Trails End
Gold Member
Today, I was cleaning up some brush and fallen trees. There was one small maple, about 5 inches diameter
at the base that was in my way, so I knocked it down flat with the grapple, then proceeded to finish
uprooting the root ball. I had the grapple teeth under the root ball and when I curled the grapple up to
break it free, I was suddenly listing to port about 15 degrees (tipping to the left). Thanks to information
that I read on TBN somewhere, I quickly realized what was happening, and quickly put the loader in 'float'
mode and my world return to an even keel.
I was on perfectly flat ground with 500 lbs of box blade ballast on the rear and loaded rear tires (rim guard).
This was my first experience having the rear end lift off the ground, despite many heavy lifts I've made with
the loader with either the bucket or grapple attached.
Again, THANK YOU, TBN!!!
at the base that was in my way, so I knocked it down flat with the grapple, then proceeded to finish
uprooting the root ball. I had the grapple teeth under the root ball and when I curled the grapple up to
break it free, I was suddenly listing to port about 15 degrees (tipping to the left). Thanks to information
that I read on TBN somewhere, I quickly realized what was happening, and quickly put the loader in 'float'
mode and my world return to an even keel.
I was on perfectly flat ground with 500 lbs of box blade ballast on the rear and loaded rear tires (rim guard).
This was my first experience having the rear end lift off the ground, despite many heavy lifts I've made with
the loader with either the bucket or grapple attached.
Again, THANK YOU, TBN!!!