Using A Grapple For Boulders, Stones And Dirt
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Everyone that's used a grapple knows how effective they are for logs and brush, but have you ever thought about using it for boulders, stones and dirt work? I'll show you how using my Kubota BX2380 and my slightly modified Land Pride SGC0554 Clam Shell Grapple.
I personally like hearing and watching about your personal endeavors like the garden. It looks good. A little extra time and maybe a few trellises for those Cucumbers. Tomatoes are a great starter plant for new growers. They help teach you what to do and what not to do. I’d say it took me about 3 years to figure out what’s best for me. We had CC salad before dinner last night 😋. You got this. 🧬
Thank you so much for the compliment and encouragement. Good things are ahead 🤠👍
I'm sure you will get the hang of gardening, it took us a few times to get the gardening going good!!
@chriselliott2364 Thank you Chris! I appreciate the encouragement. 🤠👍
2 years ago, when I decided to put in my first garden my neighbor was advising me. His biggest/best advice was having a garden is "exercise" You won't save any money. After exercising that summer I have really nice grass where that garden was. Tomatoes did well, but not worth a big garden. Someday I may do some tomatoes in a few raised beds.
@johnpyle8027 I'm feeling like I have to agree with you. Next year will have some adjustments 🤠👍
I like the format at the end to address your comments. Your garden for year one is a learning curve and it looks great, although thats not broccoli. Keep the feet moving and the projects will get done.
@willowknollhomestead206 Thank you! My parents always had a garden and all I had to do was till it. Growing is a totally different skill. I'll get better. Definitely not a quitter 🤠👍
Nice equipment setup. Makes the project well within capabilities of the compact tractor.
@@Rusty_ok Thank you! It certainly helps to have the right tools for the job 🤠👍
Your mystery garden plant looks like either a squash, zucchini, or some other gourd like a pumpkin (I think it is most likely a Zucchini plant). Prep is easy, get a moldboard plow and roll it over in the spring the first day it hits 70, let it sit for a few weeks then rototill it, if it is still early rototill again about 3 weeks later. This gets a lot of the weed seeds to sprout and then die. You can also put all of your leaves over it in the fall and make a nice thick mulch layer that you incorporate when you turn it over in the spring. There is more to it and many arguments for and against this or that of what I have said but youtube has tons of gardening videos if you are curious. There also used to be the Victory Garden on PBS that taught me most of this as a kid.
@@ohhpaul7364 Thank you SO much for all of the advice 🙏 I will absolutely try some of that for next season. 🤠👍
Sam, really good instructional video on the grapple and rocks. Centering the rock load is critical. An unbalanced load can actually bend or twist your front end loader which is very bad. Thanks
@carlhausler9666 Thank you! So glad you liked it. Hope it helps someone 🤠👍
Nice job and good information 👍
@goodcitizen64 Thank you! Glad you liked it 🤠👍
If this was a truck commercial, they would drop those rocks in from 20 ft in the air, lol.
@@chriseaston5955 🤣 Look how flimsy it is!!!
I’m right there with you. If I have 50 large rocks to load and I only get 20 of them moved without any damage it’s a win. If I get all 50 moved with damage it’s an epic failure.
@js8039 Absolutely 💯 Slow and steady wins every time. 🤠👍
Good show, some good advice and technique.
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it 🤠👍
Good afternoon Sam. Great job and tips using the grapple. Once I have a boulder or a log clamped I just the give controller a lighr tap occasionally to prevent the bouder or log from slipping out. I have the same grapple and I did bend 2 of the tines on a log that was much larger on one side. I thought of trying to bend them back but instead decided to just leave them as is. After about a week they straightened back out on their own. I was surprised. Happy July 4th to you!
@JelenOutDoors Happy 4th Paul! The Land Pride grapple is a good bargain but I feel like it could be made stronger. Maybe even some gussets 🤠👍
You rock SAM!!!
