Ransome Attachments picked up the Gyru-Star Compact Screening Bucket and the Cobra Screening Bucket in 2019. Some of our customers have questioned which product best fits specific jobs so allow us to share what we tell them.
Perhaps the greatest difference is that the Cobra crushes and the Gyru-Star only screens. The Gyru Star is designed to screen rocks and vegetation from soil and other natural materials. Did we mention that it excels in wet soil and compost? The Cobra, on the other hand, crushes and screens industrial materials, in addition to natural materials. You can feed it your toughest demolition debris, concrete, crushed rock, and frozen sand.
The Cobra is also physically larger and works best on larger equipment. The Gyru-Star is designed for compact equipment, but it also works well on mid-sized excavators.
The bottom line is that you need to pick the attachment based on the job at hand and your equipment. Contact us to determine whether the Gyru-Star or the Cobra is the best fit.
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Direction is the Key to Keeping the Gyru-Star’s Stars in Peak Condition
The fact that the Gyru-Star’s screening stars are made from polyurethane has some contractors questioning their strength and durability. Nothing could be further from the truth. The polyurethane stars, in fact, are not only durable, but also flexible so they don’t get clogged when screening natural materials.
It is critical; however, to make sure the stars are rotated in the proper direction because screening in reverse can result in excessive wear or damage. So how do you make sure your stars are spinning in the right direction? The stars are shaped like a shark fin. Make sure that they are rotating in a direction that allows the material to roll over the top, or outside face, much like an object would roll over the hood of a car. If material is hitting the curved inside face of the star, you’re rotating in the wrong direction.
ON THE ROAD
Come See Our Unique Attachments at the NJ Shade Tree Conference
Ransome will be exhibiting at the 94th Annual NJ Shade Tree Conference. You can catch us in Booth 1 from October 24-25 at the Harrah’s Resort & Conference Center in Atlantic City. We’ll have the Gyru-Star, Black Splitter, Grab-N-Drive and fixed mount log grapple models on display in case you want a closer look.