Cedar Tree Grappler

[jwade520]

I have 420 acres and we are removing all the cedar. We are using a dozer and a John Deere 5075E with a quick attachment we had custom built. The way it works is basically go up to the tree and push the plate under the roots and it pops the tree out. Now I'm looking for any advice anyone may have on building a quick attach grappler to pick up the cedar and move. Or if anyone has already made one and has the designs. It can't be all that difficult to build, just need it extremely durable. Don't want it to have a 72 inch bucket or anything, but thinking like two cylinders that would connect to the back hydraulics. And if anyone has any advice on better ways to push out cedar and move please feel free to share.

[ductape]

A cheap and easy way to handle the downed trees is to use tongs to drag the logs out. There are a few builds on this site for those. They also show up at auctions every once in awhile. A bit more spendy way is to rent a grapple attachment for the tractor, but there's no guarantee that the hydraulics will match up. If you just want to get rid of the trees, a local reputable logging company would be more than happy to take out everything you want and pay you for it. Decent sized cedar boards and posts are worth a lot in some areas. A custom grapple would be very useful but will likely take several weeks and every cuss word to build.