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Well i have a rock grapple bucket all made up. I have $2500 into it, and its not working too well.
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I have this 66" rock bucket, and then had a single center mounted ram grapple welded on. My biggest problem is the w
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I'm loading slabwood, which tends to be a little smaller than normal cut/split wood. Anyway, i go into the pile and if i try to scoop up wood, my tires just spin. I have to angle bucket down and get under the pile, but then i get half a bucket full of dirt/mud. Any suggestions? I have a 7x16 dump trailer and it takes me 45mins to load with the skid steer, but i'm getting more dirt than i want and i think that 45mins is too long. Me and my brother were loading the trailer in about the same time by hand.
I pick up the wood 15 miles from my house, then stock pile around 30-50 loads throughout the year. this means i'd have to load and unload the wood, so loading it twice is a pain. Here are the options i can think of
Keep loading with skid steer
Any idea how long it would take to do it with a small conveyor? i know itd be the best way to load, but loading 50 loads a year by hand may get old. If i could load it in about 30 mins with a conveyor i'd prolly go that route.
a long shot and not sure how much itd cost. A grapple mounted to dump trailer, similar to a log grapple but with a bucket to pick up wood instead of a grapple used for logs. Idk how thatd work picking up wood, and idk how it would be mounted to the trailer. Just some thoughts.
A concrete pad would prolly work, but i would need 3-5 concrete pads, since i get the wood from 3-5 different saw mills and then would need my own concrete pad.
thanks for help