Alpine tractor - which make ?

[Mr. Ed]

Hi all

We're in SW Ireland, trying to work out how to get timber out of our wee woodland. We've got a very mixed 40 acres with some semi-ancient woodland and various plantations ranging from 30 years old and more or less brand new. Much of the terrain is very corrugated, and there's a moderately good network of fairly narrow tracks, none of it at too steep a gradient. Because of the different grants we inherited here, we're locked into working with a local forestry professional to do the paperwork, and we've just got the licence to do a fairly big thinning - sycamore, spruce, oak, ash and more. I've told our forester that we're not going to be having anyone come in with harvesters and forwarders and driving big access tracks through the land - we're principally managing the land as an informal nature reserve but I'm going to be very happy to sell a few tens of tons of firewood. 

I've got two questions for the collective wisdom here

1. Trailers. I want a wee trailer with a crane - I have noted criticism of some of the more highly advertised brands as to quality. What are the best dinky ones?

2. Tractor. I want an equally wee Alpine. Has anyone any experience with an old Pasquali, like a 993? It seems you can get clean ones for less than five grand - it's not going to be used very heavily, only on our own land, and only pulling a dinky trailer, so i assume 25 horse power or so is adequate. Another thousand quid to get it to Ireland?

Cheers guys!

 

 

Ed

It would be lovely to get a new AGT or Carraro, but it's not going to happen.

[doobin]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Ed said:

Hi all

We're in SW Ireland, trying to work out how to get timber out of our wee woodland. We've got a very mixed 40 acres with some semi-ancient woodland and various plantations ranging from 30 years old and more or less brand new. Much of the terrain is very corrugated, and there's a moderately good network of fairly narrow tracks, none of it at too steep a gradient. Because of the different grants we inherited here, we're locked into working with a local forestry professional to do the paperwork, and we've just got the licence to do a fairly big thinning - sycamore, spruce, oak, ash and more. I've told our forester that we're not going to be having anyone come in with harvesters and forwarders and driving big access tracks through the land - we're principally managing the land as an informal nature reserve but I'm going to be very happy to sell a few tens of tons of firewood. 

I've got two questions for the collective wisdom here

1. Trailers. I want a wee trailer with a crane - I have noted criticism of some of the more highly advertised brands as to quality. What are the best dinky ones?

2. Tractor. I want an equally wee Alpine. Has anyone any experience with an old Pasquali, like a 993? It seems you can get clean ones for less than five grand - it's not going to be used very heavily, only on our own land, and only pulling a dinky trailer, so i assume 25 horse power or so is adequate. Another thousand quid to get it to Ireland?

Cheers guys!

 

 

Ed

It would be lovely to get a new AGT or Carraro, but it's not going to happen.

Looks well old. There's a more modern Ferrari for similar money on eBay currently- better be quick as it ends in two hours!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285056782071

[Stihl123]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

Looks well old. There's a more modern Ferrari for similar money on eBay currently- better be quick as it ends in two hours!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285056782071

leave that alone, a mate wants that 😅

[Mr. Ed]

Looks like he’s about to get it! Good luck. I’d rather not buy one in UK because of the red tape but maybe I’m over sensitive. 

[Stihllymok]

1 hour ago, Mr. Ed said:

Looks like he’s about to get it! Good luck. I’d rather not buy one in UK because of the red tape but maybe I’m over sensitive. 

He didn't get it....he only just got in and damn freezing out now.

[Stihl123]

2 hours ago, Stihllymok said:

He didn't get it....he only just got in and damn freezing out now.

He did actually, proves what u know grandfather gav 😅

[Stihllymok]

1 hour ago, Stihl123 said:

He did actually, proves what u know grandfather gav 😅

I'm still in disbelief you have more than one mate.

[Mr. Ed]

1 hour ago, Stihllymok said:

I'm still in disbelief you have more than one mate.

I had a friend once. Didn’t last. That was probably a bit of a bargain: it didn’t look like a spammer. 

[Conor Wright]

16 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

Hi all

We're in SW Ireland, trying to work out how to get timber out of our wee woodland. We've got a very mixed 40 acres with some semi-ancient woodland and various plantations ranging from 30 years old and more or less brand new. Much of the terrain is very corrugated, and there's a moderately good network of fairly narrow tracks, none of it at too steep a gradient. Because of the different grants we inherited here, we're locked into working with a local forestry professional to do the paperwork, and we've just got the licence to do a fairly big thinning - sycamore, spruce, oak, ash and more. I've told our forester that we're not going to be having anyone come in with harvesters and forwarders and driving big access tracks through the land - we're principally managing the land as an informal nature reserve but I'm going to be very happy to sell a few tens of tons of firewood. 

I've got two questions for the collective wisdom here

1. Trailers. I want a wee trailer with a crane - I have noted criticism of some of the more highly advertised brands as to quality. What are the best dinky ones?

2. Tractor. I want an equally wee Alpine. Has anyone any experience with an old Pasquali, like a 993? It seems you can get clean ones for less than five grand - it's not going to be used very heavily, only on our own land, and only pulling a dinky trailer, so i assume 25 horse power or so is adequate. Another thousand quid to get it to Ireland?

Cheers guys!

 

 

Ed

It would be lovely to get a new AGT or Carraro, but it's not going to happen.

Get yourself one of these! Or just hire it with operator for the extraction and save the cost of a tractor. Pm me if you're interested in hire and I'll put you in touch with it's owner. He has a small scale harvester too. North West based but covers all ireland.

[doobin]

9 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

I had a friend once. Didn’t last. That was probably a bit of a bargain: it didn’t look like a spammer. 

It looked genuine. I’d say it was a fair price rather than a bargain. Prices are coming down a lot. 
 

it was a basic tractor, low hp and no reverse drive. Hydro transmission im a fan of though. 
 

i did consider it but realistically I have a 26hp tractor in the Kubota (much more agile) and a hydro alpine with more hp. Plus an Iseki. Was tempted though.