Grapple Tips for Logging | Kubota B2601 & Land Pride SGC0660
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 เม.ย. 2022
- How to use a grapple to pick good logs out of bad piles. Forestry grapple. Clearing logging trails through the forest. Operating a tractor on hills. More Grapple Tips & Techniques. Activities and techniques on this channel apply to the B Series of Kubota tractors: B2601, B2301, B2401, B2650. Most may also apply to the BX series and LX series such as the LX2610.
Grapple Tips for Logging | Kubota B2601 & Land Pride SGC0660
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Its always a problem clearing the previously cleared stuff !! Ya never seem to place it in the right place the first time for some reason. It's an age old problem. The grapple is a great too for the job. I have nothing but my choice of loader bucket or forks. A grapple is on my shopping list, but first i have to convert my B3030 to a SSQA. So it'll be a while.
I gotta tell ya David...you remind me of a 'cross' between Martin @DIY My Way for the videography and Dave @ RCAF Polar Express for being a genuine nice guy !! For sure my friend, for sure.
Hey Wendell! You know if you fabricated a grapple that would make for some awesome content on Tractorman44! Thank you for the kind words! Martin and Dave are two people that I'm proud to be compared to in any capacity. Martin was the inspiration for my TH-cam channel so you're bound to see some of him in my own work. And Dave really is one (if not the) most genuine and kind people presenting on TH-cam. And I'm very proud to call you my friend as well! Thank you again and have a great week, my friend!
@@PaleHorseOutdoors no truer words have ever been spoken David !! Be safe and take care.
You are a profesional worker indeed... Greetings, Angel.
Great grapple work. Think we learn each time we use our grapple or any other piece of equipment. Have a Safe Day
Hey David, thank you sir! Yes learning all the time. The grapple is so versatile, there's always a new technique to figure out. Thanks for watching, my friend! :)
Really captured the versatility of that grapple in this video! Nice work!
I think so too, Lucas! There were so many times in this video that I would have to have gotten off the tractor if I didn't have that grapple. Thank you for watching, buddy :)
Nice job my brother...i realy enjoyed here.... Angel.
Hello Angel! Good to see you again. Thanks for watching!
Good Morning Sir, You are AN OUTSTANDING TRACTOR GRAPPLE OPERATOR 👌👍😉 Great Demos 👍👌🧐 Have a great safe week and can't wait to see your next incoming videos Sir Cheers 👌👍😉🍻
Good morning, Dave! Thank you sir, I really REALLY appreciate all of your support, my friend! You have a great and safe week also. I'll see you soon. 👌👍😉🍻
Great job! Great results! Congratulations!!!
Hey Dwayne! Thank you, my friend! I needed to get those logs out of there for a few reasons but one of them is because they're part of the next video. 😎Thanks for watching!
That grapple is becoming an extension of your hand! Nice work! I'm excited to see these new toys you are hiding.
Thank you, Justin! I call it my robot hand, LOL. I'll be showing off one of the toys on the next video. Thanks for watching, bud! :)
@@PaleHorseOutdoors Nice!
Great grapple work, David! And some good tips, too. There have been a few times when I have wished I’d given more thought to where I piled stuff, especially when I find my self moving a whole pile of limbs or logs a second time. Thanks for sharing!
It's funny, Martin - one thing I say all the time in life and in business is "If you don't have time to do it right, you don't have time to do it over." I wish I had followed my own rule here! I appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts, Martin!
Hello David, The Tractor that could! We just got a grapple for the L2501, Take Care and Stay Safe 👍🏼🪵🚜🇺🇸
Thanks Larry 💪Nice! I'm looking forward to seeing it in action! You folks take care and stay safe, also my friend!🇺🇸
Good job David! Great tips. Man your getting good with that grapple. Nice technique rolling those logs to clean them up !😃😃
Thanks, man! I try really hard not to get off and on that tractor all day. LOL That rolling technique works really well on the alders, but the firs have to be limbed first. Luckily these fir logs were already limbed well enough to do it. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel, Jim! I really appreciate it my friend!
