I have forks and these same tongs. I welded chain hooks onto the back rest of my forks to hook tongs into. So much easier on the bed of my mill vs using forks and trying to roll the logs onto the bed. I love the tongs!
They look like it. I have these same tongs and can easily handle logs that max out my mill, I have a Woodland Mills 130max sawmill (30" diameter log capacity)
Smart! Nicely done!
I was about to buy a grapple until I saw this video.
I'm glad it was helpful! Must cheaper too!
What size and year is your Ford tractor? I have a 1985 Ford 1710 and was thinking of using it for logging my property in North Idaho
Well done! How to get a whole lot more out of your tractor. Do you use this to load your bandsaw mill
Absolutely! Works great for that purpose. Have milled many logs using this method
I have forks and these same tongs. I welded chain hooks onto the back rest of my forks to hook tongs into. So much easier on the bed of my mill vs using forks and trying to roll the logs onto the bed. I love the tongs!
I just bought a tractor, no chance of the loader bending with heavy logs?
Your loader arms should be rated for the max lifting capacity of your equipment prior to your relief valve lifting in your hydraulics
What size tongs are these? 32”?
They look like it. I have these same tongs and can easily handle logs that max out my mill, I have a Woodland Mills 130max sawmill (30" diameter log capacity)
Thank you for the video. If you have a sec to reply was wondering what size those tongs are that you have? Thank you much.
Get some forks. Works a lot easier. No getting off tractor or getting stuck. You don't have to lift so high. That is very dangerous to do.
Forks bend buckets and most dont last