Dragging Logs With BH Attached

[BoneheadNW]

I am looking to clean up the area around a large maple at the boundry of my lawn and woods. There are several meduim sized downed trees and branches (less than 4" in diameter) that I would like to drag out and dispose of. My question: Is there somewhere in the back of my tractor (Kubota 7610) that I can attach the chain without having to remove the BH or is it best to attach the chain to my FEL bucket hooks? I remember reading that pulling forward is preferable to pulling backward.

Thanks,

Bonehead

 

[BadDog]

If the trees are only 4" or less... and you really don't want to got to the trouble of removing the BH (lazybones!)... I'd back them out by chaining to the FEL... Better yet... buy or make a grapple bucket and just grab the suckers.

 

[frank_f15]

i would just chain to the fel and move them where you want them.

 

[wushaw]

I don't think your gonna do your tractor any harm with dragging small trees backwards.

 

[Mavrik02]

hehe...I've drug 4" trees around in the tines of my landscape rake after lifting them out of the ground with the FEL and running over them /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

If that won't work for you maybe you could cut them up to 6'-8' lengths and haul them around with a set of bucket forks. Thats what I do most of the time with the bigger logs. Under 4" I just get off the machine an pull them where I need them (unless there are a bunch of them and then I cut them up and move them with the forks).

Of course you could try to convice the dog that it is just a big stick to fetch. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[beenthere]

Just as quick to buck them into lengths that fit in your bucket, and haul them out that way, IMO. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

But as stated, you can pull that size from anywhere on the tractor and not do the tractor harm. Even hook the chain to your bucket of the BH and pull from there. But as long as you are going to buck them up anyway, just get R dun where they fall. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[John_Mc]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Under 4" I just get off the machine an pull them where I need them )</font>

What?! You mean get off my tractor?! Heaven forbid!

 

[tawilson]

Get yourself some small skidding tongs, hang from a chain off the bucket, and drag stuff all over the place without getting off the tractor.

 

[Jstpssng]

Here's Another idea, available at Northern Tool.

This would be great for cleaning up brush and large rocks, and probably safer than using the bucket in certain applications.

I'm thinking about buying the grapple and rotator, and building the rest.