Has anyone had any experience of a Mecshear?

[chester]

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Is it too cheap? Can get a grant of £2400 but has to be able to cut minimum of 300mm and this is the only grab type one I can find to go on a 8t excavator.

 

[chester]

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[KB6930]

What are you cutting hardwood or softwood?

Them grab type shears haven't got the power of the likes of a TMK or OMEF. I've got a 300 OMEF and it'll struggle on hardwood much bigger than 200mm but softwood it'll chomp through 300mm no bother .

I know someone with a good grab type it's a JAK and he's had a shot with mine and he says he'd have to have a go at it from each side to do what I can in 1 go at times

 

[Gerbert]

Ufkes do a shear with 400 mm capacity, for a 5 to 8 tonne machine.

Greentec 200 boomknipper

14-20 cm 400 mm 402 kg 5-8 ton

www.ufkes.net

For some reason it doesn't show up in english but you get the idea. It won't be cheap though.

 

[Wesley]

If you’re talking about the FETF grant you’d get a grant of a bit over £1900. It seems this year its 50% of their average price or 50% of what you pay, whichever is the lower figure. Well at least that's what I’ve been told. Not double checked for myself yet.

 

[benny6910]

Would a 8 ton digger have enough oil flow for a shear that will cut bigger than 300mm?

 

[KB6930]

Would a 8 ton digger have enough oil flow for a shear that will cut bigger than 300mm?

My 8t jcb does fine with mine and would do fine with a bigger shear but weight would be the problem you need a 13t+ on a bigger shear

 

[Lakesdigger]

Would a 8 ton digger have enough oil flow for a shear that will cut bigger than 300mm?

Flow is only for speed it's pressure that's more important but I'd be more concerned about the machine being able to handle the weight of not only a bigger capacity shear but also the bigger bits of tree it'll be taking down.

 

[essex man]

Got my tmk from ncd equipment, they selected the appropriate ran for my 8ton kubota's oil flow.
Have heard bad stories about wrong ram making for very slow shearing.
300mm on 8 tonner seems a good match to weight of tree cut