A shear grab or also known as a silo grab or block cutter, is an implement used to cut blocks of silage from a silage pit/clamp. It is connected to a tractor via the three-point linkageshear grab mammut.at or some are connected to a front end loader.shear grab cih.com.au It is powered by the tractors hydraulic system.
It usually has spikes on the bottom and a large rectangular section with blades on it that cut the block using two hydraulic rams. Before the invention of shear grabs farmers had to use silage knives, and a link box to get the silage into the livestock.
See also
List of agricultural machinery
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