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

[Stephen Blair]

this is our set up

 

 

Very nice Robert:thumbup1:

 

Where abouts are you based!

That's a very usefull machine indeed:001_smile:

[Robert McTurk]

New Cumnock

[Stephen Blair]

Not too far away then, good stuff

[combined tree services]

some cracking kit on here guys !!! it just goes to show that tommer and myself are at the small end of the scale !!! never the less were loving using the chipper and crane . i for sure would love to get a bigger machine but cant see there is much call for it in cornwall

[PhilBeech]

A roof mount is the most versatile but you will need a PTO pump for the crane as it'll run so slow otherwise. Slow but usable.

 

As with most things in arb, it's trying to find the best compromise!

[Stephen Blair]

Having owned both, the crane on the Jake plate is much better, you loose a bit of visibility directly behind, but only a little, you just lean your head and problem solved:)

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

A roof mount is the most versatile but you will need a PTO pump for the crane as it'll run so slow otherwise. Slow but usable.

 

As with most things in arb, it's trying to find the best compromise!

 

Except this won't be in arb; no bloated crane required

 

Really really don't want a pto pump - no good anyway with pto chipper.

[Stephen Blair]

Except this won't be in arb; no bloated crane required

 

Really really don't want a pto pump - no good anyway with pto chipper.

 

The pto pump is run off a front pto.

[woodmad]

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..

[Stephen Blair]

I recognise both those tractors:001_smile: