Scrap car mover

[vic3500]

Anybody have any good ideas for moving scrap cars? Moving disabled vehicles and hulls around a yard or loading a flat deck with cars, whole or crushed? Possible crush with the skid? thanks

 

[Tazza]

I have a mate over here that uses an S300 in his scrap yard for just this purpose. He did have a 763 before upgrading to a bigger machine. He pops the glass and uses a 4 in 1 bucket to grab the pillars and roof, then curls the bucket forward to crush the roof in and make it as compact as possible. It can lift 1-2 tonnes, so the lighter ones he can load on a truck with the skid steer, the larger ones he uses a forklift.
I don't believe the unit is big enough to crush a car, but it will crush in the roof to make it more compact.
He also grooms the dirt with the machine too. Grabs a ball of fencing wire and uses it as a broom to scrape up crap. Also has solids on it, you will be forever patching tyres in a scrap yard.

 

[vic3500]

I have a mate over here that uses an S300 in his scrap yard for just this purpose. He did have a 763 before upgrading to a bigger machine. He pops the glass and uses a 4 in 1 bucket to grab the pillars and roof, then curls the bucket forward to crush the roof in and make it as compact as possible. It can lift 1-2 tonnes, so the lighter ones he can load on a truck with the skid steer, the larger ones he uses a forklift.
I don't believe the unit is big enough to crush a car, but it will crush in the roof to make it more compact.
He also grooms the dirt with the machine too. Grabs a ball of fencing wire and uses it as a broom to scrape up crap. Also has solids on it, you will be forever patching tyres in a scrap yard.

What's he using to grab the cars to lift them after he crushes the roof?

 

[Tazza]

What's he using to grab the cars to lift them after he crushes the roof?

He just uses his 4 in 1 bucket, they are magical. They are all we use over here in .au.

 

[Mikefromcny]

He just uses his 4 in 1 bucket, they are magical. They are all we use over here in .au.

I ran a T770 on all summer on a estate clean up. Had no problem crushing rusted out cars and loading them into a roll off dumpster. Used a demo grapple on it. We had a summer BBQ for all the workers and family. The center piece was the T770 holding a whole, 80's olds cutlass about 8ft off the ground. LOL We loaded around 500 tons of steel with it.

 

[vic3500]

I ran a T770 on all summer on a estate clean up. Had no problem crushing rusted out cars and loading them into a roll off dumpster. Used a demo grapple on it. We had a summer BBQ for all the workers and family. The center piece was the T770 holding a whole, 80's olds cutlass about 8ft off the ground. LOL We loaded around 500 tons of steel with it.

Nice, yeah ive been moving a honda civic and an old 58 buick body right up to full height.. totally stable, using just forks. wasnt sure if there was better way. lol thanks for all the responses

 

[Tigerhaze]

Nice, yeah ive been moving a honda civic and an old 58 buick body right up to full height.. totally stable, using just forks. wasnt sure if there was better way. lol thanks for all the responses

Most larger scrap yards here in the US use articulated wheel loaders equipped with a 4 in 1 bucket or forks. However that is to maximize productivity and certainly get by with the same type of setup on a large skid steer loader as well.