BubbaJr
Platinum Member
I have a creek behind my house that has several clumps of trees, branches, etc. that are damming up the creek. I need to clean it up as soon as I can. I can get close to some of it with the tractor and I have been able to drag some large trees, and branches up the creek bank, but it is exhausting work to do by myself. I have been going out onto the pile and attaching a wire rope to any tree parts that I can, and running a chain to my tractor and dragging it up the 6-10' bank. It's very slow and hard on my old body.
I came up with the bright idea of using a grapple hook on a chain or wire rope and throwing it out into the pile, hooking it to the tractor and dragging that up the creek. Now the problem is that I can't find anywhere that sells a grapple hook. What I am visualizing is something similar to what they use to drag the lake and ponds for bodies. Something with sharp prongs bent back towards the main shaft, that you can throw out into the creek, snag the trees, and drag them up on the bank.
Any ideas where I can buy such a beast. I don't have a welder or I could make one, maybe. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Or does anyone have a better (easier) way to clear out a creek by yourself?
I came up with the bright idea of using a grapple hook on a chain or wire rope and throwing it out into the pile, hooking it to the tractor and dragging that up the creek. Now the problem is that I can't find anywhere that sells a grapple hook. What I am visualizing is something similar to what they use to drag the lake and ponds for bodies. Something with sharp prongs bent back towards the main shaft, that you can throw out into the creek, snag the trees, and drag them up on the bank.
Any ideas where I can buy such a beast. I don't have a welder or I could make one, maybe. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Or does anyone have a better (easier) way to clear out a creek by yourself?