What size shear bucket?

[mo!]

Our McHale shear grab is showing it age so I'm thinking about swapping it for a shear bucket. It needs to load square bales and clamp maize and potentially straights into the mixer.

Current telehandler is a Manitou 627, so 2.5t lift. What size should I be looking at?

 

[ACEngineering]

Our McHale shear grab is showing it age so I'm thinking about swapping it for a shear bucket. It needs to load square bales and clamp maize and potentially straights into the mixer.

Current telehandler is a Manitou 627, so 2.5t lift. What size should I be looking at?

Machines not big enough for a shear bucket in my opinion. Most buckets are way too big/wide for little 627 and it just wont push it in at all.

 

[Dian Landman]

I dont want to start a new thread. Looking at importing a bucket shear grab for my jcb telehandler 541-70. The importer has given me prices in Redrock and Albutt.

Any advise on the above mentioned options? What size would fit the telehandler?

Advise from Redrock is the 200-100 all round block cutter.

Albutt hasnt given their recommendation yet. Also they are a bit more expensive.

Any other manufacturers I should have a look at?

 

[Blue.]

The Albutt is about the best before the massive triolet with the equally massive price.
I ordered a 2.4m albutt but a cock up by my dealer meant it never arrived,I cancelled it and bought a standard grab and quick hydraulic coupler block.

 

[Dian Landman]

The Albutt is about the best before the massive triolet with the equally massive price.
I ordered a 2.4m albutt but a cock up by my dealer meant it never arrived,I cancelled it and bought a standard grab and quick hydraulic coupler block.

Okey good to know. Also i see the redrock has bolt on teeth and the albutt is welded on

 

[Blue.]

Okey good to know. Also i see the redrock has bolt on teeth and the albutt is welded on

I’ve only had redrock and shelebourne grabs here in 25 years,the bolt on blades are ok but the bolts rust up and you end up gasing the bolts out,weld on blades are fine.

Regards the albutt bucket being stronger it has hardox tines under the bucket base something the redrock doesn’t,after running a shelebourne of similar construction I’d prefer the albutt design,more like a tine grab with a plate welded on top.

@AlbuttDan are you still making the SKMB250HX?

 

[Dave6170]

I’ve only had redrock and shelebourne grabs here in 25 years,the bolt on blades are ok but the bolts rust up and you end up gasing the bolts out,weld on blades are fine.

Regards the albutt bucket being stronger it has hardox tines under the bucket base something the redrock doesn’t,after running a shelebourne of similar construction I’d prefer the albutt design,more like a tine grab with a plate welded on top.

@AlbuttDan are you still making the SKMB250HX?

Had to gas off 3 on my redrock between christmas and new year! luckily had spares. Dont know why they broke, just opened pit aswell

 

[AlbuttDan]

I’ve only had redrock and shelebourne grabs here in 25 years,the bolt on blades are ok but the bolts rust up and you end up gasing the bolts out,weld on blades are fine.

Regards the albutt bucket being stronger it has hardox tines under the bucket base something the redrock doesn’t,after running a shelebourne of similar construction I’d prefer the albutt design,more like a tine grab with a plate welded on top.

@AlbuttDan are you still making the SKMB250HX?

Hi, yes we are. We have three ranges now.

SB - 2 to 3 tonne lift machines
1900mm / 1.00m3
2200mm / 1.15m3

SKMB - 3 to 4 tonne lift machines
1900mm / 1.40m3
2200mm / 1.60m3
2500mm / 1.80m3

SKB - 4 tonne plus lift machines
2200mm / 2.20m3
2500mm / 2.50m3

All feature Hardox tines bracing the bucket floor, Strenx high tensile steel bucket shell

Thanks [emoji4]

 

[ACEngineering]

Okey good to know. Also i see the redrock has bolt on teeth and the albutt is welded on

I would go Albutt. My experience in the past redrock blades are very brittle and break easy. Especially if they steel there bolted to is warped even slightly! Had them snap just tightening up the bolts before!

My experience of Albutt shear grabs although I admit not a bucket has been very good.

 

[Ducati899]

Okey good to know. Also i see the redrock has bolt on teeth and the albutt is welded on

Ive had red rock and hated it,bolt on teeth seem like a great idea until you actually want to change them!! I’ve a Shelbourne now and love it,6 years old and never touched the blade,been running a shear bucket since 1996,had the original parmiter SB250 on a loader tractor back then (John Deere 6300 & Trima 1490 loader) that one lasted 13 years then for some reason went to redrock,stuck with that for a couple winters and then ended up back with a Shelbourne which Is basically the parmiter

 

[Will Blackburn]

Machines not big enough for a shear bucket in my opinion. Most buckets are way too big/wide for little 627 and it just wont push it in at all.

We have a Prodig shear genius on a tractor loader, we never need to push it in because the geometry means it works well without.

We worked out, due to less waste dropping through the tines no implement changing and much safer and time saving bale feeding the ROI is measured in months rather than years.