Tom, keep the boom stationary as you lower the blade on the shear grab, helps to reduce the size of the void you find under the clean cut from the knives👍
I looks like a combination of the downward pressure of the rams and a bit of slap in the pins letting it lift up. Like other people have said, boom down maybe before closing grab
Tom, what you really needed was a rotating roller scraper….which mixes the feed as you go down with it! Also it wouldn’t hurt safety wise if you were to clean all your windows on your tractor's so you can see better!
Perhaps touch up the cutting edges with a flat file to keep them really nice and sharp, will also require less pressure to cut, but it definatly looks like a good purchase.
Keep it sharp, Thomas! Not only in the front. Sides and tines too! It makes a big differens. Bolt on stainless acid proof steel on the side edges will hold it sharp as a butchers knife for long time!
It’s amazing all the machines needed to farm, can’t imagine that all being done by hand in days of yore. Blessings on you, your family and all the animals 😇💜
Loving the contrast between UK and USA. They use a machine that shaves the face of the silage leaving it very smooth. The shaved silage is then picked up with a loader. Still love to watch you all!😊
Greetings from Eastern Museum of Motor Racing! Oley made donuts yea! Love to watch Tom have some fun! Museum is located in York Springs Pennsylvania USA
Tom I’m so pleased for you! Albutt grabs are brilliant! You have so much power their with the triple ram. You have the best tines on them too. Keep it greased and keep the side and middle blade sharp and she will work a dream. That’s some tough dry grass you have there too!
We've got one of those grabs Ive found that by keeping constant pressure driving into the face while grabbing makes all the difference, also the voids are where your taking to much silage, so the top of the frame on the head stock side line up the top of the block you want to cut then it should meet up
If you edge the blade of the sheer grab and the centre blade it will help to have a cleaner cut and don’t move the the boom when taking a bite of silage.
You’ll get on just fine with that grab! We have the same one. Had to have one of the rams seals replaced this winter and it carried on doing the feeding with 2 rams on it!
Tom, if you need to weld something to stay and you have to do multiple pass welds, most people just lay the first line and then just add the additional lines. What you need to do is after every pass/line, you need to grind off the high spots and if there are any valleys and there usually are for people that are not pro welders), grind down to it so there is a clean wide open surface to add the next line/pass. If not, there will be many voids/gaps in the weld, which leads to cracks and welds failing. I am not a pro welder, but my welds are good enough to be X-Rayed like they would for critical flawless welds for pipelines or other critical needs. Even if it isn't going to be there permanently you will find that it is easier to cut through the welds with a torch. It makes a cleaner cut and this makes it less work to grind the surface smooth again. A few seconds during the welding will save you tens-of-minutes/hours later.
Drove in hard stamp on brakes hold brakes put down pressure a bit onto the grab then rev it up and cut through as others have said reduces the void and means u'll get a nice clean cut also look at getting the cutting edges sharpened makes an insane difference
Great video Tom, like the recent Olly content, it's good to see two people come together and help each other out. I could literally smell that grass silage when you were at the back of the Keenan. Cheers.
The Best you can get Albutts are. But I only say that because they are only made a few miles down the road from me in Gloucestershire. There attachments are designed and made by a Farming Family so who best to do farm attachments
Just a quick tip we upsized the quick release couplings on our sheargrab from 1/2" to 3/4 and it definitely speeded up the close time Also try opening the grab about 6 inches after closing it fully before you reverse back ..it leaves a super clean finish on the face of the pit
Needs down pressure on the grab before cutting also before lifting out open the grab up a foot then lift out you will get a full cut face rather than it pulling the bottom bit out👍
Hi Tom loving the Videos, if you want to keep your pit as tidy as possible when you are using the sheer grab close your grad fully the open it about 5 - 6 inches before pulling out from the pit, it will leave your face cleaner for you.
Make your old shear grabs into bale spikes that can pick up 2 rounds or squares. Just cut off the grab part and take some tines out, it’s what we did with our old shear grab
I often don't recognize the music you play (I'm older and don't listen to current music), BUT today I heard a snippet I recognized! Well me father often told me when I was just a lad A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad But now I've joined the navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast If you see a sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore
tom,, get a fine disc in the grinder and go along the blades on both the inside and the outside of the grab taking all the rough bits out do it fairly often and keep it sharp and it will cut lots better
Great grabs we have one at work. When cutting aim a bit higher up so cut the void from the last grab and you will get a smooth face to lock out the air. Ps only getting half grabs isn't a bad thing this time or year as you will cut across the face 2x as quick to avoid spoil. Great video keep it up 👌
Tom just lightly buff up the blades of the grab with a flap disk, just don't press to hard, keep them sharp. The slightest burr will make a big difference to how clean they cut. Good choice btw.
