Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Heres some pictures of the Ropa self propelled sugarbeet cleaner/loader. All taken today while hard at work loading one of our heaps of sugarbeet. The operator was telling me that so far this sugarbett season it has loaded somewhere in the region of 86000 tonnes, and loads approx. 4% of the Wissington factories sugarbeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 heres one taken from the back, gives you an idea of the size of the machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 its its sole purpose to load the beet or can you put different heads on it or what ive never seen sugar beet being done really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 one from the front showing some of the intake bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 its its sole purpose to load the beet or can you put different heads on it or what I've never seen sugar beet being done really Its only purpose is for the cleaning and loading of sugarbeet into lorries between mid September and mid February. The rest of the year it will not be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 well i soppouse theres quite a few months work for it all the same, if you just used a loading shovel or loader would it carry too much earth with it into the trailer or what it damage the beet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 The haulier who owns the Ropa also runs a fleet of Hanomag loading shovels and trailed cleaner loaders. All of the beet has to be loaded this way as the factory will deduct money off for too much dirt or in the worst case, reject the load altogether. Will try to get some pic's of the Hanomag and cleaner when they come to collect our last heap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Great picutres and interesting piece of kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Great pics Gavin. I don't see any beet kit here, look like I'm missing out on some big bits of kit...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 thats one hell of a bit of kit there,thanks for the pics,all we used to do was pwerwash them down on the heap as they were tipped with a big old mining jet wash,with water from the lake ,then just load them up with the fergy and loader into trucks ,how time changes,that was ok for the beet factorys in those days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 wish it was still, we got a load returned last year as there was too much mud in it, Hanomag driver had dug too deep while loading the cleaner. We were not amused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 don't you tip on a hrad standing area then?we used to tip on the much heaps area ,as it was all spread by the time the beet came up,and any fresh stuff went straight out in the spreader,made life a lot easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Most of ours is tipped on the field as we often lift 100-150 acres in one go at the farm i'm based on, we haven't got big enough concrete pads for that sort of quantity (2500tonnes or more) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 true we only used to lift 500 tones most years and the much heap was 50m squre so held it all pretty easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Thanks for the pics Gavin, thats a beast of a machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Its a hell of a machine when you're standing up on the footplate while it's loading a lorry, but i was surprised as to how quiet the engine was for such a big machine. Quite strange seeing the beet flying along under your feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Amazing pics Gavin, it's not really big enough is it :o :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 In case anyone was wondering what the bit sticking out the front was for heres some pictures of it in action dragging the last few beet into the pick up bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Another one of the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 One showing the intake and pick up rollers in more detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hers a few pictures of the machine all folded up ready to leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 back view of the machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 One from the other side of the machine at the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 what a monster,i am sure i have seen some model ones of these somewhere on a german site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 You have to stand next to it to believe it's size. There's some pictures of models on here too when we were talking about big beet harvesters http://www.britains-tractors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4423.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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