longway5
Silver Member
I've had good luck pulling logs with a box blade and chain. Its good for a few logs, as its slower than a logging winch. What I like to do is back up to the butt of the log, drop the blade, and chain the log up close to the blade. When I pick the blade up, if I've chained it right, the butt will be off the ground and high enough to hit the blade in the event that it slides forward or I have to back up, instead of into the back of the tractor.
There is the chance that tractor could roll over backwards if you were to hit something, but in my experience with some large logs and an L2850 with loader, I've never even had the steering go light on me. With the butt of the log off the ground, you're less likely to hit something anyway. The weight of the average tractor being so far in front of the rear axle, and the drag of the log on the 3pt being only a few inches above, the forces tend to average out in favor of the tractor. As always though, be safe and don't do anything you're not comfortable doing.
There is the chance that tractor could roll over backwards if you were to hit something, but in my experience with some large logs and an L2850 with loader, I've never even had the steering go light on me. With the butt of the log off the ground, you're less likely to hit something anyway. The weight of the average tractor being so far in front of the rear axle, and the drag of the log on the 3pt being only a few inches above, the forces tend to average out in favor of the tractor. As always though, be safe and don't do anything you're not comfortable doing.