Alpine tractor talk

[jonnygurkha]

Hi all, glad to say that I have joined the alpine tractor club with a Goldoni quad 20 which I am really chuffed with so far. I have been using it with a flail to mow bridleways. My question is I'd like to buy or fabricate an attachment to pick up piles of stacked brash. The only thing I can see to buy is a buckrake. I was wondering about getting my local ag engineer to make a muck grab that fits to the rear linkage and using the aux hydraulics works the jaws. I think there would need to be a tipping catch to help release the brash. Has anyone done anything like this or got any other ideas?

[biggarlogs]

Get an old dung grap,weld on pins for 3rd pint linkage and use a hydraulic top link to tip.you will need 2 double acting spools on your tractor.

[jonnygurkha]

Yeah, that's along the lines of what I was thinking only I thought to use the hydraulic spools to power a top jaw to clamp down on the brash. Lift on the 3 point linkage then when I want to unload, open the jaws and then have a gravity release catch to tip the load.

[slim reaper]

Hi all, glad to say that I have joined the alpine tractor club with a Goldoni quad 20 which I am really chuffed with so far. I have been using it with a flail to mow bridleways. My question is I'd like to buy or fabricate an attachment to pick up piles of stacked brash. The only thing I can see to buy is a buckrake. I was wondering about getting my local ag engineer to make a muck grab that fits to the rear linkage and using the aux hydraulics works the jaws. I think there would need to be a tipping catch to help release the brash. Has anyone done anything like this or got any other ideas?

 

Congratulations youve bought a great bit of kit, I really love mine.

Did you buy new or SH?

I use a tipping buckrake with no modification, for pushing hedging brash into a heap but a grab sounds great.

[jonnygurkha]

I bought new, I needed it in a hurry! For its size it is a really great piece of kit, it punches well above its weight. I've also been running my hycrack log splitter off it. I've seen tipping buckrakes like you use, I may still end up with one but I thought it would be useful to be able to grab the brash rather than just rely on it balancing on the forks

[richy_B]

I looked at exactly what you mentioned - buck rake with a claw/grab fitted. Ive only got one DA hydraulic so tipping as well wasn't an easy option. Also on the alpines i don't think we have sufficient height to tip effectively.

[Commando]

I looked at exactly what you mentioned - buck rake with a claw/grab fitted. Ive only got one DA hydraulic so tipping as well wasn't an easy option. Also on the alpines i don't think we have sufficient height to tip effectively.

 

 

Agree Richie, the lack of height on alpines limits tipping options. Some sort of brash grab might be a better option.

[jonnygurkha]

I've had a look at some of the grabs and they do look good. The down sides for me are the cost (£2k) and the weight. I know what you mean about lack of height on alpines richy, I was hoping a hinge and gravity catch would work even if it doesn't tip very far

[slim reaper]

With a small machine one has to be mindful of the weight and length of the implement to avoid limiting the load ?

[slim reaper]

I was hoping a hinge and gravity catch would work even if it doesn't tip very far

 

Well I find it works ok because all that's needed to dump are the base forks floating and pointing down, then drive forwards.

Getting the stuff to stay on is the tricky part unless one's pushing into heaps

Edited September 14, 2016 by slim reaper