Strimech or Agriweld box rotator?

[Sonoftheheir]

Ive been looking for a 2nd hand potato box rotator with merlo brackets for ages, and still haven’t seen one for sale. So as we need one for planting I’ve been looking into new ones, as it would need to be ordered now.

Strimech BT2000, 180 degree up to 2 ton is £2800

Agriweld 180c 2ton is £4350.

Is the Agriweld attachment worth £1500 more?

 

[Derky]

Strimech will deliver after the season, the geometry will be wrong with very little penetration on the welds and the paint falls off with the rain.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Strimech will deliver after the season, the geometry will be wrong with very little penetration on the welds and the paint falls off with the rain.

Ha! I did wonder how they can do the same type of machine for £1500 less.

Agriweld have one made, Strimech are 6-7 wks

 

[Derky]

We have earlier buckets by them that are perfect. However they appear to of gone right off the boil with their work.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

We have earlier buckets by them that are perfect. However they appear to of gone right off the boil with their work.

Thanks for the info, we’ve never had any of their products before. But I always thought they had a good name.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Can’t speak highly enough of the quality of work and service from Agriweld. They set there stall out to do what they do well like specialist buckets bespoke weight blocks etc and don’t get drawn into the mass market carve up of my 2 ton corn bucket is 50p cheaper than yours which in the end nobody wins.

 

[Curt]

Haven't used an Agriweld but I don't doubt they're a good machine! Have used a strimech and wouldn't recommend one. Broadwater are a good machine though and probably cheaper then the agriweld one.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Haven't used an Agriweld but I don't doubt they're a good machine! Have used a strimech and wouldn't recommend one. Broadwater are a good machine though and probably cheaper then the agriweld one.

Cheers! I hadn’t even thought of Broadwater.

 

[Curt]

Think there is a new one on eBay aswell

 

[ORRA LOON]

+1 for broadwater, had 2 at my last job and they stood up to polish forklift drivers. I think they were made in Holland and imported by Broadwater but I could be wrong. Good kit though, only mod I made was I thought that the 45 angle cut on the sidearm box section was the wrong way to let it slide on to a box so I cut it the other way. Took 5 mins and worked better for us.

 

[bernie the bolt]

broadwater very good had new one a couple of years ago well made and cheaper than agriweld it replaced a old broadwater that was 20 years old plus at but late arriving and sold old one for more then we paid for it

 

[Fish]

We got an agri weld 1 ton rotator (6*4*3)when they first started making them, that rotator handled thousands and thousands of boxes with out a single problem, not one.

 

[Drakey]

Got a second hand Broadwater for sale, Norfolk area.On jcb brackets though.

 

[Daniel]

Got a second hand Broadwater for sale, Norfolk area.On jcb brackets though.

Think I might have a set of Merlo brackets in the back of the workshop @Sonoftheheir

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Cheers @Drakey But i think you posted that just as I ordered one from Broadwater’s this afternoon!

Has it been a good machine for you?

 

[ridger]

Got a second hand Broadwater for sale, Norfolk area.On jcb brackets though.

How much?

 

[KennyO]

@Sonoftheheir we retimed the rack gear on our broadwater tippler so that it comes back past level. (Opposite way than it tips) makes lifting boxes off trailers much easier in field because you can get the forks at the same angle as trailer floor.

Lifted ram and moved it one tooth over. Presumably they are still the same design.

Our broadwater was made by 'WIFO' in The Netherlands

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Oh right @KennyO I’ll have a look into that when it comes. Yes still made by WIFO, probably the same design they’ve always had.

 

[Drakey]

Yeah been a good box rotator,not been used much for last six years since coming out of potatoes.Are they much cheaper than Agriweld or Strimech?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Yeah been a good box rotator,not been used much for last six years since coming out of potatoes.Are they much cheaper than Agriweld or Strimech?

About £500 less than Agriweld. But £1000 more than strimech!