Great video David. Take care and stay safe and enjoy the outdoors.
Thanks Mike! I appreciate you watching and your support, my friend! You take care and have a great week!
Another great video David, with more grapple work…looking forward for more videos as the fun season is upon us 👍
Thank you, brother! Did you get rain on Sunday too? It's supposed to be sunny Tue-Fri this week. I hope to get some more things filmed if it's not too muddy. Thanks for watching, David! :)
That’s a nice size tractor for maneuvering around in the tight areas. Looks like you have no shortage of grapple work to do! Take care!
You got that right! I hope you folks aren't getting too tired of the grappling. I think forestry and trail maintenance are going to be a large part of my content. Thanks for watching, Ben!
Good work un-piling what you piled! Haha! It's so easy to find yourself doing that! I can definitely relate. Things sorted out better for ya than I expected. Again, good job Dave 👍
LOL thank you, Dave! When I was cutting the trails I didn't think about how presorting the logs would be a good idea. Luckily this pile doesn't have very many of the good logs mixed in. Thanks for watching and for all of your support, my friend!
Great use of your grapple David. Making maximum use out of your tractor :)
Thanks, Case! I'm doing my best to, buddy! Thanks for watching! 😀
Good work, good video... and a good time!
Thank you very much! I'm happy you enjoyed watching, buddy! :)
Sir you have done an outstanding video ( I hope that my comment will stay !!! ) Ben Kennedy has having the same problems that me !!! You use marvelously your grapple to clean you wood Sir 👍👌 Have a safe week Sir Cheers 🍻
Hey Dave! I see the comments! Thank you sir! I appreciate you watching!! Cheers my friend!
You made that look very easy, you have some great grapple skills. I enjoy watching your tractor videos. I am looking forward to seeing your new toys
Thank you, Joseph! I'm looking forward to showing the new toys and tools! First one up is on the next video! :) Thanks for watching, my friend! Cheers!
Very useful grapple tips David, well done. I really like the idea of placing the logs in the back so they don't roll into the tractor or you. I don't know how many times I stacked and re-stacked logs but hey its more tractor time. Great video 👍👍. Hope you have a great week. Take care buddy. ✌
Hey Kyle! Thank you buddy! Yeah when we are clearing land we're more interested in getting the logs just out of the way. When all of this mud goes away I can finally get back down into the Alder forest and start working on that huge log stack! Thank you for watching my friend! Cheers 🍻
Hi came over from Dave's live! 👍
Thank you, I appreciate it! - David
Great and cool editing David, another great video 👍🏻. Have a great week 🙋🏼♂️🙂👍🏻
Thank you, sir! I appreciate you watching, Luc! Have a great week also! 🙂👍🏻
Thanks for the tips! Love the content!!
Glad you like them! You have a lot of cool content on your channel, btw. Thanks for watching! - David
I would bet that you rate your grapple a Best Buy. It has sure proven to be a worthwhile investment for your property.I would say good choice David.
Have you considered a grill guard for your tractor? I sure feel that they are worth their weight in gold for the amount of protection they afford your tractors front stuff. Stuff of the really expensive kind.
Great job David. I am hoping their is a grapple in my near future. You have me sold.
Hey Gary! I would rate my grapple as THE best buy of all my attachments and implements. I think of a grill guard every time I see one on TH-cam videos and Facebook posts, then my mind filters it out. I was hoping to wait long enough to be able to add some mesh to the branch guard that came with the tractor myself. I think I'll do that this summer once I've used my new welder a few times. I'm looking forward to seeing you get and use a grapple! Take care and have a great week, buddy! 👍😉
Grapple is probably the handiest thing you could put on a tractor! I bought mine with no intentions really just thought it was a good price but i ended up doing so much with it!
