Bucket teeth, debri forks for sub compact massey Ferguson gc1720

[Ooklaa]

Hey guys i did a search but didnt find anything for the smaller machines. Im looking to get some type of longer style attachment to help me pic up debri around my property. Grappes right now are out of my price range i think as the addition of other parts pit me over my price budget. Im looking to spend around 600 bucks.

I found this in the internet and was wondering if this is good or too much for my SCUT.


Tractor Debris Forks

 

[davesl708]

Have you looked at Everything Attachments website?

I just have two pieces of 3/4 thick 1 1/2 wide by 16" long flat bar bolted to the bucket. Could be better but works pretty well.

 

[Ooklaa]

Looked at their site i domt see stuff for small compacts. At least i didnt find em.

Anyone used the product or know anything about the link i posted above?

 

[jeff9366]

I have a Bucket Solutions' Bucket Spade. Very high quality.

Drawback with STEEL Debris Forks is their weight, which is cantilevered out in front of your bucket, so lifting capacity decreases pretty quickly. Also, mounting and dismounting heavy steel forks to the bucket can be hard on your back.

ALUMINUM Debris Forks are half the weight of steel but are considerably more costly. I have been using Payne's ALUMINUM Debris Forks regularly for three years plus. I routinely pick up 1,200 pound tree trunks without straining the attachment. Very strong DFs!

Steel or Aluminum you will want 5/16" Chain Grab Hooks on your bucket to stabilize heavy loads. A load shift can roll a tractor on uneven ground easily. I bought bucket hooks from Ken's Bolt On Hooks in Maryland, a well regarded, helpful vender on T-B-N.

However, had I to do over, I would have waited, saved, and bought a grapple.

1. You end up partially loading DFs by hand quite a bit.

2. Brush you "get under" with the DFs comes with a lot of dirt, much of which could be shaken out with a grapple.

PAYNE'S LINK: ALDF52

Tractor in photos 1-2-3 is a Kubota B3300SU. Now I use same forks on Kubota L3560, photos 4-5. Photo 2 under bucket support.

LINK: Ken's Bolt on Grab Hooks <<Home>>

 

[jeff9366]

Looked at their site i do not see forks for small compacts.

Width of the bucket CLAMPS is <48".

 

[jenkinsph]

I think it would depend a lot on how you plan to go about this clean up project in the wooded area. Picking up small logs can be done with forks or debris forks. The problem I see is maneuvering out of the trees without damaging the trees you want to keep. For that reason I suggest you cut the trees up where they are and load them in your fel and drive out of there to your woodpile.

After removing the larger stuff I would start at the edge of the trees and see what I could mow down safely without damaging the mower deck clearing out a space. I would remove the small trees with the bucket or backhoe up rooting the stumps if you can burn them. If you are not allowed to burn the stumps I would cut them off close to the ground and let them rot away. I use a small 3pt chipper with my garden tractor to get rid of the small limbs because we often are not allowed to burn in my locale. In your tractor buying thread you mention that you have slopes and hills to deal with and appear to have a mix of hardwood growth to deal with. Looking at the pictures it would seem that as you have time to work on the project you could work your way in and keep the finished areas mowed down. Leaving the chips on the ground to decompose in place would eliminate a lot of work moving brush imo. This is better for the soil too and eliminates the need for tracking up your lawn areas. A small chipper is compact and easy to deal with on slopes too.

Another way to approach this would be to cut the brush and stack into piles then rent a chipper to dispose of the piles. I have performed this type work using many methods from hauling brush and burning in a clearing to simply using disposal companies to haul the debris away. Which method is best depends on how much time and money you have to spend and what is the end result you are trying to achieve.

The point I am trying to make is that a fel on the front and a chipper on the rear would allow you to clear areas as you have time to deal with it. No brush piles to deal with of consequence, less damage to the trees you want to keep.
Works well to make a park like setting imo.

Once cleaned up you can then think about stump removal, small ones can be removed with a small backhoe but larger ones can take too much time. What is available for stump disposal is key here too, if you can burn them on site that would be cheaper than hauling and disposing of them. Stump grinding might be a better way to go. Circumstances will dictate the best solution for your particular needs.