We've got the new version of that grass, we use it for maize clamp and you have to keep the loader completly still to get a clean grab, if u role back slightly itll not make a clean face
Hey! Am watching your videos and you using your grabber - I think for the best of all results would be ( to push in ,lift, then grab close ) otherwise the design looks like should be much longer cylinders or built further back to the tractor - but try that you’ll pick more in every bite
We use a shear bucket and have one like you have but with different tines we found to not get the ragged bit you have to take a smaller grab full and let the grab cut in to the clean bit above the ragged bit then it all cuts clean it takes some practice and a polish up of the cutting edge helps when you cut lots. I would send a pic but I can’t seem to comment a picture.
Glad to see you finally got your shear grab sorted, reducing that secondary fermentation. Try crowding down a bit while grabing as it should help with a cleaner cut. Oh and love that sticker on your dad's car it's sick 😉. Great video. Andy
Another fun day on the farm....lol...would you trade your Range Rover for it? LOL....man those don't hold up over here in the US ....had myself one a few years back....constant problems! AHHHHH! Be safe out there guys!! Hope to make it over the pond soon!
Hi Tom, two things I have noticed. You need to rust coat your bare metal. Please try to make sure the mast is completely recessed, or you are going to do some expensive damage with the extra weight of your grab
What a legend of a driver olly is 🤣🤣🤣
😂 could have done a video about the Yaris on its own!
@@TomPembertonFarmLife What till you get your ranger Tom then do an off road car link up that would be cool
@@leebarber5528 yes Lee!!
The block of silage should be lower than the frame of grab makes it easier on grab and leaves a clean face
Tom, keep the boom stationary as you lower the blade on the shear grab, helps to reduce the size of the void you find under the clean cut from the knives👍
Or maybe even put some down pressure on the grab before lowering the blade since the blade is trying to lift the grab when cutting
@@SvenLippens1 that's what I do
I looks like a combination of the downward pressure of the rams and a bit of slap in the pins letting it lift up. Like other people have said, boom down maybe before closing grab
Great job!
We spoke with Penny and Des the day we visited. When the areas were being prepped for the Sand. You were in Ireland. Very polite indeed. 👍👍
Definitely an improvement and looks robust enough to last - and no leaks!
No leaks!! 😂
And how will it go for the hydraulic oil salesman? out of business 🤣🤣
Tom, what you really needed was a rotating roller scraper….which mixes the feed as you go down with it! Also it wouldn’t hurt safety wise if you were to clean all your windows on your tractor's so you can see better!
Got to love Olly for driving that car like it stole his lunch, what a Mench
That’s a better job.. at least this time you had a chance to check it over and try it out..and the manitou handles It ok👍
Friends, what would we do without them. Congratulations on your purchase. Hope you get fare value price for the others.
After all the tens of thousands you are getting off U Tube a year you can’t buy a new shear grab?????.makes a bit of content for the channel
@@foodforthought4829 Always a dairy farmer though 😊
You’d make a fun teacher, Tom! You are quick to think of examples to explain complex situations simply, it’s a gift!
Tom, my Husband died last Saturday and it's so nice to get back to watching you and returning to a little normality. Love watching you 💚
the hardox tines the tips can b sharpened and it does help and aslong as the knife is sharpened with a buffing disc will leave it alot cleaner again
Perhaps touch up the cutting edges with a flat file to keep them really nice and sharp, will also require less pressure to cut, but it definatly looks like a good purchase.
Keep it sharp, Thomas! Not only in the front. Sides and tines too! It makes a big differens. Bolt on stainless acid proof steel on the side edges will hold it sharp as a butchers knife for long time!
It’s amazing all the machines needed to farm, can’t imagine that all being done by hand in days of yore. Blessings on you, your family and all the animals 😇💜
Loving the contrast between UK and USA. They use a machine that shaves the face of the silage leaving it very smooth. The shaved silage is then picked up with a loader. Still love to watch you all!😊
It's the same for a mixingwagon
That seems so much better, because you can take a thin layer off the whole face for each batch, thus helping to keep the silage 'fresh', I'd imagine.
Do bunk shavers work with ryegrass silage tho??
Tom, top tip keep the new shear grab edged will work much better...make use of your cordless Milwaukee. Pit looks much better already.
@Tom Pemberton get a flap disc in a grinder and polish the blade up, clean all the rust off it will cut a lot cleaner
As if that sticker is still on the car! Your dad must like it 😂😂😀
😂
Tom I wouldn't buy a Rangerover in the fitst place.
