Need Assistance Selecting a Boom

[CobyRupert]

A lot of answers, but we don't know what you want to use it for.
To lift things high? And/or to extend reach? What type of loads?
The tree boom has a higher reach and looks like it forces one to keep the load closer to the skid steer.
(Note: The closer the load to the skid steer, the more lift capacity. Which is also true for where the load is fastened to the boom pole.)

 

[leonz]

We are a semi-retired company in our fifties who purchased a hobby farm. To help on the farm, we purchased a Case 1845C skid steer with a 72" toothed bucked and a set of Xtreme duty pallet forks. A boom seems to offer a logical choice for a next attachment for the Case, but we lack sufficient knowledge to effectively select a proper boom, a tree boom or a boom pole. What are the advantages of each boom? We are looking at (Temporarily blocked due to reports of company closure) at the current moment. They seem to sell fairly decent quality attachments. Thank you for your assistance.


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This has not been mentioned by you, but long before you consider any attachment and I mean any attachment!, you need to be sure to add a full rear weight kit to your skid steer loader to counter the forces created by the act of lifting the main boom without an extended boom pole or a grapple of any size or any attachment that is longer than the buckets designed for it.

you need to have enough counterbalance to overcome the force of gravity affecting any attachment with any kind of load-this is why you see cast weights on cranes to couter the gravitational forces created by overbalance loads.

 

[Catman8]

We are a semi-retired company in our fifties who purchased a hobby farm. To help on the farm, we purchased a Case 1845C skid steer with a 72" toothed bucked and a set of Xtreme duty pallet forks. A boom seems to offer a logical choice for a next attachment for the Case, but we lack sufficient knowledge to effectively select a proper boom, a tree boom or a boom pole. What are the advantages of each boom? We are looking at (Temporarily blocked due to reports of company closure) at the current moment. They seem to sell fairly decent quality attachments. Thank you for your assistance.

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I have personal experience buying a implement from a small company, do yourself a favor and only buy from companies that have been in business 30, 40, 50 years and save yourself the headache. It's not worth the few hundred dollars you think your saving. Stick with the well known brands that have been in business for decades.

 

[richriddle]

Thank you for the responses.

Your insights into a fork boom adding weight are noted. The Xtreme 1PF forks weigh in about 388 pounds. The stated lifting capacity for the 1845C is about 1750 pounds. The comments about buying from established companies are well received. Luckily none of the attachments we are considering have hydraulics involved. This area has an excellent welder who can repair anything needed at a reasonable rate.

I will look into the rear weights for the Case for counter-balance issues. The skid steer will be used to construct driveways, as a fork lift to move things around the hobby farm, to lift attachments and/or tools and move them, and to lift beams, lumber and trusses into place when building. It will be used to stand up walls but not lift them.

Here is the skid steer conducting the work:

 

[Cord]

That being a short wheel base machine, you might want to reconsider a counterweight unless it can be easily removed. I've used short wheel base machines with counter weights and they are very tail heavy when unloaded. Take the bucket off and even a slight hill will have the front tires up in the air. Long wheel base machines can tolerate a counter weight much better than a short one.

 

[richriddle]

That being a short wheel base machine, you might want to reconsider a counterweight unless it can be easily removed. I've used short wheel base machines with counter weights and they are very tail heavy when unloaded. Take the bucket off and even a slight hill will have the front tires up in the air. Long wheel base machines can tolerate a counter weight much better than a short one.

Strange you should mention that. The hobby farm has quite the hill we were cutting a drive into today. It wanted to pop a wheelie a few times.

 

[Cord]

Yea, that's typical to short wheel base machines. Now imagine that problem with a counterweight. Don't get me wrong, counter weights work great, but man they can really suck on a short machine.

I have a Gehl 6635 long wheel base machine with a counter weight. I know that with a empty bucket I can drive up a 45 degree slope before the front tires come up. Gives you an idea of how the center of gravity changes with the wheel base.