@@user-bq8gx7le2e 🤣 I see what you did there 🤠👍
Either zucchini or squash, great video
@@roglamb Thank you so much! 🤠👍
I like that raking tecnique (also saw a nice chunk of quartz as you were raking)
I think I might put a long triangular section on the tines of the bottom rake so that it has a little more rigidity ...I was going to say make the T sectioned but in this case it would be counter productive
I can't help it I look at things and find ways to improve them...if you do bend one it might be worth considering
Thanks for sharing
the big one is a squash of some sort
veggies look great ..mostly ..did you start the corn inside I cant remember?
@TalRohan Thank you! Putting gussets on the sides of each tooth would definitely strengthen them. Great idea. I planted everything from seeds. I'll pre-grow the plants inside next year. I figured this year I will get whatever I get and learn a bit. It is a ton of work but hopefully worth it this fall 🤠👍
You better sneak over to your neighbors field late at night for your corn supply.
@Rusty_ok Haha! I think he's got enough to spare. Do you think he'll "lend me an ear?" 🤣 (Friends, Romans, countryman) 🤠👍
the unknown plant looks like a type of squash- yellow squash for example.
@@Fetch049 Thank you so much! 🤠👍
Good video but as for your potatoes you need to hill them or get a couple bails of straw and put it around the plants
@richardschaffling9882 Thank you! I piled some dirt around each potato plant. Maybe I need more? I've got plenty of dirt 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff looking at your videos yes you do need more dirt but at least you are growing a garden so many people who have property just grow grass
Thinking you still should get a stone bucket for all the smaller ones . Why ? Because by the looks of things you have what I'd name Stony Acres .
That is a very appropriate name! You may be right. I'd probably get more use out of a rock bucket than I think. I should reach out to see if a company will let me demo one 🤠👍
Thanks for the info on the grapple. The random plant growing in your garden looks like rhubarb to me, but I'm not sure
Thank you! Glad you liked it. We'll see what it turns out to be in a few months 🤠👍
Farmers use chemicals such as glyphosate and glyphosate ammonium to eradicate weed competition. For years, I avoided using them, but in order to achieve decent yields, it's virtually impossible. My rice harvest in Thailand increased from 3000 kg to 10 000kg, on my 15 acres, by changing methods.
The primary reason for using chemicals was due to increased labour costs, which have increased 200% in the last 10 years, and the lack of interest the younger generation has in agriculture.
Thank you for the info. I definitely think I need to do something to destroy the weeds ahead of planting. I'll try to avoid chemicals for my small garden. I really think enough tilling and it'll kill off the weeds. I know one thing, it'll be better next year 🤠👍
The problem is two fold here. One glyphosate’s are terrible for soils and humans. Second these type of chemicals changes the taste and nutrient content of every plant. Some weeds are necessary to grow in conjunction with large gardens like clover in my area for example. These small “weeds” help promote air and water uptake in the plants around them. If you treat weeds like Americans treat the lawns your yields will be higher. Chemicals only make your pocket feel better.
Just a couple of questions how old are you and what job of work do you do Sam 🏴👍🏻
Thank you for asking. I am 52 and I was a TV news photojournalist for 22 years at our local NBC affiliate. Covid pushed me into "retirement" and I've never been busier 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff I’m semi retired myself and like busy and enjoying life 🏴👍🏻
@@samsdoinstuff well that would explain the great videography and editing skills you have 🏴👍🏻
@@ewanstewart8011 Thank you!!!
While I hear you explaining things, I'm not really paying the attention I should. I'm sitting here thinking "I really really really need that Kubota he's playing with right now. I should have one of those myself. It would make my life so much easier. I wouldn't have to grapple those rocks by hand any more." Meanwhile, the wife is saying "How many tractors does he HAVE? He has too many. We need one of those." I'm sorry about that. She gets tractor envy worse than me.
@AlAndValOffGrid Hahaha! You're making my day! I just have the one tractor and my brother's excavator right now. But, I have tons of attachments. That little BX is absolutely the best tool in my barn. I highly recommend getting at least one 🤠👍
What Kubota tractor do you have?
@@jimaronson2323 Great question. I have a 2018 BX2380 🤠👍
The first unidentified garden plant looks like squash.
Thank you! We'll see what it yields 🤠👍