leaves vs. grapple

[mikim]

It's not raking leaves that is such a hassle to me, - it's picking them up and moving them to compost ......unless....If I line the grapple with fence wire and then ......darned if it don't work.:laughing::thumbsup:

 

[groundcover]

Tractors make everything better ! Good thinking !:thumbsup:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I like it! :thumbsup:

 

[Don87]

Great Idea:thumbsup:

 

[murphy1244]

My grapple from Michigan Iron comes in on Monday, Can't wait!

 

[/pine]

When I made my bucket grapple I also fabricated a "leaf compressor"...it uses the same cylinder set up as the grapple but it compresses the leaves into the bucket...

I used to rake huge piles of leaves onto large tarps and bundle them up and drag them off...now I can compress more leaves than I could get on a tarp in one trip...

 

[BuzzardA91]

PINE - got pics? Sounds interesting :confused3:

 

[/pine]

PINE - got pics? Sounds interesting :confused3:

I will be hooking the compactor up in the next couple of weeks...will post some pictures then...

 

[Stimw]

Here was my solution to move large piles of pine needles!
Two bolts and a strap hold the scoop to the bucket and it will move a lot of pine needles and is easy to rake them into it.