Exactly! I know I say this a lot, but I don't know what I'd do without mine. Well I know I'd be getting on and off of the tractor all day and breaking by back in the first 20 minutes of work. I wouldn't trade it for anything, that's for sure! Thanks for watching, folks! :)
Anther professional video my friend 👍👍 really convinced me I need a grapple when I get to the warm country 🌴 have a great week and don’t work to hard🧐🤖🤚
Thank you, Dana. Yes, sir everyone needs a grapple! :) You have a great week, too buddy! Cheers
Thanks for welcoming me back! I wish we had a tractor….it will come!…what is the best way to clear alders for GOOD????
Hey GBL, well to clear them for good you'd need to remove all the stumps and root balls then keep removing any saplings. These alders wouldn't like that though - they'll find a way. LOL Thanks for watching, buddy :)
Hi came over from Dave's live great channel love the outdoors
Hey thanks so much! I'm enjoying your content as well!
@@PaleHorseOutdoors awesome thank you
Looks like fun David. You've definitely got that grapple operation down really well! Not sure if one is in my future or not, but I'm looking hard for jobs that might justify one!
Have a great one, and maybe see you later over at Ed's...👍😎
Hey Chris, thanks for watching, buddy! Do you have forests and trails at the overlook? If so, then you may want one!
"it's gonna be ugly...I figure you might want to see it." hahaha Of course we do!!
I'm really happy that you do, bud! LOL Thanks for watching, Dave! :)
Nice tips David, Seems I am always piling stuff up just to move it again. I really need to get better at handling stuff once.
Hey Joey! Yes sir, it's a good lesson to learn all right! :) Thanks for watching and have a great weekend! :)
I have some property I need to clear and this attachment seems worth every penny.
Absolutely! As attachments for this tractor go, the grapple is fairly expensive. But, the amount of work I was able to complete within the first couple months of use paid for it. I wouldn't be able to tend to my land without it. It would be back breaking. Thanks for watching, my friend! :)
I have a metal and concrete junk pile I created to go along with a wood pile that i need to burn collecting over the year I have lived on my new property. Just junk left on the land and what the builder decided to just clump up. I am going to need to move that stuff or get it to the dump at some point and so feel your pain, David about doing work twice. Nice jobs as always though sir.
Thanks, Kyle! Yes sir, sometimes we get in a hurry and make more work for ourselves later. At least it gives us more tractor time! :)
Nice work! I wish I had the skill to achieve all those camera angles on my videos! Your editing must take awhile! Love the grapple work!🚜🍺🇺🇸
Hey thanks so much! I'm really happy to see you. I have to catch up on things this week so I can return to watching everyone else channels. I look forward to seeing more of your Kioti action! Yes I spend a lot of time on the edit - probably too much! Thanks again! - David
That grappling attachment sure is handy !!
What H.P. Is your tractor? Nice video and nice clean up !!
It sure is! The horsepower is around 25 on the B2601. Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it :)
Very nice grapple work . I would like to have a dump hole where I can burn my undesirable stuff !!
Thanks, Del! I've thought about digging out the "pond" in the NW corner of the property and use it as a huge debris/compost pit. But then I think about it more and I decide against it. I'm going to have to start burning the bad and the ugly. I'm just procrastinating on that for some reason. Thanks for watching, buddy! I've got your recent video cued up, btw!!
Thank you .
I need one of those for about a week, or two....maybe three 🤔 we are really going to do everything we can to use the logs on our property
You'll probably want it longer though! Thanks for watching 😀
How's she goin'? Where would you be with out that grapple eh!!! It sure is a multi-purpose tool. Nice to see the work getting done. We're still waiting for spring time here!! LOL Thanks for sharing and take care!!!
I would be laid up with a broken back, Mike! Yes sir, it is the MOST useful tool I have for the tractor so far. Thank you for watching, my friend! Cheers!!
