Hydraulic post knocker on telehandler

KeithS

New Member
Wondering about buying a hydraulic rock breaker for doing some fencing. Got a jcb 536 loadall? mainly just for doing small jobs round the farm. Far cheaper than buying a normal post knocker with a hammer weight. Good or bad idea?
 

ACEngineering

Member
Trade
Location
Oxon
Wondering about buying a hydraulic rock breaker for doing some fencing. Got a jcb 536 loadall? mainly just for doing small jobs round the farm. Far cheaper than buying a normal post knocker with a hammer weight. Good or bad idea?

I wouldn't! Vibrations going back through the boom and forces applied to boom in a way there not designed for.
 

ACEngineering

Member
Trade
Location
Oxon
Thanks for all replies. Have decided to buy one so 🤞🏼

mount the breaker to a frame so you can add weight to it, something like 500kgs at least, this will reduce the stress on machine as you wont need to push the posts down so hard and just let the weight of the breaker and its mounting frame/weight etc drive it in rather than lifting the front wheels off the ground!

The next weakness will be breaking the main boom pivot pin bosses out of the boom at the back if you try steering to straight up a post as you drive it in etc (side thrust on the boom)
 

Will you help clear snow?

  • yes

    Votes: 72 32.1%
  • no

    Votes: 152 67.9%

The London Palladium event “BPR Seminar”

  • 15,919
  • 244
This is our next step following the London rally 🚜

BPR is not just a farming issue, it affects ALL business, it removes incentive to invest for growth

Join us @LondonPalladium on the 16th for beginning of UK business fight back👍

Back
Top