Stabliofarmer Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Thought some of you may be interested in what I've been up to in my job. I work as a design/production engineer for Bradleys Group in Wigan who are the UK's sole dealer of Prinoth Tracked Dumpers and Snow Groomers. Amongst a few other builds the main project I have been working on is for Huntapac Produce. Huntapac, like alot of root crop growers have major issues in keeping rented land due to damage, as you can imagine if you harvest carrots 365 days of the year there's going to be a couple of wet days harvest in amongst them! This leads to huge amounts of land damage and forces landlords to be reluctant to rent the land again. Huntapac have worked with us to develop a 'self propelled tracked trailer'. The machine is based on Prinoths T12 straight dumper which is usual found serving land around oil fields in Alaska. We have taken the basic dumper and stretched the chassis, moving the cab forward by 2ft and the body pivot point back by 2ft. We have then built a custom bulk body that fits on the back to give a much higher volume than the original dumb body. The first machine landed with Huntapac last week and has proven very successful floating over very wet ground and even flattening out tractor rut damage. The second machine is in build now with more orders anticipated. We hope to see the Maize growers order some machines next as they also struggle with ground rent, there is a dutch contractor already using two of his own dumpers for maize on incredibly wet land. Has the future of carting arrive d? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Hollander Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 there are more Dutch contractors working with these small dumpers. Check rupsdumper mais - YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Stabliofarmer said: Thought some of you may be interested in what I've been up to in my job. I work as a design/production engineer for Bradleys Group in Wigan who are the UK's sole dealer of Prinoth Tracked Dumpers and Snow Groomers. Amongst a few other builds the main project I have been working on is for Huntapac Produce. Huntapac, like alot of root crop growers have major issues in keeping rented land due to damage, as you can imagine if you harvest carrots 365 days of the year there's going to be a couple of wet days harvest in amongst them! This leads to huge amounts of land damage and forces landlords to be reluctant to rent the land again. Huntapac have worked with us to develop a 'self propelled tracked trailer'. The machine is based on Prinoths T12 straight dumper which is usual found serving land around oil fields in Alaska. We have taken the basic dumper and stretched the chassis, moving the cab forward by 2ft and the body pivot point back by 2ft. We have then built a custom bulk body that fits on the back to give a much higher volume than the original dumb body. The first machine landed with Huntapac last week and has proven very successful floating over very wet ground and even flattening out tractor rut damage. The second machine is in build now with more orders anticipated. We hope to see the Maize growers order some machines next as they also struggle with ground rent, there is a dutch contractor already using two of his own dumpers for maize on incredibly wet land. Has the future of carting arrive d? I watched the video earlier today and guessed you would have been involved, Pity there are no Prinoth's in 1/32nd scale, ?? https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Huntapack Regards Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, catkom3 said: Pity there are no Prinoth's in 1/32nd scale, ?? I think that's a very much 'watch this space' sort of thing after the chat I've had with my boss 😄 Will Hunter of Hunterpac is big into his models I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, New Hollander said: there are more Dutch contractors working with these small dumpers. Check rupsdumper mais - YouTube Yes there are a few different Dutch operations, we like to think ours look more purposeful, and that the Prinoth provides a better base vehicle than the Mooroka or the Dutch Dumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 52 minutes ago, Stabliofarmer said: I think that's a very much 'watch this space' sort of thing after the chat I've had with my boss 😄 Will Hunter of Hunterpac is big into his models I believe. Veeeery interesting James, Not wanting to know any trade secrets, But is the Huntpack body wider than 2.112 mtrs Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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