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True. But you'd need to be stopped to work looking behind you, unless you had a reverse drive cab, which would make it awkward IMOJoystick controls or a remote in the cab would do either?
True. But you'd need to be stopped to work looking behind you, unless you had a reverse drive cab, which would make it awkward IMOJoystick controls or a remote in the cab would do either?
Who needs reverse drive, from 2:50 in, except with a soft hands type bale grabTrue. But you'd need to be stopped to work looking behind you, unless you had a reverse drive cab, which would make it awkward IMO
Thats a grand job for fair fields at least. I suppose tractor would be top heavy for high ground. You would be almighty busy with a normal loader to keep up never mind having to draw to a trailer.
mirrorsTrue. But you'd need to be stopped to work looking behind you, unless you had a reverse drive cab, which would make it awkward IMO
But would you fill it with a wagon or self propelledjust build a clamp
there's a whole thread dedicated to that, no need to start another.But would you fill it with a wagon or self propelled
I don't think it would be as easy as you'd think, a lot would depend on where you would park the trailer and what angle it would be sitting at.How fast would this be unloading a trailer I wonder? Have a low loader as a trailer to bring the Hymac around
How plausible would it be to simply automate a Hiiab?
Could be used on a flatbed, which could then be used for anything.
And if the Hiiab was man enough, could stack bales too!?
Drive up to bale with a grab similar to a block grab.... press button and the Hiiab takes the bale up and drops it in plae.
Be better off with a bean can handler,then stand them all on the thicker part of wrap.How fast would this be unloading a trailer I wonder? Have a low loader as a trailer to bring the Hymac around
I've used a standard bale lifter a few times. Soft hands with a rotator would give you more flexibility.Be better off with a bean can handler,then stand them all on the thicker part of wrap.
How fast would this be unloading a trailer I wonder? Have a low loader as a trailer to bring the Hymac around
See what your saying.Technologically pretty trivial in this day and age. A bale is a pretty simple thing for a computer to see in a field, and a robotic arm is a simple thing to control.
A combination of isobus and auto steer would allow the driver to simply point roughly towards the next bale then the computer slows and steers to get the hiab close before the grab picks it up then let the driver take control as soon as the bale is off the ground
Although if you go that far you may as well fire up a drone to plot the tractors route around the bales too.
You could have the hiab on the linkage and a robotic tractor driving round the field loading trailers and dropping them at the gate.
The technology exists to do all this today. The question is when does the tech get cheap enough to outweigh the availability/cost of labour
Have seen it done before, never saw it in action tho. Was only a 5ft grab on a 18t machine as loader had broke so stuck brackets on quicker than parts for repair were available. Had dug the pit out on an angle and you could just about walk up the face. Never heard if he'd carried on using it once loader was fixedI've used a standard bale lifter a few times. Soft hands with a rotator would give you more flexibility.
On a slightly related topic, I often thought a shear grab on a 360 would be a fast way of loading a diet feeder for someone doing a lot of it. You would be the man to tell me. 🤔
You could get the baler to send the gps coordinates of the bales to the trailer!Technologically pretty trivial in this day and age. A bale is a pretty simple thing for a computer to see in a field, and a robotic arm is a simple thing to control.
A combination of isobus and auto steer would allow the driver to simply point roughly towards the next bale then the computer slows and steers to get the hiab close before the grab picks it up then let the driver take control as soon as the bale is off the ground
Although if you go that far you may as well fire up a drone to plot the tractors route around the bales too.
You could have the hiab on the linkage and a robotic tractor driving round the field loading trailers and dropping them at the gate.
The technology exists to do all this today. The question is when does the tech get cheap enough to outweigh the availability/cost of labour
No different to any 16yr old driving for contractors now so😀I can see if all going horribly wrong when the trailer decides to try and cross a drain or hedge to grab a bale in the next field, or takes the fence out of it grabbing one from the next paddock😂
No different to any 16yr old driving for contractors now so😀
all this technology....who will pay a few ££ more per bale for it?
It would be ok with a narrow clamp that you could reach the whole face in an ark,you’d then park the feeder behind and swing round to fill it.I've used a standard bale lifter a few times. Soft hands with a rotator would give you more flexibility.
On a slightly related topic, I often thought a shear grab on a 360 would be a fast way of loading a diet feeder for someone doing a lot of it. You would be the man to tell me. 🤔