Compact telehandler

[Xfaxman]

A Little Pushover Job For The Compact Telehandler. Part Two

Retracted the boom and put the stump bucket in the root ball:

Lifted and extended, the trunk is all the way over :thumbsup::

Went around to the side and broke the rest of the roots loose:

Balanced it:

Took it to the burn pile:

 

[jjp8182]

Re: A Little Pushover Job For The Compact Telehandler. Part Two

Took it to the burn pile:

...and another happy ending :drink: (it's always a good thing when a task is successfully completed without incident)

& Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[Xfaxman]

A Big Pushover Job For The Compact Telehandler. Chapter One

Sharing more pictures.

This big oak has had less live branches every year. Hear is a picture from five years ago:

This year it didn't have any leaves on it anywhere:

Put the stump bucket on the V417, raised the boom to 45 degrees and put the stump bucket against the trunk:

Got in the cab (FOPS), extended the boom about six inches and saw the crack in the ground:

Reached in and extended some more:

Roots are dead, it is going over easy:

 

[BigBlue1]

That's crazy that you could push over a tree that big with a piece of equipment that size. Thanks for the pics.

Rob

 

[Xfaxman]

And with the engine idling. After the first push I stood next to it and reached in to the button on the joystick to extend the boom.

I have pushed over a lot of trees with it, here is a thread from three years ago: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/land-clearing-equipment/367480-biggest-dead-tree-i-have.html

 

[MossRoad]

It always amazes me how few large roots many large trees have, and how they stood for so long. Granted, that one was dying for a few years, but still, it isn't much, considering the wind load on them.

 

[lostcreekranch]

It always amazes me how few large roots many large trees have, and how they stood for so long. Granted, that one was dying for a few years, but still, it isn't much, considering the wind load on them.

Once the tree dies, the roots start decaying quickly. That’s why they’re easy to push over.

 

[MossRoad]

Once the tree dies, the roots start decaying quickly. That’s why they’re easy to push over.

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Yeah, but he's pushed over some pretty stout live ones with that, too. :thumbsup:

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yeah, but he's pushed over some pretty stout live ones with that, too. :thumbsup:

Doesn't change what I said?

 

[MossRoad]

Doesn't change what I said?

didn't mean to imply that. It's just that even the live ones he's pushed over didn't have as large of roots as one would expect. I used to push over oaks in our sandy soil with my IH2500b. While nowhere near as large as the ones the OP did, there still weren't that many roots, much to my surprise. It's hard to imagine that they'd stay up during wind storms, yet they do. Heck, they even crack off during tornados here, rather than get uprooted. I'm guessing they have millions of small roots to gather that much water VS the typical large ones that one would expect to see.

 

[Xfaxman]

A Big Pushover Job For The Compact Telehandler. Chapter Two

Here is the rest of the job from post #243.

Cleaning up the branches that broke off when it hit the ground:

Starting a pile:

Finished the pile:

Picking up the pile:

The 51 inch opening was just barely big enough:

Made it to the burn pile:

Leveling the area:

 

[BigBlue1]

Impressive that you could grapple that entire pile of branches in one scoopt! Nice tool!

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep, very handy. Here is a post from 2016 of it picking up 30 cedar trees: Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

 

[Kingsqueak]

I want one of these now but it is $40k more than my tractor plus attachments budget.

I'd have to paint mine flat black to match the Mad Max look they have.

 

[Xfaxman]

You don't have to start with a new one. Ten years ago I got my first compact telehandler. It was used, cost $26,000 with forks and bucket. Sold my tractor shortly after I got it.

Note the small size compared to the MF 240D:

But the FEL is amazing:

 

[MossRoad]

 

[Xfaxman]

:laughing:

 

[jjp8182]

What MossRoad posted x2

A big part of why I'm thinking my next acquisition (after a larger truck to pull equipment around with) will be a compact telehandler seeing as they tend to have the lift capacity (to similar heights) of a large utility/small ag tractor at a much lower price ...and can lift lighter loads to even higher heights :cool2: :dance1:

 

[ArmyDoc]

Hey Xfaxman,

Do you think the versahandler could pull a 10' offset harrow?

 

[Xfaxman]

Yes, your V519 would: