Vibrating attachments on FEL

[steve tym]

I was looking at a vibrating roller and a rock hammer for a skid steer that is SSQA. So, it they would mount to the loader arms of my TYM 654. I'm worried about them shaking the tractor apart. Anybody have any experience with this?

 

[Peter 315]

Not on a tractor (experience) but a excavator the hammer is a death sentence for the machine..

 

[oldnslo]

Jack hammer on skid steer is also life shortening. The vibration destroys pins and bushings, fatigues frame, etc.

 

[steve tym]

Sounds like the rock hammer is out. I don't think the loader arms were built for duty like that.

 

[Hoss710]

I have seen a few large backhoes that have taken a toll from having a hammer on the back. not sure that it wouldn't beat up anything they are mounted on.

 

[oosik]

The neighbor has an air driven jack hammer. It's a manual thing. A trailer with Diesel engine driving an air compressor. Long hose out to a 45# manual hammer. We use it to bore fence post holes in our local bedrock.

20% of all the T-145 steel fence posts on my mile and a half fence line are set into solid bedrock.

So one day he let me run the hammer. It didn't take five minuets for me to realize - not for this 'ol bod.

 

[JohnDeereJoey]

Rental.

 

[steve tym]

Well, you guys helped my rule out the hammer and the vibrating roller is gone. I'm gonna regret not buying the roller, I think it sold for around $2,500.00

 

[Rustyiron]

You might have reasonable results with the roller configured to a 3 pt with possibly additional ballast.
At this point your basically just pulling it and the damaging vibrations limited to the heavy lift arms.

 

[steve tym]

The roller went on the SSQA, so I could have applied down pressure if I wanted to, but I don't think that would have been a good idea.

 

[Rustyiron]

I mentioned "reasonable results" and additional ballast.
It sounded as if the OP had already made the investment in the roller.

 

[oosik]

It takes a bit longer - at my age. But many years ago - somebody on TBN made a tow behind vibrating compactor. HD frame - eight large filled truck tires - gas engine driven vibrating mechanism of some kind.

It was pulled with his tractor. Connected to the tractor drawbar. Perhaps a search might dredge it up.