the 'todays job' thread

[Mick Dempsey]

Funny you should say that, I was talking about that today, I'm thinking of getting a Giant compact loader and was wondering what my tractor could lift in comparison.

 

We reckon on 350kg but what I'm going to do over the weekend is grab one of the many pieces of poplar I have sitting around, push the tractor to a reasonable limit, then cut it up into smaller pieces and weigh the pieces on my bathroom scales, then add up the results.

I don't think it'll compare to a dedicated lifter like an avant, but it's handy all the same.

I'll post the results.

[danroker1987]

Smashed that one Dan.

Have you got to shift it all?

 

me and the lad had it down within the day mark! the timber man wants it! he is welcome to it:thumbup:

[danroker1987]

Spent the day repollarding London Planes, forget what a horrible job that was. We were coughing our guts up all day.

 

dont contaminate the thread with that word steve!

[josharb87]

350 sounds reasonable, thats what the larger Alpine tractors lift, but they're nose heavy to start with.

I find the telescopic boom the greatest asset on the Avants. Makes side loading of trailers so easy

[Mick Dempsey]

Articulated compact loaders like the Avant are the mutts nuts for our job, no disputin'

[Mick Dempsey]

Doing the stumps this morning, lot of grindings to get rid of.

[Steve Bullman]

Finishing the riverside job we started earlier in the week. Lunch is nearly ready!

[Jonny Burch]

 

Hiring this from Bob @ Aspen to do a few thousand stumps.

 

Took less than 5 mins to do a large oak stump

 

Awesome piece of kit!

[silky fox]

Impressive J.B

[skyhuck]

Funny you should say that, I was talking about that today, I'm thinking of getting a Giant compact loader and was wondering what my tractor could lift in comparison.

 

We reckon on 350kg but what I'm going to do over the weekend is grab one of the many pieces of poplar I have sitting around, push the tractor to a reasonable limit, then cut it up into smaller pieces and weigh the pieces on my bathroom scales, then add up the results.

I don't think it'll compare to a dedicated lifter like an avant, but it's handy all the same.

I'll post the results.

 

Do you have a 45 gallon drum? You could fill it using a 25L drum to a point where the tractor can only just lift it, water weighs 1KG per litre, so you will know the weight.