Prodig Sheargrab with plastic and net remover

frazzledhome

Any one have one or any experience of using one. To me they look better engineered than any of the competitors who seem to catch a lot of silage along with the wrap. Another issue I see with the competitors is that they seem to fail 15% of the time and have difficulty with out of shape bales

RightTurnClyde

frazzledhome wrote: »

Any one have one or any experience of using one. To me they look better engineered than any of the competitors who seem to catch a lot of silage along with the wrap. Another issue I see with the competitors is that they seem to fail 15% of the time and have difficulty with out of shape bales

Had a good look at them yesterday. How good or bad the plastic catcher is, I don't know. But the grab itself looks like a very well made/engineered bit of kit. Serious steel in it, heavier Rams than the competitors., and has hardox times And their price looks like very good value. ( and there's a ploughing discount)
If I was buying in the morning, it would be on the top of the list.
( sorry not much help, but the grab caught my eye aswell)

frazzledhome

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Had a good look at them yesterday. How good or bad the plastic catcher is, I don't know. But the grab itself looks like a very well made/engineered bit of kit. Serious steel in it, heavier Rams than the competitors., and has hardox times And their price looks like very good value. ( and there's a ploughing discount)
If I was buying in the morning, it would be on the top of the list.
( sorry not much help, but the grab caught my eye aswell)

Have 2 buckets here from ProDig, serious quality. Did a deal for a grab yesterday on condition he dropped me one for a few days to ensure it did as it said on the tin

Dawggone

frazzledhome wrote: »

Have 2 buckets here from ProDig, serious quality. Did a deal for a grab yesterday on condition he dropped me one for a few days to ensure it did as it said on the tin

I was very close to buying the shear bucket version but backed away because of the possibility of a mouldy
bale being dumped into diet feeder.

Like their work and seem good to deal with.

mf240

Wont put anymore litres in the tank. Pick up a penknife and a coat in the co op.

Milked out

mf240 wrote: »

Wont put anymore litres in the tank. Pick up a penknife and a coat in the co op.

Saves hopping up and down off a loader, reduces handling dirty material, and being between a bale and a cows head at barrier so is safer as well as faster if feeding a lot out. Dunno bout anyone else but getting in and out of machine is one of the places where a trip or fall is possibly most likely to happen esp on a wet winters evening with oil skins on. Purchase like this isn't exactly goin to break the bank if feeding alot of bales also

quader

lads what price were ye quoated for one tried to get talking to sales man but couldnt as he had a crowd around him but taught i heard him say 5200 but definetly the best option

Dawggone

mf240 wrote: »

Wont put anymore litres in the tank. Pick up a penknife and a coat in the co op.

Tongue in cheek mf??


I suppose some people said the same when they saw the first milking machines!

frazzledhome

quader wrote: »

lads what price were ye quoated for one tried to get talking to sales man but couldnt as he had a crowd around him but taught i heard him say 5200 but definetly the best option

6ft with wrap gizmo is €5290 inc vat Would buy for 5k inc brackets

kowtow

Dawggone wrote: »

Tongue in cheek mf??


I suppose some people said the same when they saw the first milking machines!

I tried milking with a penknife (and a coat) but found I was going through cows too fast for it to be economical.

JohnBoy

frazzledhome wrote: »

6ft with wrap gizmo is €5290 inc vat Would buy for 5k inc brackets

cheaper than new knees at 50 so

stanflt

Bought their 5ft shear grab last year- serious amount of steel in it- quality is brilliant

visatorro

I didn't buy one because two of us can fire out enough bales for four days. one on loader the other with the Stanley. Id still manage on my own handy just take me twice the time. I'd find it hard to justify

Markcheese

Will the net wrap removers work with the film wraps as well ?

caseman

I split them with ordinary grab here and 90% of the time i can lift net and wrap with out getting out of tractor.

frazzledhome

caseman wrote: »

I split them with ordinary grab here and 90% of the time i can lift net and wrap with out getting out of tractor.

Would you be opening many bales at a time. Tried it but found slow

caseman

frazzledhome wrote: »

Would you be opening many bales at a time. Tried it but found slow

Only feed around 200 bales here pit all the way.
I must time it but i'd say around 30 or 40 seconds dose it.

trg

What horse power tractor would you need for this?

caseman

trg wrote: »

What horse power tractor would you need for this?

I have a ts 115 turbo with a tanco loader and mc hale shear grab.