Massive storm clean up

[ruffdog]

That would be a 75 HP skid steer.

My V417 Versahandler will lift over 6,000 pounds and push more than 7,000 pounds. It hasn't bent the grapple:

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The neighbor has a big Cat telehandler (TH460?) and just loves the thing. The grapple he has for it even looks big for it (huge). It sure makes quick work of hauling trees.

 

[Hay Dude]

There are industrial grapples like these: Industrial tractor backhoe wheel loader grapple root clearing heavy duty rake

Those are awesome, but at $10,000 it’s unaffordable.

I am looking at used stuff on FBM.

Going to try my log grapple a day here soon and see if I can get by with it first.

 

[two_bit_score]

There are industrial grapples like these: Industrial tractor backhoe wheel loader grapple root clearing heavy duty rake

Long forks on a Volvo L90 is what I was thinking of.

 

[Hay Dude]

Back at it again after about 2 weeks of rain & mud.
Cleaning up more logs.
I hauled 18 loads in first 2 weeks of January.
Then 2 weeks of snow & rain.

Back at it with logs this week. Here’s a few pics.

I’m trying to saw everything about 11-12’ to fit in the dump box.

Cruising through part of the old King Ranch on the way to the log processing plant. Man that’s a beautiful sight.

Here’s a picture I took of some Long Horns and Charolais. Charolais was the primary beef cattle raised on the KR. They had thousands of them. So many, they shipped them by railcar.

KR all gone now. I went to grade school with the children of dads who worked the 14,000 acre ranch. All gone. I guess we can just get our beef from China?

Hit 90,000 miles on the IH-7500!

These guys don’t fool around. They have mountains of wood mulch. Like 40’ high. Here they are starting the process of chipping into smaller chunks. The log pile on the right side is like 1,000’ long.

 

[bigtiller]

KR all gone now. I went to grade school with the children of dads who worked the 14,000 acre ranch. All gone. I guess we can just get our beef from China?

What do you mean by "all gone now"?

 

[WM75Guy]

Looks like the Texas King Ranch had a small operation in Pennsylvania. It is now in conservancy.

Conserving the King Ranch | Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art

 

[two_bit_score]

All gone. I guess we can just get our beef from China?

There are more beef cattle raised within 150 mile radius of Bryan-College Station Texas than the rest of the country according to the smart guys at Texas A&M.

 

[Hay Dude]

What do you mean by "all gone now"?

They close in the early 80’s.
Pickin up what I’m puttin down?

 

[MoKelly]

There are more beef cattle raised within 150 mile radius of Bryan-College Station Texas than the rest of the country according to the smart guys at Texas A&M.

Some are very smart.

Some, maybe, not so smart.

Texas A&M's failed Jimbo Fisher experiment should provide lessons, reset college football coaching market

Fisher's initial $75 million contract in 2018 set an inflated market for college football coaches

www.cbssports.com

 

[bigtiller]

They close in the early 80’s.
Pickin up what I’m puttin down?

No I'm not. Do you care to elaborate?