Best headstock for telehandlers?

[Farma Parma]

They only snap off if there doing something wrong or something they shouldn't

Then again SOME customers will break anything! It's almost like it's a personal challenge for them each day

Some folks dont deserve lots of expensive machinery end of.
How some put up with vast repair bills on careless drivers is beyond me.

 

[Hard Graft]

Have pin and cone on a 3cx thanks to @holwellcourtfarm and he has one on his and it transformed the 3cx

I don’t get why jcb made the q fit and not stick with the Euro shovel hitch as they so close
It’s all they had in Sweden was the euro hitch on the handlers when we were there

 

[acorn]

Have pin and cone on a 3cx thanks to @holwellcourtfarm and he has one on his and it transformed the 3cx

.....any pictures......?

 

[Fraserb]

We've pin and cone on 4 forklifts and the digger, they all do a lot of work and no major issues with wear or breakages, only breakage I can think of was ont of the cones breaking off a matbro 270 a lot of years ago. Had a couple of manitou with pin and cone on over the years and they were fine aswell.

 

[Drillman]

Manitou without doubt is the best handler hitching system.

however

as all the bendy ones tend to be fitted with pin and cone it would make sense to standardise on that system.

 

[The Seeker]

Pin and cone for me

 

[z.man]

Got a Taylor made pin and cone on a Quickie loader and pin and cone on a Manitou forklift makes life easier, both work well

 

[mo!]

Interesting that the pin and cone fanatics have only ever used that system... The best way I would compare Manitou and the Matbro headstock is the Manitou "engineered" theirs whilst the Matbro was "built". The pin and cone is a pig to drop off whilst manitou just needs you to tip. Pin and cone needs to be high up on the implement to give space underneath, manitou does not. Single decent size ram vs two tiny brake actuators with piddly pins and all the extra pipework. Nice compact size vs unnecessarily wide to accommodate pallet forks which are a complete pig to attach. Single piece attachment bracket which are stronger and easier to weld on (two piece available if that suits better. Add in the benefit of being able to lift bags, attach a chain etc and it is a no brainer. If only the rest of the machine was as good as the headstock...(MLT627 currently awaiting a mechanic to fix a blown heater pipe...again)

 

[Salt'n'Pepper]

Kramer???
We have had Kramers for more than 35 years and always found the quick fit couplers to be very strong and reliable

 

[Spotty Dog]

With a Pin and Cone Headstock.

Thats what i have on my Manitous! Matbro pin and cone for me all the way.

 

[The Seeker]

Jcb clank clank clank, manitou fixings is fine as long as you can get the manitou started

 

[AndrewG]

Q-fit all day, easy on and off, can pick up attachments at awkward angles, can shift attachments about with the edge of the bucket, floating forks are pretty handy and with the forks off you can hook a chain on the hooks for lifting.
i alway thought the fact the q-fit is bigger means that the bucket isn’t as stressed.

had cone and pin on a Mf industrial, it was just plain awkward, now replaced with a q-fit.

 

[glasshouse]

Interesting that the pin and cone fanatics have only ever used that system... The best way I would compare Manitou and the Matbro headstock is the Manitou "engineered" theirs whilst the Matbro was "built". The pin and cone is a pig to drop off whilst manitou just needs you to tip. Pin and cone needs to be high up on the implement to give space underneath, manitou does not. Single decent size ram vs two tiny brake actuators with piddly pins and all the extra pipework. Nice compact size vs unnecessarily wide to accommodate pallet forks which are a complete pig to attach. Single piece attachment bracket which are stronger and easier to weld on (two piece available if that suits better. Add in the benefit of being able to lift bags, attach a chain etc and it is a no brainer. If only the rest of the machine was as good as the headstock...(MLT627 currently awaiting a mechanic to fix a blown heater pipe...again)

Pig and cone is a pig

 

[glasshouse]

Uou can buy a manitou headstock in weld on form for £80
How much is q fit?

 

[the-mad-welder]

It must be OK to lift bags on the hooks on a Bobcat, it shows it on the advert!!

 

[glasshouse]

It must be OK to lift bags on the hooks on a Bobcat, it shows it on the advert!!
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No need to dpend £800 on a bag lifter!!

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Says something when jcb don't use their own Qfit system on the pivot steer machines, instead using pin and cone as the machines probably replaced a matbro/jd, been pin and cone here for years but did make an adapter plate to pick up manitou attachments a few years ago when we used to borrow a silage bale squeeze grab off them, never had any issues with wear or breakages apart from on a jd3200 machine we had that split the pivot pin hole

 

[KB6930]

Says something when jcb don't use their own Qfit system on the pivot steer machines, instead using pin and cone as the machines probably replaced a matbro/jd, been pin and cone here for years but did make an adapter plate to pick up manitou attachments a few years ago when we used to borrow a silage bale squeeze grab off them, never had any issues with wear or breakages apart from on a jd3200 machine we had that split the pivot pin hole

Our 310s is on q fit . I think they're mostly fitted with pin and cone as they mostly replaced matbro then JD machines.
I've used most over the years but mostly q fit which I think is bloody good but have no problems with any others . Not keen on merlo forks which I have to use occasionally but it's not a bad headstock

 

[Fendt516profi]

Is it just me that gets annoyed about the little details why would you rest it on the hyd pipes and take a pic to sell it

Ah maybe it's on resting on the 1 pipe

Take another look don't think the pipes belong to the headstock not attached anyway

 

[Hilly]

They are are good I’ve never came across any particular problem with any of them, nothing outstanding either way imo just as long as they fit what attachments you have who cares .