John Shipp
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I'm gonna wait until he's built and got too familiar with the 135 I see coming, then I'll bring out the English Beer offer.
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Building a custom excavator
- Thread starter Coastal
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Coastal
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Coastal
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hvy 1ton
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Any reason you went with the Biojack over TMK? I like the looks of the moving blade over pulling the tree into a stationary blade with a TMK. Any idea what it's rated for in hardwood? TMK 300 is suppoused to do a 10" hardwood, but I imagine it will struggle with a 10" osage orange.
Coastal
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Biojack in my opinion is a superior product, yes it costs more, but I can use it as a wood grapple which you can't do with a tmk. Cutting trees is great, but what do you do with them once they're on the ground? I hoe chuck as much if not more than cut with it.
Second, it grapples before it cuts, making it a much safer shear especially if you're working around houses or power lines, most other shears cut as they are grappling.
This 300 is rated for 300mm, I just cut a 330mm (13") pine a couple days ago. They rate for a 10" cut in hardwood, and I don't doubt it would do it with ease. For me, definitely worth the extra money!
Coastal
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Yes this one is a shear.
This project is for a city, and most of the wood is small and useless.
We are going to send some samples to a mill shortly to see how much fiber is pulled.
Coastal
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Coastal
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Coastal
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Yes they seem to grab well, got them from www.interiorundercarriage.ca
Oh ya it seems to be heavy enough, it was nice climbing a hill with no slipping. Makes for comfortable climbing with no puckering!
Coastal
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Next project.....
Labparamour
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Loved the last build. Gonna enjoy watching this one!
Labparamour
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Keep the pics comin’
Coastal
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It is an extension stick, I just removed it however and made it a really long fixed excavator stick.
2 questions for you.
1. What is the next project? Looks like an oversize Kubota with a cab from an old crane, and a self leveling undercarriage.
2. On your smaller machine, what size plate packer do you use for fence posts? I'm looking to get a 60 class machine and am curious if it's big enough to run a plate packer for the occasional fence post project.
1. What is the next project? Looks like an oversize Kubota with a cab from an old crane, and a self leveling undercarriage.
2. On your smaller machine, what size plate packer do you use for fence posts? I'm looking to get a 60 class machine and am curious if it's big enough to run a plate packer for the occasional fence post project.
hvy 1ton
Senior Member
Looks like somebody had a wheeled harvester parts machine sitting around and put the cab, possibly the leveling system, and stick from the harvester on an 080.
Coastal
Senior Member
It's a Neuson Harvester, roughly a 12 ton machine.
As for packer, I run a Stanley HS6000, its a bit heavy for the machine, but it packs a punch! My machine is based on a 50 so you'd have no problem with a 60.
Nope, just some crazy Austrians!
