Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Rustyiron]

This grapple is a new addition to my wood getter. (the tractor part of this thread) I made the swivel to hang it off the winch, and I am almost finished the "plumbing" to the rotator & grapple. Soon I can post a pic of the "wood" part of this thread.

 

[Mikejeakins]

That's a cool setup Rustyiron.

 

[terryknight]

very cool indeed, how many remotes do you have and are you running all those hydraulics i see from the operator platform?

 

[Gordon Gould]

Yikes-Very nice indeed. That is a piece of work :thumbsup:

gg

 

[Rustyiron]

very cool indeed, how many remotes do you have and are you running all those hydraulics i see from the operator platform?

3 set's is all I could get. I'm putting on 2 selector valves. Splitting the winch with the grapple as they will never be used at the same time, and the blade will be split with the rotator and that valve is in reach from the seat. I'm thinking that most of my logs will be winched out and therefore be inline with the tractor and the rotator will not be needed that much. The toplink cyl. is very handy with this set up and will remain on it's own.

 

[Rustyiron]

dbl post delete

 

[arrow]

This grapple is a new addition to my wood getter. (the tractor part of this thread) I made the swivel to hang it off the winch, and I am almost finished the "plumbing" to the rotator & grapple. Soon I can post a pic of the "wood" part of this thread.

Rusty look up "DaVinci surgical technique". I think you are one swing arm away from being able to do robotic surgery with that thing.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Loading an American Blk. Cherry Log,

That log is the BEST cherry log I've ever milled,

I still have the lumber, some day I'll turn it into cabinets...

SR

 

[dfkrug]

This grapple is a new addition to my wood getter. (the tractor part of this thread) I made the swivel to hang it off the winch, and I am almost finished the "plumbing" to the rotator & grapple.

That is indeed impressive. How much of the mechanism did you make yourself, RUSTY? The grapple
itself looks like a Valby.

 

[dfkrug]

This grapple is a new addition to my wood getter. (the tractor part of this thread) I made the swivel to hang it off the winch, and I am almost finished the "plumbing" to the rotator & grapple.

That is indeed impressive. How much of the mechanism did you make yourself, RUSTY? The grapple
itself looks like a Valby.