@@PaleHorseOutdoors So far? What's up[ David? Do you some other new toys for the tractor? LOL
@@GrampiesWorkshop Yes sir, Mike! I'll show one of them in the next video :)
The grapple is an awesome attachment/implement to use. Good job using it. Just wanted to ask you a question about your landscape rake. Would it work well on a gravel / dirt driveway to scratch up the surface on a weekly basis to keep weeds from growing?
Hey, thank you very much! I appreciate it. I think it would help out for sure, but it may be better to use a broadcast sprayer (3point or cart) to lay down some regular weed control. I know a lot of folks don't like to put down poison if they're on well water so that may not work for you. If you enjoy being on your tractor as much as I do, the "hard work" option may be more fun actually. Thanks for watching, my friend!
@@PaleHorseOutdoorsThanks!
I know all this stuff I just love watching you work. Lol. You should be wearing hearing protection.
Thank you, Dawson! I appreciate you watching and commenting. Have a great day! :)
@@PaleHorseOutdoors you are very welcome Dave!
Is burning an option on your property? I've kinda created a similar situation where I've stacked a bunch of brush and debris (and dirt) in a pile. A lot of it will rot down and compost, but eventually, I'm gonna have to pull the stumps out of the pile that won't decay and burn them. Take care David. B&D
Hey Brad & Deb, yes as long as we're not in a burn ban - which is most of the year. I bought a chipper originally to take care of that situation but I found out quickly that chipping isn't going to be the route I want to take. I need to get a burn pile going before the bans kick in this summer. Thanks for watching and have a great week, folks!
@@PaleHorseOutdoors What has dissuaded you on the chipper? We were considering one for our tractor on 10 acres.
@@jpjp3873 The first time I used the chipper down in the forest, it made enough chips to fill a truck bed. And that was from just one large pile of deadfall limbs. That's great if you have a use for them, but at the time I didn't have a use yet or a trailer that would fit through the trails that I could use to move them around. I guess it's a bit of an odd story because I will probably get another one some day, but I was able to sell it for close to what I paid for it and used the money to get things I needed more right now. Bottom line is that I don't plan to use wood chips very often on the land and I would produce HUGE amounts of chips.
@@PaleHorseOutdoors So many useful implements to buy! I'm thinking of using the chips on my trails. Now you've got me wanting a landscape rake!
@@jpjp3873 Very true! I wish I had all the implements! LOL I bought the rake specifically to cut my trails and it did a fantastic job. I want to use it for periodic maintenance on the trails too, but at a point it just continues to dig down into the dirt and bring up roots. I'm thinking of ways to modify the rake to be less aggressive so that doesn't happen. We'll see what I can come up with!
I had the 3rd function kit for my b2601 installed at the dealer before delivery. I notice that the skid steer quick attach handles hit the hydraulic couplings on the loader when bucket is fully curled up. I'm afraid they will get damaged in time. Do you notice anything similar on yours?
Hey JP! I haven't noticed that before. Are you talking about the hoses on the grapple leading to the connectors that are mounted on the tractor front?
@@PaleHorseOutdoors yes. When fully curled the handles hit those couplings. So far they seem to get rotated aside, but I'm going to see if I can adjust them somehow.
@@jpjp3873 It's definitely a tight fit in there. When I attach my grapple I do my best to route the hoses far away from pinch points and those handles. I think my dealer did a good job installing the hoses to prevent it. (so far!)
Sorry had to miss Monday, but thank you again for the helmet. I really enjoyed this video.
Hi Ed! No worries, my friend! Ed showed your pics and it was awesome! I'm happy you liked the video, too. I appreciate it! See you soon! Cheers
Love it!
Thank you very much! BTW, I thought I hit your sub button yesterday. I guess I didn't, but I have now! Great content. I'll be catching up on your videos this week!
@@PaleHorseOutdoors awesome! We are subscribed to you as well! But thank you very much! Can’t wait to watch all of your content!
How are you doing my friend
I'm doing very well! How are you?