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

[garth mc garth]

I ran a Valtra 8950 with roof mounted Foresteri and 3pt linkage pto Heizohack 5-400(16")..

 

My thoughts;

 

Good visibilty with roof mounted crane but..

Jake frame mounted cranes much more stable and you can get support legs

Would recomend Kronos crane(I now work for AC Price and the difference in usablity is considerable)

 

Versatlity- could forward when not chipping

 

wheel weights, front weights and ballasted tyres help stability

 

We crane fed a TP250 first then went to heizhack, disc chippers suffer when blades are blunt whereas heizo will still chip

 

We went 3pt linkage due to access on jobs(railway)- trailer type heizo can handle bigger stuff but restricts off raod capablity

 

Stan

Have used and abused various set ups and you get what you pay for in terms of crane quality/speed, crane controls, chipper build (crane bashing survivability) and blade usage..

 

how did your 8950 power that heizo mate? decent speed? how was it on the road with that chipper on the linkage?

[treedave]

Is Oli C the proud owner of the newer one? The winch on the front looks good, until you over egg it and pull it off!

Still waiting for my new toy, once it's here ill polish it and post.

[Hodge]

Is Oli C the proud owner of the newer one? The winch on the front looks good, until you over egg it and pull it off!

Still waiting for my new toy, once it's here ill polish it and post.

 

His is black Dave.

[treedave]

Black!?! Striking no doubt but not too clever on a dark night on a narrow and they don't see you.

[Stephen Blair]

That tractor is Calidonian foresetery Services.

[Hodge]

Black!?! Striking no doubt but not too clever on a dark night on a narrow and they don't see you.

 

And shows all the scratches. What toy you bought? Did you get the yellow peril out ok last week?

[treedave]

Yellow peril came out with a small chain winch, just got to shore up and widen the track before the extraction starts.

Looking at a big hp alpine, just need to put a suitable sized driven trailer behind for 8 wheel driven heaven.

[Hodge]

Yellow peril came out with a small chain winch, just got to shore up and widen the track before the extraction starts.

Looking at a big hp alpine, just need to put a suitable sized driven trailer behind for 8 wheel driven heaven.

 

Sounds good. Let me know when u have some timber available mate.

[Brushcutter]

As long as you don't have to do this it's allgood.

[mendiplogs]

As long as you don't have to do this it's allgood.

 

HI BRUSH is that a massey ferguson on the right of your pics mate o your in box is full mate jon:thumbup: