Farm Loading shovels

dungfly

What makes & model loading shovels would you reccomend for dairying, reseeding, building.

I have driven JCBs 2CX. Excellent manoverability and great with 4 in one bucket. Poor in the field though. What loader should I consider for greater HP and functionality in farming?

I have been told that CAT are the Daddy of loading shovels! Is this true?

MFdaveIreland

Kramer loading shovels are very handy machine. Avoid matbro/ terex like the plague, rattily heaps of ****e that break down every other week for something or other,

X6.430macman

Jcb 418s. Probably to big though 180hp

joejobrien

john deere artic telehandler ticks all the boxs

dungfly

Anyone have any experience of CAT articulated loaders?

cute geoge

jcb 911
Newholland also do nice size loader ,both well worth looking out for

Never wrestle with pigs

dungfly wrote: »

Anyone have any experience of CAT articulated loaders?

Operated most of them from 966 to 992, love them. The g series with the joystick steering is one of the nicest loaders to operate. Slightly less torque than a Komatsu the same size.

I'd imagine they are to expensive for farm work? More for quarry's ect?

X6.430macman

Never wrestle with pigs wrote:

Operated most of them from 966 to 992, love them. The g series with the joystick steering is one of the nicest loaders to operate. Slightly less torque than a Komatsu the same size.

Jasus 992, is that one like the second biggest in their range

Never wrestle with pigs

X6.430macman wrote: »

Jasus 992, is that one like the second biggest in their range

Ya, pure pig ha. They do them in a loader and as a wheeled dozer too.

dungfly

Iam farming in paddy land not a ranch in Texars!
What's a good 2nd hand loading shovel on the farm for shear grab, pushing in silage, drainage and general rooting and tearing.

Never wrestle with pigs

Depends on how much you want to spend. Low budget a nice clean 50b? For 30k Merlo do a lovely compact loader that would turn on a 1p coin and can do 70k on the road. It really depends on what you want to spend and what you want it for.

darragh_haven

JCB 310s.best all round fam loader I've come across. Articulated, telescopic boom, enough grunt and there are a good selection of them available secondhand.

davidk1394

dungfly wrote: »

Anyone have any experience of CAT articulated loaders?

Had a 980 in the quarry. Nice machine but was brutal on hills. if it was me a volvo is the only machine but are ridiculous prices. What about the like of a 3cx jcb. We have one with years and it never failed us yet

dungfly

Not a fan of back actors as I just prefer to get in a contractors track machine when needed.

dungfly

darragh_haven wrote: »

JCB 310s.best all round fam loader I've come across. Articulated, telescopic boom, enough grunt and there are a good selection of them available secondhand.

You reckon the JCB 310 is the obvious step up from a 3cx? Is it powerful enough to dig earth, stone, dung etc? Can it travel fields?

Bullocks

dungfly wrote: »

You reckon the JCB 310 is the obvious step up from a 3cx? Is it powerful enough to dig earth, stone, dung etc? Can it travel fields?

I think travelling on land is not ideal for a lot of loaders they are a bit heavy

MF290

We have a 530-70 this past 12 yrs. It works fine for us and gave very little bother. They can be picked up for handy money second hand, especially if you go for the one without the joystick. They're a poor performer in the field though, we've ours on yard tyres which doesn't help either.

MF290

If you don't need the extra reach, the older volvos would supposedly go forever.

davidk1394

dungfly wrote: »

Not a fan of back actors as I just prefer to get in a contractors track machine when needed.

A volvo L35 would be big enough for a farmer. If your doing heavy work maybe an L50. Another good machine is a JCB 410 farm master

Milked out

dungfly wrote: »

darragh_haven wrote: »

JCB 310s.best all round fam loader I've come across. Articulated, telescopic boom, enough grunt and there are a good selection of them available secondhand.

You reckon the JCB 310 is the obvious step up from a 3cx? Is it powerful enough to dig earth, stone, dung etc? Can it travel fields?

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The 310s is basically the telecopic boom version ofor the jcb 412. We have an 86 412 here with 20 odd years great machine neighbour bought a 99 model 2 years ago, lovely machine to drive and they'll handle whatever a farm can throw at it. They are still costly tho could be talking 20k plus for machines of that age in good knick. Volvo are considered the best of the lot at that size but are crazy dear again

leoch

Man beside us traded a 131 cat for a new weiderman I think there called cat was very wide for in and out sheds and with the side boom was hard to see the new one has the loader in front and splits in middle much handier in and out sheds and great vision

Jack180570

We have a Sanderson 625 with the last 3 years... 1994 machine now with 15k hrs... picked it up for 5k and has given us very little bother..
Really tidy machine, on joystick and 3 steering modes... perkins engine and runs on about 3L/hr
The 310 is about 8T and I think the 625 is 5 or 6

darragh_haven

dungfly wrote: »

You reckon the JCB 310 is the obvious step up from a 3cx? Is it powerful enough to dig earth, stone, dung etc? Can it travel fields?

Is it the obvious step up from the 3cx, i dint really know, again its all dependant on the work your looking to do.
Can it travel field. Yes, not a bother. But its 7 ton plus some, as far as i know.
Are you talking about digging earth/stone out of the ground? No. But if you have a heap of stone or earth heaped up, its more than capable of loading it.
Its a small contractor's machine to some people, no problems in keeping a pit clear from a wagon working next to the pit.

bogman_bass

https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/kramer-312-loading-shovel/11471513

or

https://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/kramer-418-t/11876801

Carrigogunnell

darragh_haven wrote: »

Is it the obvious step up from the 3cx, i dint really know, again its all dependant on the work your looking to do.
Can it travel field. Yes, not a bother. But its 7 ton plus some, as far as i know.
Are you talking about digging earth/stone out of the ground? No. But if you have a heap of stone or earth heaped up, its more than capable of loading it.
Its a small contractor's machine to some people, no problems in keeping a pit clear from a wagon working next to the pit.

Good to hear that currently on the look out for a 310 to push up from 1 wagon. Hoping to go to England in the next few days.

dungfly

Do all the loading shovel manufacturers come with 4 in 1 buckets? Or.is this specific to JCB? From my experience a bucket that is no a 4 in 1 is a bucket not worth having.

foxy farmer

Its rare to see a 4in1 bucket on a telescopic or an industrial type loader. Mostly fitted to rubber tyred diggers. They are heavy but they don't have great capacity. Great for grading and hard digging and cleaning up. Have one on a MF 50HX here no forks but have a standard bucket off a Manitou telescopic modified to fit for shifting dung etc. Has nearly twice the capacity and tilts back farther when full.

Markcheese

Kramer loader, compact and relatively simple ,