Best Tractor / Crane / Chipper set-up ???

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Imagine you have a nice 12" or upwards pto chipper such as a Schliesing 550/880, Jensen 041/141, TP 270/280 etc. You want to crane feed it integrally.

 

You want to use it on a tractor that also gets used for winching, towing a craneless timber trailer etc aswell.

 

What's the best combination?

 

i.e

a) Tractor with roofmount and chipper or

b) tractor with chipper with its own crane i.e. tp 270K

c) both the above.

d) jake plate crane plus chipper - does that even exist / work?

 

Thanks.

[openspaceman]

a) Tractor with roofmount and chipper or

 

OK as long as crane has closed cenre hydraulics and load sensing

 

b) tractor with chipper with its own crane i.e. tp 270K

 

Very poor view point

 

Self powered Heizohack with remote control fed by separate grapple loader makes sense to me.

[Brushcutter]

Decisions decisions.

 

I guess site conditions will come into it. I mean i've driven T160s with roof mounted cranes and despite the extra front weights you could feel the balance was off. If i was to put our 12" bandit back there which is over a tonne it would be VERY front end light and top heavy so if your going up hills down hills and through the rough it may go for a expensive tumble one day.

 

That said a Wilson's roof mount jobbie will probally be the best on price. Also when fuctioning as a winch tractor it give you big (although slightly deminished being roof mounted) botex lift power for sorting tree comming up the slope. Tree come to the butt plate whole, shove them round to the side of the tractor with the crane to be processed and stacked.

 

As good as the chipper mounted crane is it only does one thing which is feed the chipper. Can't be used as a forwarder, stacker etc ect so its an expensive bit of kit that could be better utilised permantly on a tractor.

 

I've only driven a valmet 900 with a jake on it and Kelsa crane. No chipper though. Jerry (arbwork) has couple of jake frame and i'm sure i've seen a picture with a scheilsing behind one. So he would be the man to ask. I guess as long as the tractor is big enough to lift it with the top link in the longest position then it should clear the frame. What you loose in vision because of the scadiavian long post crane you make up for in stability and crane speed.

 

If it were my money i'd investigate the JAKE route first then think about a roof mount. If chipping was my primary aim with it i'd invest in a proper elecrohydraulic spool block too.

[tommer9]

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Say no more Tommer. Great setup

[renewablejohn]

You could have a close coupled 3 pt link crane like my Kesla attached to my heizohack with the added advantage of still being able to use the crane as a stand alone on the forwarding trailer. More important is handling of a heavy rear mounted chipper in a woodland environment which is why I went for a forward control MB Trac with co-ordinated steering and crab steering.

[GlobalNewark]

Heres a couple.

[Robert McTurk]

this is our set up

[mendiplogs]

Heres a couple.

 

HI MATE i do like the 930 :thumbup1:very nice :thumbup1:jon:thumbup:

[jojam]

Tractor with roofmount crane.If your planning on winching and forwarding,excellent for winching especially when butt needs a lift up to get chokers under.