Shear grab/Tine Grab

dasheriff

I need to get a silage grab second hand,I have a few in mind but i have ye any advice on what are good makes bad makes and is a shear grab definately the way to go over a tine grab..Im looking for 1 around 4ft 3" for my loader..

Tipp Man

What size tractor and loader have you got? 4wd??

dasheriff

Ya its a landini 130hp with a rossmore loader,it should handle the 4 ft3" alright i hope..

Jack C

If going for a used shear grab I would suggest you pay attention to the cutting edge. Make sure it hasn't been "touched up" with an angle grinder as then it will last no time.

Pat the lad

Shear grab is your only man. Helps keep pit face sealed also. I found I was loosing alot of silage with the tine grab even travelling on concrete because it's chopped so short after self propelled harvester. Just make sure hydraulic pump is in good order. 4 wd also helps with the extra weight

Tipp Man

Shear grab a lot better for not losing silage alright and keepin the pit face clean, they are very hard on front axle and hydralic pump do make sure both are in good nick

denis086

She should take a 4'3'' shear grab alright the worst thing you can do is go too big a friend got a shear grab for his digger and lets just say they bit off more than they could chew they have to nimble is all!
If your going down the second hand route just make sure the frame is in good nick straight cutting edge (tend to belly out) not too much wear on the wear plate at the back give a rub to the rams to make sure theres no rust on them and make sure to account for the cost of new pipes if the ones on it a worn from rubbing and finally just check the pins.
Mchale would be a good brand because they seem popular at the minute mind you we have one of theirs sat in the shed with the last 10yrs and it hasnt done more than 5 winters feeding it was generally a back up to a tractor with a loader and tine grab. It was bought in 1990 from mchale themselves for the digger when she was new and the box with the tines in it actually fell off mchale sent a new box down and it was welded on and he back of it was reinforced by a local engineering workshop and is actually built like a tank now. Then the front bellied out the way. Then the rams gave trouble too they were too long or too short i couldnt say which it was at this stage its so long ago most things were sorted by mchale so we couldnt fault them that way, but it truely was muck we ended up cutting the brackets off and putting them on a tine grab when the tractor was sold :rolleyes:
Just in case your getting the impression were dog rough on stuff we arent the grab is still going and its only a light little tanco on a digger so i think thats proof enough.
were now after ordering a bucket with a grab on top from r&m buckets because it was terribly slow switching between the two filling the diet feeder with beet, crimp and concentrates so what ever suits you and your se up really

dasheriff

Thanks lads and would ye reccomend any good makes over others for strenght etc..I heard twose are 1 to steer clear of..

MfMan

Have a Johnson, going fine. Loads of makes out there - Nugent seem to be fairly good, as do Redrock. Tighes' in Meath seems to be really solid, Parmiter, Conor etc. Loads of SH ones up on Donedeal.