LGP Eddie

All depends on final spec, but expect to spend more than the base machine would cost on conversion work. I’m hopefully going to build one to sell this year that really will be some tool, as I’ve all the knowledge gained from the others and a few advancements that I had to wait to finally become available. 10 years since I did the first this year, and that’s still going, seemingly busier than ever. Sort of an anniversary build one in mind. Eddie.

Used to take under a minute to put the Engcon and Grab back on if you knew what you were doing, it was all on Ec-Oil automatic hitch. Eddie.

If you’re wanting demountable and more affordable solutions, then either a 3 point linkage winch so you can use it on the machine and a tractor. Otherwise this was for a JCB setup I helped a guy with. John Craig did this demountable Wheel Motor winch setup which obviously comes with a good turn of speed and large amount of cable. Eddie.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’d hunt down a Takeuchi TB016 if possible. Eddie.

Should be started at all of the ends back to the middle to ensure it gets done. Too tempting an option when a bucket of money has been thrown at a new line from London to Birmingham to say, that was too expensive, pull the rest. Spread some of the work opportunities out too. Eddie.

The early ones (pel job era and couple of years after) are poor enough, don't know a lot about the new ones but I've heard they have improved a lot. Was looking at a newer 24 ton one a few weeks back. Great spec and high quality, I presume this has filtered down the ranges. The Pel Job machine range was brilliant in its day. Eddie.

Yes it was, I’ve done a fair bit of work on site before, and they’ve been fantastic letting me do some much needed shaking down there. Nice location for some video and images too. Eddie.

Some shots from yesterday with the dedicated Vosch Grapple Saw setup on the Sennebogen. She’s all shaken down now, plenty of my own thoughts on mods/attachments going forward, but it’s one hell of a safe/productive mobile tool carrier. It’s now available, no movement order, standard low loader, road registered and can drive into tight sites or out again to safe parking no problem. I’m requiring Demo sites to showcase it, so anyone with something suitable, I’m certain a great deal can be sorted. Eddie.

Been some video turning him into the Sawdust man!? Eddie.

Just a little snippet of Mondays mission, first try out of the Sennebogen with the Stump Grinder. Plenty will recognise the location, and more a surgical removal than blast them out given the status of the surroundings. Brilliant reach, flow and power. Eddie.

Needed an 1/2 drive impact gun for a specific task on a machine. It’ll be rattling around the machine toolbox or van so didn’t want to go with anything expensive. Quick google had this current Machine Mart offer up. I wasn’t expecting much, but it effortlessly fetched the wheel nuts off the Defender straight out of the box and actually shocked me how tidy a thing it is for the money. Couple of batteries and charger included. Eddie. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cir18lic-18v-brushless-2ah--impact-wre/

Last one is spinning up what is a most unusual but I’m hoping could be a very effective attachment from Vosch on the Sennebogen. Basically a big Hedgecutter Head, Rotary blades designed to suck material in and literally obliterate it. It can also be fitted with twin sawblades, but after I nearly sh@t myself just spinning this up, sawblades would need some care! I can’t wait to see what it’ll tackle. Eddie.

Don’t go pulling the Servos off the armchair, this is literally the first time trying the Vosch Swinging Hammer Mulcher on the Sennebogen, so it’s all just messing about stuff, but I’m happy to share it. Yes your Robopower will do this bramble, but let’s throw in some 10” birch and see if you can do them top down from 13 metres!? Out to about 10 metres was ok off the wheels, we measured 12.3 metres up this batter from the extended leg to give an idea what it can do. The Mulcher never slows and it’ll just drive along nicely if you wish. Eddie.

No way I’d be doing any demolition with it. They’ll have some bigger kit for that job I’d expect. It’s fine travelling with the cab up a bit, she’s a nice machine to Operate, looking forward to a shakedown with the Stump Grinder tomorrow, it sounds a beast! Eddie. Hopefully this works, video of the first spin up.

