Loader attachment for filling drill

[The Rock]

Evening all

I'm going down the road this year of hiring a contractor to do my spring sowing. He will be using a Horsch Pronto 4DC. As he's travelling a good bit to get to me he won' be bringing his telehandler. So my question is how much of an extension attachment do I need to comfortably lift bags of seed and fertiliser into his drill on an ordinary tractor loader (don't have a telehandler).
All suggestions and pictures welcome

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Big bag jib style of thing for some ideas...

 

[welger]

Evening all

I'm going down the road this year of hiring a contractor to do my spring sowing. He will be using a Horsch Pronto 4DC. As he's travelling a good bit to get to me he won' be bringing his telehandler. So my question is how much of an extension attachment do I need to comfortably lift bags of seed and fertiliser into his drill on an ordinary tractor loader (don't have a telehandler).
All suggestions and pictures welcome

we turn our pallet tines upside down and brought some pallet tine extension 8ft.loader on mf 5455 drill krm sola does it easy

 

[michael N123]

We’ve welded a bit of gurder with a brace to a old muck fork and a plow point crossways to hold the bag

 

[The Rock]

Big bag jib style of thing for some ideas...

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Looks a good tool

 

[The Rock]

we turn our pallet tines upside down and brought some pallet tine extension 8ft.loader on mf 5455 drill krm sola does it easy

Can' turn my pallet tines upside down

 

[The Rock]

We’ve welded a bit of gurder with a brace to a old muck fork and a plow point crossways to hold the bag

Any pictures? And maybe dimensions

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Proforge unit @AgriLinc

https://www.agri-linc.com/proforge-big-bag-lifter-with-4-conus-2-bale-spike-sockets.html

 

[The Rock]

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Proforge unit @AgriLinc

https://www.agri-linc.com/proforge-big-bag-lifter-with-4-conus-2-bale-spike-sockets.html

Great food for thought

 

[The Rock]

Maybe this should be in the "Worshop Projects" section

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

I’ve got a Taylor headstock adapter which gets used for lifting 3PL attachments around on the front of the loader.

They now do a bag lifter as it own attachment or as a one step conversion to either the 3PL headstock adapter or a hooklifter....

http://www.taylorattachments.co.uk/bigbaglifter.html

Really nicely finished gear and great people to deal with!

 

[The Rock]

I’ve got a Taylor headstock adapter which gets used for lifting 3PL attachments around on the front of the loader.

They now do a bag lifter as it own attachment or as a one step conversion to either the 3PL headstock adapter or a hooklifter....

http://www.taylorattachments.co.uk/bigbaglifter.html

Really nicely finished gear and great people to deal with!

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I'd say I'd need a little more reach and height than that

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Cherry Products too for inspiration...

http://www.cherryproducts.co.uk/other-attachments/big-bag-lifters

 

[Mursal]

Saturday is a bad night to ask for dimensions ...........

 

[Dave W]

I’ve got a Taylor headstock adapter which gets used for lifting 3PL attachments around on the front of the loader.

They now do a bag lifter as it own attachment or as a one step conversion to either the 3PL headstock adapter or a hooklifter....

http://www.taylorattachments.co.uk/bigbaglifter.html

Really nicely finished gear and great people to deal with!

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How much was that out of curiosity.
I make the same thing at significantly less money.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

How much was that out of curiosity.
I make the same thing at significantly less money.

How do you know yours is less if I haven’t told you how much I paid yet?

£975 for the basic Euro to Cat3 headstock about 18 months ago.

 

[Nearly]

It's less.

 

[jonnieboy]

Best have a measure up before you commit to anything pronto’s have a fairly high hopper might struggle with no telescopic boom

 

[Half Pipe]

Not sure what your loader is capable of,
But something along the lines of
https://multec.co.uk/shop/tractor-hitch-lifting-attachments/front-loader-jib-crane-extension/

 

[michael N123]

Any pictures? And maybe dimensions

how small a loader tractor are you useing ?