2020-21 Grapple truck builds. One of the last glider kits ever made.

[Tim Meagher]

Just finished the video. 6 months to the day.

 

[Tim Meagher]

Added a SG280 a few years ago. The large Hydro cooler is a must in FL. Peak temp is only 110-120* all day.

Its nice for trees close by and up to 40-45 ft tall.

 

[Tim Meagher]

I've taken down 20 or so trees so far. A few were 45-50', couple smaller ones on houses. Most trees take 20-120 mins. This one took 8 hours total with the plywood shuffle,2.5 guys and a 100 chipper. 65 yds wood, 32 yds mulch. I went small to avoid wear and tear. Some limbs were over the pool enclosure.

 

[Lumberjack]

How do you handle swapping between the grapple saw and a trash grapple?

 

[Jehinten]

How do you handle swapping between the grapple saw and a trash grapple?

I was wondering how unloading with the grapple saw was. I didn't realize that they were set up to swap out.

 

[Tim Meagher]

How do you handle swapping between the grapple saw and a trash grapple?

It takes 30 min but the main pin doesn't like to come in and out super easy. We leave the saw on. They do make a quick coupler to go from grapple to saw without spilling a drop but its 30K .
Also, not sure how well it holds up in the long run.

Anything over 25" or narly you want to cut small or leave nubs to grip . The saw does not have the grip a grapple does when it comes to big logs.

 

[Tim Meagher]

45 min from pull up to leaving.