What's your technique for removing trees/brush with your grapple? Here's mine....

[rd_macgregor]

The lack of a PTO Is not limiting, since it can use skid steer attachments such as a brush hog or wood chipper.

The hydraulic flow rate is 22 gpm. Pressure is 3600 psi.

This 7' rotary mower is what I bought 5 years ago for pasture mowing.

Having about twice the hydraulic flow rate of a typical CUT makes all the difference. I suspect most CUTs couldn't even run those front hydraulic implements...even if we CUT owners could afford them!
How far below grade will the telehandler dig with a bucket?

 

[DLTTrekkers]

Now for the bon fire !

 

[Xfaxman]

Having about twice the hydraulic flow rate of a typical CUT makes all the difference. I suspect most CUTs couldn't even run those front hydraulic implements...even if we CUT owners could afford them!
How far below grade will the telehandler dig with a bucket?

Probably as deep as necessary: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...pact-telehandler-post3525578.html#post3525578

You can curl down and raise the front tires, then extend the boom to fill the bucket.

This bucket is 6' wide, holds 1 cubic yard.

Notice that the rear tires are off of the ground.

 

[Xfaxman]

Now for the bon fire !

Yep. :thumbsup:

 

[EverythingAttachments]

Now for the marshmallows!
Travis

 

[Tomtint]

Just yesterday I started to selectively prune the woods along our driveway. There. We're several dead and standing oaks as well as pines. I used the skidsteer for the bulk of the knock down and subsequent stacking of the downed timber. Then a quick once over with the L3700 and ratchet rake to pick up loose ends. Got about a 400 feet long by 80 feet deep done so far. About 5x that left to go. The plan is to keep it cut low and have a carpet of pine needles with a view to the pond as you come up the driveway. Mowing will be done with a rough cut mower on the front of the skid. On another note, while doing all this, I found that someone decided to put a tree stand on my property, ... So I decided to give it away for them last night.

 

[BufordBoone]

Thanks to this post, I saved myself considerable time and sweat taking out a small tree this weekend.

Time because the recommended technique was much faster than getting out the saw, putting on the chaps, cutting the tree and then dealing with the stump.

Sweat mainly because it's HOT in Alabama but cool in the air conditioned cab.

Really appreciating my EA grapple.

 

[Xfaxman]

Thread bump for newbies and those that have not seen it.

Had a dead tree break off high on the trunk on a windy day.

Tried to push it over last December when I took out the tree next to it and the trunk broke a little lower.

Let it set and rot until last Tuesday, pushed on the side where this arrow is and some roots broke.

Drove around to the other side and pulled it out with the grapple. :thumbsup:

Note the pry bar hanging on the left side of the grapple, used it to get the dirt off of the root ball.

 

[mike69440]

Xfaxman
That dirt down your way gives up easy. Looks easy digging. What happens to trees in severe wind your way?
I've had a 5" Oak stop my excavator, and it weights another 3 tons over your telehandler When the roots grab hold of rocks and other tree roots, they don't give up.
I've had a few large trees that I found easy to push, mainly pine and birch, but most don't budge.

Is that off road AT dump yours?

Cool if it is. Must be handy.

 

[Xfaxman]

Xfaxman
That dirt down your way gives up easy. Looks easy digging. What happens to trees in severe wind your way?
I've had a 5" Oak stop my excavator, and it weights another 3 tons over your telehandler When the roots grab hold of rocks and other tree roots, they don't give up.
I've had a few large trees that I found easy to push, mainly pine and birch, but most don't budge.

Is that off road AT dump yours?

Cool if it is. Must be handy.

Not easy digging, it is red clay and sand rock most places. Strong winds usually don't bother live trees, but tornadoes do.

Most of the trees that I push over have been dead awhile, so the roots break easier than live trees. The V417 has about 7,000 pounds drawbar pull (or push) and about 7,000 pounds boom breakout force. 14,000 pounds pushing on a dead tree trunk will either break the roots loose or break the trunk if pushing too high up.

Yep, bought the Dumper 7 years ago to use with the V518 removing silt from the pond where we lived back then.

I call it my 4WD Wheelbarrow. Still use it here where we live now.

This is the day we got it. It was delivered on a semi truck flatbed trailer. I used the V518 and pushed the red "portable loading dock" close to the back of his trailer and he backed it onto mine. I moved it from the side of the road into our driveway, lowered the ramps and drove it off.

Holds 4.5 cubic yards

And a lot of brush