ACEngineering
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The problem is they don’t send a small lorry to a small farm and I don’t like holding them up. Hiring a machine doesn’t work as I never know when lorries will turn up and neighbours machines arent stood idle.
I reckon the bucket on my 626 holds 1.2 t wheat at best so I reckon 30 buckets to fill a wagon. Struggle to load a bucket a minute as the hydraulics seem slow ( lowering ironically) so I end up taking 45 minutes to load.
The other solution I had in mind was a giant double chained Parmiter that I bought cheap. Supposed to shift 80 tons per hour. Fill it fast and low in its hopper with any old small loader more quickly than putting it over the side in the bucket but the Parmiter is a huge unwieldy beast to set up and needs work on the conveyor floors.
For the time being I’m renovating what I can on the 626 and mulling it over.
It’s true that in 200 acres we are struggling to justify the size of kit to meet the present day haulage interface but a big loader to see us through to retirement might bring more joy than any other present investment I can think of.
Replace the check valve if it not lowering properly, series 2 and 3 models can be easy adjusted if its just a delay on the lowering though.
Would need serial number to see what you have.