Shear grab

ozil10

Hey folks

On the lookout for new shear grab
Have new silage pit with wide pitface so the tine grab is no more good

Loader is on 7840 tractor
Pit is very short distance to the shed
Would 4ft 6in be the max

Just wondering what are the best brands out there and ones to avoid


Thanks

Morris Moss

ozil10 wrote: »

Hey folks

On the lookout for new shear grab
Have new silage pit with wide pitface so the tine grab is no more good

Loader is on 7840 tractor
Pit is very short distance to the shed
Would 4ft 6in be the max

Just wondering what are the best brands out there and ones to avoid


Thanks

I'd look at a five foot grab at least, ya won't get as much into the shear grab as the tine, bought a redrock last month, it's 5'8 on a telehandler and it's plenty big, prodig, quike and redrock is what we looked at, nothing between any of them in my opinion but others might disagree.

ozil10

Would the 5ft be putting too much pressure on the tractor?

Morris Moss

ozil10 wrote: »

Would the 5ft be putting too much pressure on the tractor?

I thnk it depends on oil flow really, I'd think the tractor itself would handle it no problem, but if it's slow to close with the tine grab it'll be twice as slow with the shear.

cjpm

ozil10 wrote: »

Would the 5ft be putting too much pressure on the tractor?

You are better off with a 5' grab filling it 80% than a 4'6" filled completely.

For 2 reasons

In order to completely fill a grab you have to drive into the pit quite hard. And when emptying it there tends to be silage stuck at the cranked part of the tines.

Secondly you'll move across the pit faster with a 5'

Mortelaro

With the pit beside the cows feeding area,I'd go for the 4'6
The difference in feeding time will be marginal but you are putting a lot less pressure on the tractor and oil flow

grassroot1

Would have thought the weight of the full grab was the issue more than the oil flow?

Mooooo

I'd be thinking 5ft would be the max for a tractor loader. Have an old jcb 412 here with a 6'6 grab and if you took a grab from the top of the pit and dropped it too fast or jerky the rear would be bouncing

ozil10

Would a weight on the back of the tractor be a help also
Cheers for the replies
Any brands you would recommend

Mortelaro

grassroot1 wrote: »

Would have thought the weight of the full grab was the issue more than the oil flow?

I covered that in the catch all 'less pressure on the tractor '
Yes a weight is essential