bswiv
Silver Member
Been taking advantage of the knowledge base here by lurking for a couple of years.......not posting because I'm still to ignorant to be of help to anyone!.......and because until now I've managed to find the answers to my questions by simply searching.
Now though stumped.
Have a M8540, 4-WD, with grapple/loader that gets used in our timber stands for fire line maintenance, disking, mowing and the like. What I have not bought so far is a blade of some sort to level the fire lines and to work on our roads with.
What has me stumped is caused by the stumps and other trash that tend to be in the timber stands and therefor in the fire lines.
I can see any sort of ripper setup being useful but also a BIG liability as striking a unseen stump IS a foregone conclusion. In fact I just got the grapple and tractor back from the welding shop after a run in with a particularly aggressive stump last week. Twisted the quick connect and pulled a weld lose on the grapple......and yes, it was expensive!
So give me some insight here.......anything appreciated.
Now though stumped.
Have a M8540, 4-WD, with grapple/loader that gets used in our timber stands for fire line maintenance, disking, mowing and the like. What I have not bought so far is a blade of some sort to level the fire lines and to work on our roads with.
What has me stumped is caused by the stumps and other trash that tend to be in the timber stands and therefor in the fire lines.
I can see any sort of ripper setup being useful but also a BIG liability as striking a unseen stump IS a foregone conclusion. In fact I just got the grapple and tractor back from the welding shop after a run in with a particularly aggressive stump last week. Twisted the quick connect and pulled a weld lose on the grapple......and yes, it was expensive!
So give me some insight here.......anything appreciated.