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Some interesting buckets with thumbs showed up at work.
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Pivoting here is a good idea. The bucked can be moved but the debris inside wont fall out until the thumb is opened.
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3 different sizes.
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TH407 showed up, looks like a handy little telehandler.
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Rockland Crypto-Claw. I like the concept, would like to try one out. A hydraulic thumb is handier than a shirt pocket but adds a lot of weight to the stick when performing normal digging operations. That bucket with a quick coupler and quick disconnect hyd lines would be the ticket. Use it when clearing, demo, etc and then set it aside when digging and loading trucks.
 
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Hey some great pics Do you have more pics of replacing center hitch pins on a wheel loader I have to do mine In a older Michigan loader. Want to see what I'm in for
Thanks joe
 
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Joetomass said:
Hey some great pics Do you have more pics of replacing center hitch pins on a wheel loader I have to do mine In a older Michigan loader. Want to see what I'm in for
Thanks joe
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It can be a big job depending how worn it is and if the bores are ok. If it just needs pins and bearings its a matter of disconnecting hoses,drive shaft and unpinning, support one end frame and pull the other away. The rear frame it heavy at the back so we pull that away with a forklift while holding it level. Wedge blocks in the oscillating axle.
 
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Those thumb buckets look pretty heavy duty, emphasis on the heavy. If used with a short stick they probably wouldn't affect performance too much.
Great innovation though, I could see them being popular for a demolition contractor.
Would these be for a 345 size machine?

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profrooky said:
Those thumb buckets look pretty heavy duty, emphasis on the heavy. If used with a short stick they probably wouldn't affect performance too much.
Great innovation though, I could see them being popular for a demolition contractor.
Would these be for a 345 size machine?

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i could be wrong but looking at the bore sizes and centres they only look good for a 20t machine?
 
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Looks only small but the concept should be good for bigger stuff.I could see them being handy for demolition and clearing to around 50 ton?
 
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RayF said:
Looks only small but the concept should be good for bigger stuff.I could see them being handy for demolition and clearing to around 50 ton?
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yeh, I spent alotta time with a company called Ertech in Perth Ray, we used to run acouple silly log grabs which had to have the mounts welded onto the dipper arm which pinned a 90degree frame against the bucket (or rack) of our 40t machines, was a pain in the @ss as the mounts couldnt be left on as they fouled against the boom, these buckets would have been perfect for clearing work
 
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Did some Line Boring for Ertech years ago. Did they have some 631's or 633's? I did a cushion hitch on one and some work on some smaller Cat loaders I think. They used a bloke with a small workshop just off Gnangara Road to their mechanical work.
 
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RayF said:
Did some Line Boring for Ertech years ago. Did they have some 631's or 633's? I did a cushion hitch on one and some work on some smaller Cat loaders I think. They used a bloke with a small workshop just off Gnangara Road to their mechanical work.
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would have been Ross @ Ranlo on Atwell St, they started up their on shop on Gnagara rd not long after that (the shop was even smaller) back then they would have had a 633D and 639D

They just finished a massive new place on Ocean Reef Rd they come along way
 
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Interesting buckets. We do stream channel restoration, and my concern with these buckets would be ice build up where the hydraulic lines to the thumb cylinders are located, as well as damage to the cylinders from rock. I am sure that in specific applications they would be handy. I wonder if the thumb, when wide open, will hit the stick when one curls the bucket?
 
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Would have been late 80's and early 90's. Most of the work I did for them was small loaders,920's and 930's.I started concentrating on bigger work after that and ended up doing 95% of my work for the bigger contract miners,here locally and also a lot of bush work.
 
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