Picking a Selector / Log Grab - Make?

[V8Druid]

Are those jb Equipment Grabs any good? They look to be quite reasonable price wise.

which ones JB Equipment Ltd | UK Excavator Attachments | Hydraulic Grab | Buckets

 

[Grifferr]

I keep looking at the JB web site. The bear claw looks to be exceptional value for money and could be half the price of some manufacturers.

 

[Hg2702]

The intermercato is well worth it ! Can’t comment on the jb stuff as haven’t seen it about or in person

 

[Dr pecker]

Can't comment really, never seen one.
Put it this way i sell a couple of his bits but not the grabs

 

[V8Druid]

I keep looking at the JB web site. The bear claw looks to be exceptional value for money and could be half the price of some manufacturers.

looks a weapon .... can't see WTF rigid rotation is but it's 1200 quid

 

[Grifferr]

I think it means a 4 way headstock

 

[Russell]

I'll have to have a play with the E10 and see how well it handles 150kg odd at full stretch.
Has anyone seen extra counter weights for a e10?

 

[V8Druid]

I think it means a 4 way headstock

well i did think that initially ........ but an extra 1200 quid FFS

 

[doobin]

I'll have to have a play with the E10 and see how well it handles 150kg odd at full stretch.
Has anyone seen extra counter weights for a e10?

It does it but very limited. You're better off with a grapple, with hydraulic back stay for more versatility. I have both, and the only time I ever mounted the Tigergrip was to carry out a load of bamboo vertically, which it managed. But I'd never use it for general jobs.

You simply don't have the loadover height or lift capacity to use a Tigergrip style grab plus headstock on an E10. A grapple is different, it holds the load more under the stick (at least it does with the stay set right, easy if you make it hydralic). It's 30-40kg of grapple and the weight in the right place, vs 100kg plus of grab and headstock as well as the leverage and stack height of the headstock.

Grapples are cheaper too.

 

[doobin]

I think it means a 4 way headstock

well i did think that initially ........ but an extra 1200 quid FFS

Just checked- they mean a rotator. Guessing rigid means one rated for axial load, rather than a dangle mount. If so then not a terrible price.

 

[craig]

Just checked- they mean a rotator. Guessing rigid means one rated for axial load, rather than a dangle mount. If so then not a terrible price.

I`ve just read the advert myself and come to the same conclusion.

 

[Russell]

It does it but very limited. You're better off with a grapple, with hydraulic back stay for more versatility. I have both, and the only time I ever mounted the Tigergrip was to carry out a load of bamboo vertically, which it managed. But I'd never use it for general jobs.

You simply don't have the loadover height or lift capacity to use a Tigergrip style grab plus headstock on an E10. A grapple is different, it holds the load more under the stick (at least it does with the stay set right, easy if you make it hydralic). It's 30-40kg of grapple and the weight in the right place, vs 100kg plus of grab and headstock as well as the leverage and stack height of the headstock.

Grapples are cheaper too.

what does your tigergrip weigh?

 

[doobin]

what does your tigergrip weigh?

75/80kg from memory.

 

[Russell]

It does sound like it would be a little bit usless on a micro.
It's a shame because anything bigger is a min of 980 wide. Someone should make a 2 ton micro

 

[T whiting]

Yes I e never understood why micros are made 'light' there width is the main thing they need to focus on after that it can be pretty much as heavy as possible

 

[GazCro]

Yes I e never understood why micros are made 'light' there width is the main thing they need to focus on after that it can be pretty much as heavy as possible

Sitting on a small footprint you'd soon find out why they try to keep them light.

 

[T whiting]

I've never really had one sink even with my significant mass on it and they only ever want to tip over forwards

 

[JD450A]

I've never really had one sink even with my significant mass on it and they only ever want to tip over forwards

I can't picture you on a micro you f****ng legend

 

[T whiting]

Nope I think this is the only pic I have of me on a micro there mustn't have been enough of it showing for a better pic