Paumco Fork Thumb = Stonewalls

[Haoleguy]

Like to find out if anyone has used this for fork thumb by Paumco .. Fork Grapple System - Paumco; Quick Spade, Grader Kit, Bucket Grapple - Tools for Outdoor Recreation, Farming, Landscaping ? I had read the feedback request message posted here a couple of years back by someone from Paumco but the responses by tractor folks were focused on wide loads. I've been looking at efficiently rebuilding stone walls with non-flat small stones to large boulders. In the past I have rented a small excavator with thumb to do the first course of larger stones/boulders. Since I have a number of walls(43 acres) requiring rebuilds this gets expensive. I have seen where others have used tractor forks. Since I own a relatively heavy tractor(JD 5325) I'm thinking the forks with the fork thumb might be just the ticket for rebuilding stone walls efficiently. Any thoughts on this idea and have others used fork-thumb combo or just forks? Any thoughts on Paumco products in general?.....Many thanks in advance. Gary

 

[Haoleguy]

I take it that no one has one of these?....Gary

 

[ChuckinNH]

That looks like a good plan. I don't have anything like that although I have used my forks for some rock work. The only problem I see in building rock walls with something like that is getting the rock in the right rotational orientation. In an ideal world we would have something like a logging grapple for small tractors.