Will My Tractor Lift This ?

[Ductape]

My kingdom for a grapple.

 

[lfalkenh]

Be careful...you can bend the arms of the loader if you try to lift too much...

 

[Carykong]

Forks as opposed to a grapple will give you more lifting capacity with logs. You have a mighty large tree section. I am thinking "divide and conquer" that log with a chain saw.

 

[groundcover]

shouldn't be a problem,might want to cut it in half though !

 

[pdseifert]

Going out on a limb here But I would have to say, "Just say no"

I belive that monster would give any tractor a run for its money. Maybe if it can be cut into more manageable sizes

Make sure to keep extra weight in the back if you give it a try.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Sure, you can lift that. Just be sure to drape the chain over the back of the bucket.

Helps with the center of gravity or something like that.

 

[aggiehortguy91]

I can't speak for your tractor, but I do know one thing for certain. I could slide my loader bucket under the middle of that log and promptly lift........the back wheels right up off the ground!

That is a pretty good sized chunk of lumber you got there. I think I could handle moving the sawdust as long as I could take it 1/4 yard at a time!

 

[woodburner]

No chance, you'd be lucky to drag that monster..

 

[Ductape]

A different view.......

 

[Sandlot]

Nope.

 

[Hematite]

Forks as opposed to a grapple will give you more lifting capacity with logs. You have a mighty large tree section. I am thinking "divide and conquer" that log with a chain saw.

For sure, forks and smaller sections.

 

[deepNdirt]

if it does happen to lift it ya an't goin no where when them tires blowout

 

[Diamondpilot]

Not with the turf tires. Now if you had a good set of R1's?

Chris

 

[Z RENCH]

It looks like it weighs more than your tractor! BTW you haven't told what kind of tractor. According to your stats, it's a B3030?

 

[shane]

Go to the Forestry Forum and on the lower left of the screen is a tool box that contains a log weight estimator. My guess that dude will weight in at about 5,500 lbs. or more.

 

[E/S]

Not with out giving you tractor a hernia !

E/S

 

[Pops15]

Trying to lift it could get expensive.
Seeing that picture reminds me of a tree stump I had dug out when I built a house. One guy twisted the dipper on his Case 580E BH digging the thing out. Then the guy that backfilled broke the loader bucket on his Case 450 crawler loader when he picked the stump up to load in his dump truck. The bucket made an eerie "ping" sound when it broke.
At the very least you could damage your front tires. Or it could be heavy enough that you'd break your loader.

 

[cycle_gator]

Well.......

How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Did you try? And what happened?

Looks like you might want to be careful with your turf tire sidewalls. While that particular set of scuff marks don't look too knarly, a nasty edge on a branch might not be quite so kind. Those tires are not cheap. My Grandpa learned that the hard way on his 8N after a scuffle with a barbed wire fence.

 

[Larry3228]

I have a Yanmar F24 which is just a little smaller than your B3030. I had a 42" diameter hackberry taken down a few weeks ago and I could barely push the main trunk after it was cut into 7' sections - even with weighted R1s.

 

[Mark_in_NH]

WOW ! What a monster. Thats alot of growth rings to count. Any idea of it's age ?