Yip,cockeyed and you have to look to one side or the other........
Dont you have to sit cockeyed to see round the boom though....cant see through it like a frontend loader.....
.......kindaf defeats the object.
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- Thread starter Gedd
- Start date
.......kindaf defeats the object.
- Location
- South wales
Worth it thoughYip,cockeyed and you have to look to one side or the other........
- Location
- The North
we had both a matbro 250 i think and then we went to jcb rigids 526's had a fair few of them,Yip,cockeyed and you have to look to one side or the other........
i liked the matbro but visibility is slightly worse, one thing definitely did not like was the instability if you were fully turned in one direction the wheels are miles apart clipped a stone one it was a serious brown trouser moment,
good things like lining up pallets on floor or trucks you only need to steer to side shift them which was very handy.
perhaps its just what your used too?
i would not go back to pivot now though i like the crab much better
Zebbedee
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- Location
- Scotland in the best bit
Yea can do but next owner may need them so cheaper to buy with drill than to buy afterwards so just to help resale really old drill sold with markers which still had paint on them,,but next owner needs them
hintonroadhero
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- Location
- Waikato, NZ
Nonsense....the 6.0m wide units are 9.8 tonnes empty...26.6 tonnes ballasted with water !!!!
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Mighty, do people run them ballasted much ? And if so what do they pull them with?
- Location
- South Molton
On the hills I've seen i wouldn't want 10 t let alone 26!
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
That would mean a barrel diameter of 2m (6ft 6inch)Nonsense....the 6.0m wide units are 9.8 tonnes empty...26.6 tonnes ballasted with water !!!!
. The intertia of that baby on a hill at 9.8 tonnes never mind 26.6 tonnes will be huge. If you are using rollers this size I cannot understand why you have so many hills, by this stage the whole place should be flat and slightly turned up at the edges.hintonroadhero
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- Location
- Waikato, NZ
If you read what I wrote.. I said "in Canterbury"......flat area with some rolling countryside... hills are further inland....... huge stone problem ...large paddocks...diameters from 6 to 9 feet so reasonably easy to pull.. but would still need something 150 -200 hpThat would mean a barrel diameter of 2m (6ft 6inch)
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Any pictures?
hintonroadhero
Member
- Location
- Waikato, NZ
Only these.. have a look at Plucks Engineering website
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Brilliant. Thanks for that.
- Location
- Co antrim
Why the dual tyres and not just lgp tyres?
hintonroadhero
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- Location
- Waikato, NZ
Duals used extensively in NZ......minimal use of wide or LGP tyres...users say much easier to take duals off and run with singles if required and more importantly standard tyres are easy to replace if they get damaged.. not so with wide tyres as dealers hold limited stock....Interestingly, most tractors over about 160 usually on bar axles, although very few people seem to adjust wheel spacings!
dowcow
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- Location
- Lancashire
Our ancient road network rules out duals for most people around here. Many roads were built for horse and cart and things haven't changed much since then.
- Location
- West Yorkshire
All I can think is all that compaction from a roller that size
storming
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- Location
- Black Isle
2wheels
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
ex papermill rollers? we made a set about 50yrs ago. rollers,bearings and frame steel ex scrappie. they were only 20ft wide in total(3). when empty they could be moved by hand one at a time on favourable ground. 2 of them ended up welded end to end for a water bowser.
Used this one when out working in NZ years ago, it was full of water on a JD 6630 I think. Yes it was heavy and would jack knife the tractor slightly when turning round if on slight slope. And definitely no way would I use one back here in Wales unless the fields were near enough flat.
