In a farming landscape where every small advantage is sought, a product that exceeds expectations can be a gamechanger.
Enter Rata Equipment’s popular Power Claw.
“When we talk to people at field days that have got them, they come along and say, ‘I bought a Power Claw for a specific job, and now I leave it on my tractor all the time because it can do so many things’,” Rata’s marketing and sales director Glenn Walton says.
With the word “Claw” in the name making its primary use self-explanatory, it is the breadth of its ability that makes the New Zealand-manufactured Power Claw stand out.
It is available in three different models, ensuring it is primed for whatever size tractor – or other machine – it will be paired with.
Rata’s compact Power Claw suits tractors between 25-45hp, the mid-size unit is ideal for 45-75hp trac- tors and small loaders and the standard Power Claw suits both tractors above 80hp and telehandlers.
According to Walton, the Power Claw can handle a variety of farm jobs that four in one buckets cannot.
“In Australia, four in one buckets are pretty much found on every farm, but this is a product that we believe farmers will benefit from, especially around the range of different things that you can do with a Power Claw,” he says.
“You’ve got a stick rake and you’ve got a grab. It can actually pick up logs so it can do everything a four in one bucket can do, plus a whole lot more, apart from dig dirt.”
Anecdotally, this has seen the Power Claw be used on Australian farms to help with cleaning up damage from last year’s storms and floods.
Rata’s Australian sales and operations manager Bronson Crick says there have been other common uses depending on where the farmer is located, adding that the Power Claw can be customised to suit individual requirements.
“A lot of Queensland farmers are using it for plucking out and managing Lantana weeds,” he says.
“If you get a decent sized brush, you can actually grab onto the top of it and just work it out.
“We also have the ability to customise the Power Claw for rocks.
“If a farmer wants a particular spacing in his tines, if he wants to pick up rocks above a certain size, we’ll re-space the tines for him to make that a value add.
“We have the ability to totally customise, and with a short lead time with containers coming every two weeks or so, we have product available within the four to five week period.”
Another bonus – and perhaps an unexpected one – is that buying a Power Claw will particularly suit those customers who may not keep it on their tractor permanently.
“It also comes on a stand as well, which is a bit of a unique thing, but that’s a benefit of being exported from New Zealand,” Walton says.
“We store them in our warehouse on those stands and then they get reused on farm, as opposed to having a pallet that’s lying around with rusty nails.
“Something that’s part of the packaging is actually a long-term benefit to the customer.”
Rata’s range of products also includes cultivation and aeration equipment, plus other attachments for tractors and loaders such as bale clamps and silage forks.
The company also plans to introduce new loader attachments to the Australian market soon.
For more information about the Power Claw, and Rata’s full range, visit the manufacturer’s website.