Great to see some family!
Greetings from Eastern Museum of Motor Racing! Oley made donuts yea! Love to watch Tom have some fun! Museum is located in York Springs Pennsylvania USA
Road trip @tompembertonfarmlife
Great video Tom great drone footage the grab looks good Tom 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Tom I’m so pleased for you!
Albutt grabs are brilliant!
You have so much power their with the triple ram. You have the best tines on them too.
Keep it greased and keep the side and middle blade sharp and she will work a dream.
That’s some tough dry grass you have there too!
Glad your liking it good luck hope it works out for you
We've got one of those grabs Ive found that by keeping constant pressure driving into the face while grabbing makes all the difference, also the voids are where your taking to much silage, so the top of the frame on the head stock side line up the top of the block you want to cut then it should meet up
Hello Tom on looking closely the tines are not detachable
Sorry for the confusion
Regards john
If you edge the blade of the sheer grab and the centre blade it will help to have a cleaner cut and don’t move the the boom when taking a bite of silage.
Stand by your beds!!! Tom
Definitely give it good sharpen on front and side will cut much easier
Tom, it is June 22nd. Where are you, no video yesterday. I hope all is well with you.
You’ll get on just fine with that grab! We have the same one. Had to have one of the rams seals replaced this winter and it carried on doing the feeding with 2 rams on it!
Try giving the teeth/knife bites a shine up with the ginder sometimes the rusty metal can cause it to not cut as easy
Tom, if you need to weld something to stay and you have to do multiple pass welds, most people just lay the first line and then just add the additional lines. What you need to do is after every pass/line, you need to grind off the high spots and if there are any valleys and there usually are for people that are not pro welders), grind down to it so there is a clean wide open surface to add the next line/pass. If not, there will be many voids/gaps in the weld, which leads to cracks and welds failing. I am not a pro welder, but my welds are good enough to be X-Rayed like they would for critical flawless welds for pipelines or other critical needs. Even if it isn't going to be there permanently you will find that it is easier to cut through the welds with a torch. It makes a cleaner cut and this makes it less work to grind the surface smooth again. A few seconds during the welding will save you tens-of-minutes/hours later.
a flap disc in your grinder, keep moving don't let it blue with heat, rocking 👍
Best of luck with the purchase!! Making life easy at least 👍
Drove in hard stamp on brakes hold brakes put down pressure a bit onto the grab then rev it up and cut through as others have said reduces the void and means u'll get a nice clean cut also look at getting the cutting edges sharpened makes an insane difference
Great video Tom, like the recent Olly content, it's good to see two people come together and help each other out.
I could literally smell that grass silage when you were at the back of the Keenan.
Cheers.
just going to look at a jcb and a new trailer 4 ollyblogs
I’ve got an ordinary Yaris (the new model) and when you press the sport button it’s rapid. So that must be an absolute beast.
For the dry silage take off every third spike to ease going into the face. and re-add when driving into wet silage?
Glad you found one that works !
You should have pout new nives on your old one, we did that and it worked perfect
The Best you can get Albutts are. But I only say that because they are only made a few miles down the road from me in Gloucestershire. There attachments are designed and made by a Farming Family so who best to do farm attachments
Just a quick tip we upsized the quick release couplings on our sheargrab from 1/2" to 3/4 and it definitely speeded up the close time
Also try opening the grab about 6 inches after closing it fully before you reverse back ..it leaves a super clean finish on the face of the pit
Yes helps a lot to open it a bit.
huiopk
Get a sanding disc for your small grinder to touch up the blades. Once it's shined up with a bit of regular use again it will be easier on the tines.
Needs down pressure on the grab before cutting also before lifting out open the grab up a foot then lift out you will get a full cut face rather than it pulling the bottom bit out👍
Hi Tom loving the Videos, if you want to keep your pit as tidy as possible when you are using the sheer grab close your grad fully the open it about 5 - 6 inches before pulling out from the pit, it will leave your face cleaner for you.
Hi Tom.
Look up 10 10th Generation dairy farmer. And take a look at what they use to cut the face of their silage.
Make your old shear grabs into bale spikes that can pick up 2 rounds or squares. Just cut off the grab part and take some tines out, it’s what we did with our old shear grab
Well chuffed for you Tom happy days
Great video Tom, you got the right grab in the end. Maybe the cutting edge needs filing/grinding to be more razor sharp too?
Since watching your channel I see farming in a totally different way.
So technical in many ways
Great channel
Work is so much easier when the kit does a good job.
