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    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    So I壇 love to be able to show all you industrious folks in colder climes the long ricks of beautifully stacked firewood I致e produced here outside Waco Texas. But instead all I have to show is the little tractor and homemade grapple I use to clear brush and trees. Our biggest cost during the year...
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    Shop bilt FEL mounted 5 foot cut twin engine 3 bladed brush mower

    I built this 3 bladed twin engine bucket mounted mower 25 years ago. It was belt driven to minimize damage to the drive train from blade impacts. It was open on the front with pusher bars to lay over small trees etc. I started with several old push mower bodies and started cutting and welding...
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    Heavy Duty Mechanical Grapple on little tractor

    One question at time. Ovrszd If I could figure out how to put an AutoCAD drawing on this website I'd show you the geometry. Since I'm the one working with the thing I have a hard time getting pictures of it doing work. Mendonsy 1. The orange version probably weighs close to 200 lbs., The yellow...
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    Buying Advice Help me find a tractor to manage my 40 wooded acres

    https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/grd/5444442341.html Dallas craigslist 2/24/2016 That machine is in Mt Pleasant over by Sulphur Springs. You could rent a Uhaul trailer to get it home. To be clear, I have nothing to do with the Craigslist tractor just saw it on there. I do have one like it...
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    Heavy Duty Mechanical Grapple on little tractor

    Here's a pic of the grapple I designed which uses the position of the bucket to grasp objects. The grapple essentially stays in position relative to the loader arms while the bucket rotates. It has a tremendous grip. The ability to lift large diameter logs would be improved if I added some...
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    Mowing  Twelveyear old B7500HST overheating and starting to blow hydraulic hoses on LA272 FEL

    n 2001 we bought the B7500 with a FEL to help me finish digging a basement under my Dallas home. I hauled around 300 yards of black clay and chalk rock out of the hole and then carried crushed rock for drainage back down in there. I had dig a ramp outside in the back yard to gain access under...
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