2538 getting delivered!!

[jgiannini]

The tractor/loader/backhoe-30,100
Third function-1200
Grapple bucket-1875
6 foot tiller-2475
6 foot rotary cutter w chain guards-1800

 

[Roughshod]

Roughshod, is that a tomahawk or Titan stump bucket? Titan tree puller? I need to clear an acre of young dense forest for a pond. Thinking that they both have their place. Which is the go to attachment?

Sorry to hijack the thread. I'll PM with any other questions.

OP, looks like a nice new toy. I'd love to have a hoe!

You have a good eye, it is a Titan tree puller and a Tomahawk stump bucket. They both definitely have their place, but in my woods the tree puller is definitely the boss. I'm currently using it to clear roads through very dense woods that had been clear cut about 8 years ago and then left to the overgrowth. Most it is saplings and trees 3" or smaller, but some are a good deal larger. Lots of briars. I'll say that the build quality of the Titan tree puller is not the best, but what it lacks in good build execution it makes up for in a simple, strong design. I don't think you could tear it up with a compact tractor, and I would definitely buy it again. Most of the issues are with shady welding practices. Bear in mind though, at $775 shipped it is definitely the cheapest tree puller on the market. I certainly could have gotten superior build quality for a few hundred dollars more, but after running it for around 30 hours or so and pulling literally hundreds of trees and fence posts with it there is no doubt in my mind that I made the right choice. The only thing I would change about it is I wish it had a guard for the hydraulic cylinder, and I will probably fabricate one to add to it some time in the future. Right now it spends more time on my tractor than any other attachment, and far more than my root grapple. I initially thought that the root grapple would be doing the lions share of the work, but I was wrong. I will say though that the stump bucket definitely compliments the tree puller. Every once in a while you'll find a tree that surprises you and you just can't get it out...enter the stump bucket.