Looks a good grab👌 if you’ve got a soft disc for the grinder just a quick touch once a week. We’ve a 3 ran with a central blade. 👌 👏🏼👏🏼
When the first doesn't work bite and bite again. Glad the sheer grab is working Cheers Tom!!
I often don't recognize the music you play (I'm older and don't listen to current music), BUT today I heard a snippet I recognized!
Well me father often told me when I was just a lad
A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad
But now I've joined the navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war
And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore
tom,, get a fine disc in the grinder and go along the blades on both the inside and the outside of the grab taking all the rough bits out
do it fairly often and keep it sharp and it will cut lots better
Great video Tom and the grab is not that old plus you know were it came from which makes a big difference it looks like a good one 👏👏👍👍
That gr yaris looks so much fun! Can see olly getting shares in pirelli lol
It’s on mitchlins
Great video tom, finally a grab that works, good to see olly , his combines back !!!!
Yes, I would trade for the Yaris
that's much better , nice cleaner cut looks tidy , all i would say is keep the blades clean , sharp , it pays off , what a great buy
Great video so pleased for you but what did the Ginger guy with the moustache think? Keep the videos coming Good luck and happy Farming
I guess in this case 2nd times the charm. Sure looks solid. 👍👍
Great grabs we have one at work. When cutting aim a bit higher up so cut the void from the last grab and you will get a smooth face to lock out the air. Ps only getting half grabs isn't a bad thing this time or year as you will cut across the face 2x as quick to avoid spoil. Great video keep it up 👌
hands down I would have the gr Yaris
Tom just lightly buff up the blades of the grab with a flap disk, just don't press to hard, keep them sharp. The slightest burr will make a big difference to how clean they cut. Good choice btw.
We've got the new version of that grass, we use it for maize clamp and you have to keep the loader completly still to get a clean grab, if u role back slightly itll not make a clean face
If olly hasn’t welded it, it’ll be ok! Joking not joking! #seenhiswelding
Cheeky
Hey! Am watching your videos and you using your grabber - I think for the best of all results would be ( to push in ,lift, then grab close ) otherwise the design looks like should be much longer cylinders or built further back to the tractor - but try that you’ll pick more in every bite
I really hope you guy’s get more merchandise in soon! Love the hoodies and glass bottles 💞💞💞 Plus I love the channel!!
Push boom down as you close shear grab, stops it lifting up👍
Please stay safe Tom.
We use a shear bucket and have one like you have but with different tines we found to not get the ragged bit you have to take a smaller grab full and let the grab cut in to the clean bit above the ragged bit then it all cuts clean it takes some practice and a polish up of the cutting edge helps when you cut lots. I would send a pic but I can’t seem to comment a picture.
The Yaris is so cool, fantastic car!
Tom it's grate so happy things are working out with the grab . Cheers see you in the next one .
Glad to see you finally got your shear grab sorted, reducing that secondary fermentation. Try crowding down a bit while grabing as it should help with a cleaner cut.
Oh and love that sticker on your dad's car it's sick 😉.
Great video. Andy
Tom.
Grease cartridges cut the little lug off round the top and it wont get stuck in your gun anymore 😉
Have a great weekend be well be you
love the Yaris GR , amazing car
Delighted for yas, it looks good, well built silage grab
Tom, it’s great that you have an apprentice. He looks like a great young man to jump in and help out….
HahHa been around a while now learning 😊
Tom you don’t get it. definitely not an ordinary Yaris. Dream car right there, absolute pocket rocket
Tom you and Olly are like Agri collage students
hope your going to paint the bracket and welding, at least with red oxide
Sharpening it will definitely help needs done every month
Tom did you see a farm as soon as you got in the air in the plane because I live there
Interesting happy that have eventually got a decent grab. Still waiting for the exciting news about the showroom.
Great Video, glad it worked out that well with the new equipment, any news about your GPS map from your last video?
Another fun day on the farm....lol...would you trade your Range Rover for it? LOL....man those don't hold up over here in the US ....had myself one a few years back....constant problems! AHHHHH! Be safe out there guys!! Hope to make it over the pond soon!
Happy Father's day ya'll
Well ware Tom, best of luck with the "new" grab 💪
Give the grab a good sharpening it makes 1 hell of a difference
Well that was a surprise, shout out to your nephew representing Key West! Love it down there! :-)
Hi Tom, two things I have noticed. You need to rust coat your bare metal. Please try to make sure the mast is completely recessed, or you are going to do some expensive damage with the extra weight of your grab
Hey Tom, you could have just removed the manitou bracket off one of the old 3 you have rather than buy another new one?
Tom, it is stand by your beds.
Nice to see that dead calf laying in the middle of your yard that you tryed to blur out tom
Will you be at three county’s