FEL Attachment for brush work?

OkeeDon · Jan 1, 2005

I love the grapples. Wish I could afford one, wish the tractor was big enough and had enough capacity to handle it, wish I had front remotes to handle the hydraulics.

But, I don't. My little TC18 will have to do me. And, I don't have any sort of quick disconnect to remove the bucket. So, I came up with my own root digger. I got a used, bent up box blade from my dealer for less money than the scarifiers woould have cost, and welded it up into a bucket-mounted frame.

Here's the link as I built it: bucket mounted root rake

KiotiJohn · Jan 3, 2005

( Here's the link as I built it: bucket mounted root rake )
Don, I wonder why your user name is now "poster" on that link. I've seen a couple of these lately, one of them was Henro. Seems strange since you're still here under OkeeDon.
BTW, I enjoyed your project. Looks very useful. Thanks, John

GregMVT · Jan 4, 2005

John, I think it was because the old post was from before Don had registered as a member.

SCB · Jan 4, 2005

Seefyre,
I'm just a little north of you but we have the same type of brush and soil to work with. I have found the toothbar to be a great asset to the loader. I posted a link when I was first starting my clearing and there is a picture or two of what the toothbar was doing to the brush. Here is the link . Hope this helps. Where abouts are you at in the SW. I'm up in the north puget sound area.

JayC · Jan 4, 2005

The reason some of those people appear as Poster is that around that time the TBN servers suffered a crash of some sort. Because of that some people got deleted. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Grassgod · Jan 4, 2005

I have a borgford grapple. It can be viewed at borgfordmfg.com it is extremely heavy duty

MoBota · Jan 6, 2005

I appreciate the photos Steve, I can see clearly what the toothbar is doing for you and I am impressed. We do have similiar ground and I plan on doing simliar projects. I'm down near the Vancouver area.

Chris

KiotiJohn · Jan 6, 2005

( John, I think it was because the old post was from before Don had registered as a member.)
I'll have to go with Jay's explanation as I don't believe anyone can post if not registered. Besides, at one time the name must have been there because some responders mentioned his name. I do believe I did read something about the crashing and problems now that it's been mentioned.
Thanks Greg and Jay for the answers. John