Liebherr out this week, parking in this stunning building that’s sadly getting flattened next week, but made for some nice shots. Hard to scale some of this stuff, but when you’re double or even triple cutting with a 3ft bar in the Grapple Saw, they’re decent lumps. Hard hat gives a bit of scale to one of my better double cuts!? Eddie.

It's just a tiny video, I've got a few clips but it keeps saying they're too big, so I cant put them up. Eddie.

Hand Feed, I had the steel conveyor infeed model. Eddie.

My old Farmi 260 was great as I looked after it myself and it would almost tell you as soon as the blades needed a rub. Interestingly I found it better to buy genuine blades, run them by giving them the odd run and then chucking them. Once sharpened they wouldn’t least anywhere near the original items. The chip it produced was top quality and very consistent. You however couldn’t hand feed it and it was a just too small for many projects. Eddie.

Thanks, I’d have assumed so, just never seen them. They always look an ideal compromise as you can machine and hand feed if necessary. What’s the chip quality like? Eddie.

Is the Scliesing available with a taller spout option at all? Eddie.

Finally got a couple of days shaking the Sennebogen down. Eddie. 811E06B9-1285-4A70-96C8-456CD7420E83.MOV

The only reason that Mecalac is setup like that is to get some much needed extra reach from it. Throwing a grab up onto something for an assisted fell already puts a force in place before a cut is made that’s not ideal for any form of proper control. As for forces in rotators, spec them right, buy quality and there’s no issues. Piston rotators are used on most of the Intermercato grabs you’ll see about, and these will allow movement should any overload occur. Worm drives are different, and I wouldn’t recommend any worm drive that wasn’t Excavator specific, mainly actual Tiltrotator units are the best if you want to avoid issues. All said for an economic option, especially where you want to easily gain some extra reach, I’d have a free swinging grab on site over nothing anytime. Combine it with a live heal if possible in the mount and you’ll get a nice bit of extra reach, plus a lot more control over longer material when required. This is a lovely job, I’d have kept the heal a bit shorter, and gained myself 600mm or so extra reach with no issues. A couple of lugs for the grab to grip onto when travelling around site would finish off such a design nicely. Eddie.

Can you maybe get a snatch block with a toothed wheel inside for the chain? Probably unnecessary but may work slightly better. And for cleaning the chain as it comes in I just envisaged a lovely DIY setup involving a nearby stream, a pressure washer and lots of duct tape ? It’s never going to hurt anything with a decent quality ordinary block I’d have thought, just you’ll have to get a decent size for the chain to sit in properly. I was more thinking of the actual box the chain lands into, this will soon get full of debris I’d expect, so worth checking you can get good access. It’s hardly a ships anchor chain and will power out, so I can’t see it being much worse than fighting a normal wire rope that doesn’t power out, especially when someone has decided the cheapest rope about as good as they strain telegraph poles with would do the job nicely! Eddie.

I thought the main advantage of this Winch was the fact it’s Hydraulic Driven, with the Motor acting directly onto the chain. It means you can mount it easily on the front and rear of a Tractor with no need for the PTO. Handling chain is easy, you can choke it back on itself or hook a shortening clutch on at any point. I don’t know how you go on with Snatch Blocks for redirecting, but I’d assume no issues? My only concern when I looked at these was access to clean the inevitable shite the chain will carry back with it when conditions are bad. Eddie.

Had a JCB 65r1 cutting me a route in this week for a long reach Komatsu I was on. They’ve had this Lipa Flail a few years now and give it absolute hell. However it’s still going strong, and what surprised me was the monster flails in it! These were some serious lumps, no wonder it was doing so well. I think it’s a brand Joe Turner sells? The JCB was some tool, lovely cab, plenty of flow for the Mulcher and doing the job no issues. Just trying to de-veg an old drainage scheme for further investigation, so needed the reach, but real tight access, so the JCB had to tidy the bench in for me, plus reinstate on the way out. Brochure pic of the flails Eddie.