New Shear Bucket

[funny farm]

Looking for a new shear bucket and looking for users and opinions on the different brands available. 2 most likely candidates are Albutt or Shelbourne at the moment but open to suggestions.

 

[Ducati899]

Had a Shelbourne now for 6 years,get on really well with it and no issues in that time,big thumbs up from me

 

[Al R]

Trioliet have a good one, I know a big dairy farm that we’re going through a 3 ram shear grab every 6 months, they moved to trioliet and although it was a lot heavier they still had it after 24 months and we’re buying another for the second machine

 

[Tarw Coch]

Trioliet have a good one, I know a big dairy farm that we’re going through a 3 ram shear grab every 6 months, they moved to trioliet and although it was a lot heavier they still had it after 24 months and we’re buying another for the second machine

How much was the triolet? I know they’re supposed to be the dogs bollox but I believe they’re two if not three times the price of others.
Of course if you’re working them that hard that others won’t stick the pace they could still be good value none the less but I’m not sure us mere mortals could justify one.

 

[Al R]

How much was the triolet? I know they’re supposed to be the dogs bollox but I believe they’re two if not three times the price of others.
Of course if you’re working them that hard that others won’t stick the pace they could still be good value none the less but I’m not sure us mere mortals could justify one.

I didn’t ask but it was what I was going to get a pair of if a new venture had got off the ground. I think the farm that I went to were around 1200 cows back then but I heard the other day their around 2,000 now and the silage pits I’d seen now have cubicles and a roof now

 

[Tarw Coch]

I didn’t ask but it was what I was going to get a pair of if a new venture had got off the ground. I think the farm that I went to were around 1200 cows back then but I heard the other day their around 2,000 now and the silage pits I’d seen now have cubicles and a roof now

IIRC the triolet was about 10k when I bought a prodig for about 3.5lk.
I didn’t get as far as asking if the 10k was list or retail.
I’m sure the triolet is a quality bit of kit but iirc the smallest in the range would be at the limits for my 3.5 ton handler and they take a relatively deep yet narrow bite at the clamp

 

[Martyn]

Are they any good for cleanly cutting bales, befor putting them in a feeder wagon?

 

[HillLuing]

Is there any shear buckets out there that come with the bucket base that be capable of carrying a good 250 -300kg of barley, but still makes a good job of the pit face without ripping it apart

 

[Tarw Coch]

Are they any good for cleanly cutting bales, befor putting them in a feeder wagon?

Is there any shear buckets out there that come with the bucket base that be capable of carrying a good 250 -300kg of barley, but still makes a good job of the pit face without ripping it apart

The prodig will quite happily slice through a round bale, indeed that is what they are designed to do as they have teeth that hold onto the net and wrap as they do it.

The largest of the prodig range will hold 400-500 kg of blend