alpine tractor

[Tom D]

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I live near Eyemouth Tom.[/quote]

 

Me too, nr Co'path where are you?

[RichardT]

We're just off Coldingham Moor towards Reston

[Chris Sheppard]

That's a nice looking tractor Tom.

 

How do you get on with the front mounted loader?

 

For heavier lifting we tend to mount them on the rear and use bi - directional ones. That way the weights distributed better and you can lift more without falling over.

[Tom D]

I did look at the rear mounted loader but the overall length of the thing plus the loss of the PTO etc put me off, It'll do about half a ton which in terms of timber is quite a big lump. With the winch on the back and the log grab on the front its a handy little tool.

[RichardT]

Idly browsing for Holder skidders I come across this machine on a German arb site:

 

http://www.landtreff.de/viewtopic.php?t=9805&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=870

 

Compact forestry tractor the Warsaw Pact way, it seems. A couple of truck axles off a Robur, 40hp truck diesel, artic and oscillating, winch & blade, not much bigger than a top-end Carraro, good for 40deg. side slopes. DFU by name, 80s built.

 

A bit more Googling and there's one on Ebay Germany, heavily modded with a Unimog front loader, blade moved aft, Rotzler winch and beefed-up hydraulics.

 

http://tinyurl.com/8ot595

 

At a glance, and leaving aside the likely spares nightmare, I'm thinking I want one just like that, with a 3pl (easily adapted from the blade hyds) and a PTO (less straightforward I guess). And maybe 50-60hp.

 

Is anything like this still being built?

[Chris Sheppard]

I like that - looks like a smaller version of the old Timberjack skidder we had at Duncombe park for a while.

 

Not seen anything like that being built more recently but did see where someone had taken an alpine and removed all the bodywork and then built theire own tubular body/roll frame - not quite as heavy duty but more robust than from the factory.

[RichardT]

If anyone's actively looking for an alpine tractor I just came across a practically new AGT50 with 2.3m flail and a keen seller. Full cab, reversible steering, etc, 90hrs, 20k-odd new in Nov. 07, wants £12k.

[Mr Ed]

If anyone's actively looking for an alpine tractor I just came across a practically new AGT50 with 2.3m flail and a keen seller. Full cab, reversible steering, etc, 90hrs, 20k-odd new in Nov. 07, wants £12k.

 

Can you PM me details Richard?

[Stephen Blair]

any pics mate.

[henchard]

Resurrecting an old thread. But I have a smallholding and wood in Carmarthenshire. Was looking at buying a second 4WD agricultural tractor but reckon because of the steepness of the land I may be better off with an Alpine tractor like a Goldoni.

 

What do people recon are the best makes or perhaps best bang per buck?

 

Thanks