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[monkeybusiness]

I wouldn’t personally drive on the road with that chipper on the front links - the tractor and linkage may be capable of lifting 3.5 tonnes but that doesn’t mean it is safe/mechanically sympathetic (the front axle and tyres will take a hammering, and you may not have a great deal of control). You could counter-balance it with something really heavy on the back but it’s always worth remembering that tractors are built up of various components held together with rings of bolts... 

The other thing to consider is leverage - the chipper is 2 (ish) tonnes centred a long way from the tractor. That’s a lot different to a 2 tonne (or possibly even a 3.5 tonne) weight block close in! If it looks and feels wrong I’d suggest you forget what it says in the manual.

[difflock]

On 3/29/2018 at 17:17, richy_B said:

Joined the full-size tractor club. Same Dorado 86. Been looking for a while and finally found one that suited me. Big thanks to Matt S on here for all the advice. I've got one to match his!

Richy-B

For my needs and tastes, the perfect tractor, I have drooled over several, but until the DB1490 expires, I cannot justify another.

sigh!

[richy_B]

Richy-B
For my needs and tastes, the perfect tractor, I have drooled over several, but until the DB1490 expires, I cannot justify another.
sigh!

Matt S gave me the idea and the more I looked into it the better it seemed. I came up from alpines so I wanted something that still felt comfortable on rough terrain. I've partnered it up with a 2.25m medium duty flail.

When money allows I'll get a medium size flail arm and a 6-8t trailer (not decided on what yet).

[Peasgood]

I do like SAME. Middle one is what I use most, a Dorado 100F.

I goes like a go-cart on the road and has a surprising amount of poke for it's size. Hydraulic flow at 54 litres a minute has the splitter wizzing along.

[difflock]

Wee Kioti working,

having wrassled and fought to get much smaller stones into the bucket,

I got the biggun in "first dibs"

Bloody diggerman cut me watermain despite being told exactly(& marked with a buried vertical paling stab) exactly where it was.

At least I found the telephone cable before he did!

 

Edited April 14, 2018 by difflock

[Commando]

Wee Kioti working,
having wrassled and fought to get much smaller stones into the bucket,
I got the biggun in "first dibs"
Bloody diggerman cut me watermain despite being told exactly(& marked with a buried vertical paling stab) exactly where it was.
At least I found the telephone cable before he did!
 

What will the Kioti lift on the loader Marcus?

[difflock]

2 Full straps of blocks = 1800kg, on a pallet with the pallet forks,

not bad for a tractor that barely weighs more than 2000kg

but limited reach, obviously.

With the low gears and fast hydraulics I can keep my foot fully off the clutch and let the tyres spin(a little only), to easily load the bucket or bulldoze.

The gear changes are v slick and naturally placed for the left hand, so the right hand can stay on the loader joystick lever.

All very natural.

And dead handy to either step on/off or indeed work the loader standing on the ground beside the tractor.

cheers

marcus

[Commando]

Wow I was guessing about 500kg max[emoji106] What sort of money do they cost for a tidy one?
Thx Craig

[difflock]

I paid 9k for a very clean coddled 2007 model with 1800 hours, direct from the first and only owner, a guy running a business maintaining paddocks and menages for horsey folk(only fault was leaking hydraulics, as I soon found out, but from a steel pipe near a valve block, an easy fix)

I had sussed the loader capabilities, a critical factor in my selection process, before I went to view.

The biggest weakness are the various transmission linkages running back and forward below/beside the belly of the tractor, and the vunrable mounting of the power steering ram in front of the front axle.

Oh! and a teensy/weensy wee fuel tank.

And horrible hard, non grippy industrial tyres.

So, not perfect by any means.

P.S.

When I bought Reco had just thrown up the UK dealership, so the second hand prices were probably suffering.

btw.

I really really really had the hots for a brand new 50HP Hurliman Prince c/w loader from Tunstall Tractors.

cheers

marcus

[richy_B]

Any ideas what this button on my tractor is? It's not in the manual! Same Dorado 86. 4wd.

 

I don't have a front PTO or linkage. 

 

It does illuminate the same symbol on the dash.