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hi im new new to the tractor telehandler market but i am after a vehicle that i can put on a plant trailer with pto and a log grab/forklift loader on the front for lifting logs onto my portable mill and also if i can get the hp up to say 70hp to run a chipper aswell

do these exist or am i asking too much

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Will struggle to tick all boxes. An alpine with a loader will be nearest. Plant trailer will need to be long and light!

You could use hydraulic oil flow to power motors and even a pto gearbox. Wouldn't be power efficient.

I'd prioritise criteria. E.g weight, power and the various tasks, post it here then we can bash out better solutions as bear to ideal as possible.

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hi thanks for the help

i have a forklift at my yard which i use for loading my mill but was looking for something i could take out with me when i go to mill at places that doesnt have lifting machines and also if it was posssible to run a chipper that im thinking of getting aswell which requires 35hp-80hp i know thats a wide range of hp

ps i have never used anything like a tractor of anything running of pto aswell so bear with me if i sound thick as shitzen!!

thanks

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Unless you really need to load onto a trailer, a 80+ hp tractor might tick all the other boxes. Power to drive your chipper, loader to fit a grab etc. Easily tow a trailer with whatever you want on it. Surprising how much ground a modern tractor will cover. For really fast look at JCB fastrac. Not sure a loader will go on those though.

Depends how much you want to spend of course.

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I have a JD 2130 with a loader and forks and one of the problems I found is that because of all the weight on the front the drive wheels slip, this can be solved by sticking a weight block on the 3 point linkage but that then means you can't use the pickup hitch!

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we used to use a rear mounted fork lift on a Ford 4000 tractor. It had small wheels that ran on the floor. It could lift a ton easily. it solved the problem of too much weight on the front and the need for a large tractor to cope. Don't know how easy they are to get hold of.

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