timber crane

[roglog]

found this on ebay,

Tractor Hiab Crane Atlas 3 Point Linkage | eBay

It says piped for grab and rotator but wondering how stable it would be on the back of a tractor?

Anyone had anything like this before?

[treequip]

That is, (if memory serves) an Atlas 3006. I have owned one. Its not strictly speaking a timber crane but it was OK on tree surgery waste.

 

Not a bad crane, this one looks to have had a winch on it.

 

The pipework looks a bit odd, there are only three pipes (you would expect to see 4), its incomplete and I don't see any services on the valve for a grab and rotator. You need to clear that up before you buy.

 

On a 3PL they aren't as stable as on a vehicle. although this is still attached to the chassis of its donor vehicle. The linkages allow a lot of "slop" in use.

[john p]

As tree quip says piping look s a bit odd, pies for auxiliaries seem to end at end of first section, so bear in mind your gonna have to spend a fair bit piping it out to end of boom then devise a method for keeping pipes tidy and out of the way

[codlasher]

Mmmm, I spent nearly £600 on pipework to fit a rotator onto my 360 excavator so work back from that. I would think this would be fine for the odd lift.

Stop tractor.

Get out of the cab.

Use crane.

Get back into cab.

Move tractor.

Repeat this process many times.

Bear in mind that you have no controls in your cab so any work will be very slow!

codlasher

[doobin]

Mmmm, I spent nearly £600 on pipework to fit a rotator onto my 360 excavator so work back from that. I would think this would be fine for the odd lift.

 

codlasher

 

 

You could have done that for about £250 for an electric changeover valve and some fittings.

 

The hiab looks a complete bodge. They've cut the back of the lorry off (even left the number plate! ) and welded a shoddy 3-pt linkage with very little structural strength. I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Soon as you swing a reasonable load out towards the back, sides or front that linkage bracket will part company with the rest of the crane. Previously those jacklegs had twenty foot of lorry chassis and the associated ground footprint via the wheels keeping them vertical. Now they have three inches of crappy welding on some second-hand box section. That thing scares me just looking at it.

 

It's amazing how much people will bid on the strength of a quick paintjob.

Edited October 11, 2014 by doobin

[swinny]

I've always thought a back actor back hoe would be a cheap way of lifting wood if you change from bucket to hook.

 

Obvioursly very limited, but horses for courses and its better than manual handling.

 

Obvioursly not fit for the op's situation

[woody woodpecker]

Hi looks like you would need a much larger tractor with weighted front I don't think that ih with loader will be man enough.

[Graham w]

i would expect the international to fall to bits long before the crane. it would be much better if mounted directly on the tractor and as mentioned a larger tractor maybe 6cly for greater stability/visibility

[roglog]

think i might give that one a miss then!

i will keep with my original idea of a timber trailer with a crane

[fergusonforestry]

don't think i'd fancy going far with it on the back of that tractor anway!