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fork lift for feeding

  • 09-11-2012 12:46pm
    #1
    grazeaway
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    was up at a friends last night giving him a hand with his new toy. He is after buying yard fork lift is currently converting it to feed silage. He has taken off the forks and fitted a quick attach frame and will be putting a large shear grab with a push off on it.

    He is currently feeding with a front loader and 3ft grab but the tractor is 2wd and its takes a while, plus the loader is getting a bit shook too. He reckons that that the forklift will be faster and he will be able to swing straight into the feed barrier and drop the block of silage right along the barrier.

    Cant wait to see it working. Has anyone done something like this before as i haven't seen it done?


Comments

  • #2
    bob charles
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    can be done aslong as plenty of concrete about


  • #3
    bogman_bass
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    I always wondered if this type of forklift woulf be any use on a farm with a grab

    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/plantmachinery/4139790


  • #4
    iverjohnston
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    The Manitou should be excellent, I think some of them were originally based in International Tractor skid units? As long as you have concrete down you will be fine. Less important with the rough terrain model. No forward reach would be the only drawback.


  • #5
    Rovi
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    bogman_bass wrote: »
    I always wondered if this type of forklift woulf be any use on a farm with a grab

    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/plantmachinery/4139790

    Rough-terrain forklifts like that were very popular in the UK for a good while before ag-spec teleporters took over.
    They filled the niche between tractor loaders and fullsize industrial loaders.

    Teleporters are more versatile and can do most of the pallet work required on farms, so farm forklifts have fallen out of favour over the last decade or two.
    They're still an excellent machine if you have a lot of 'forklift' specific work on less than perfect surfaces though.

    Conventional industrial forklifts (solid tyres, low ground clearance, etc) are much more limited in a farm context, as they're pretty helpless once they get off a decent level hard surface.


  • #6
    Muckit
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    The other downside with a forklift mast is height clearance. Unlike a loader, the mast sticks up way above the load and could get caught very easily in doorways, low roofs etc.

    The plus side is visability. It'I be all out in front of him and no bonnet. No creaked necks!

    Manouerability also much better than a tractor. But I a 2cx or skidsteer would still trump it in other ways.


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