuff prior to 2008 but there would always be collateral damage

Edited April 10, 2012 by kimtree
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[Rich2484]

So how much would be looking at paying for one of these machines. This would be the big question.

[Dean Lofthouse]

These machines are the most grass friendly machines there is. I recently took a huge Beech down and picked up and drove every single piece 600m across a golf course green in the winter. The green keeper said there were no marks at all only a couple of weeks after, basically, if the ground is not boggy, they will only flatten the grass.

 

As Kimtree said, the trick is not to drive in the same tracks every time.

 

You will have to pay around £15k for a decent machine of a decent size

[Burytreeman]

Dean Did you sort your brash grapple out?

[Stephen Blair]

Zero turf damage as the wheels never stop moving, the job I did had turf that was laid 6 weeks before

[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean Did you sort your brash grapple out?

 

No mate, I,m looking out for a little grapple to come up on eBay then I will fabricate something. In the meantime I,m going to do as Treequip suggested and move the ram bracket so the jaws of mine close a bit more

[caledonian bob]

This is the same machine as Stevie had. Used it a couple of times. The grab is great for logs and brash.

[Dean Lofthouse]

That's the end on log grabbing I was on about

 

Next time you have it out Bob, point out to them that stevie must have damaged the nylon sliders in the boom, they need replacing, I,m about to do mine but obviously I,m over engineering them with some I made earlier

[caledonian bob]

I would, but I think I've had it a few times since Stevie had it.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Tell them he was driving it for you