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More ways to Influence skidsteer attachment designs of the furure

Zach Adams ยท 2009-03-25 16:17

Hey yall, We are a group of designers researching and designing attachments for the skidsteer. Our client is a major producer of skidsteers worldwide. Any input that you could give us would be greatly appreciated and could help to develop the next generation of skidsteer attachments. Have you ever modified an existing attachment to improve or change its function? If so how? Are there any problems with existing attachments? Which attachment could use the most improvement?

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  1. #1lgammon2009-03-26 23:27

    ok your tag says your from savannah so we will assume that you are with jcb, that said i personally need somthing for lawn prep. i like a rock hound for finish work if the ground is loose when i start and a harley rake for when the ground is hard packed and i have a place on site to get rid of the rocks and debri. the problem is that they each cost around 6-10 grand. and i am not going to spend 16,000 on a couple of tools that only get used 2 seasons out of 4. so i am always looking for somthing that can groom the soil and pick up the debri, and break up hard ground. i have a elimanator rake from lodering and it is find on small areas but sux in large runs. i need somthing that will work all the time before i spend my dime. also the concreate buckts are really nice but could use a bit better visability. when you build forks, make sure they have a really good wedge to them, you should test all your forks with pipe on them going down hill....if that back plate was on them at a 45 it would look odd but look at the range that you use them at and how often do you need to point you forks straight down any how?