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Read articles →Focuses on running a tree saw and grapple together on a John Deere 3046R for brush and small-tree clearing, the main point being that the grapple transforms what the saw alone can do. The video is real-work footage rather than a review: you see stump removal, brush piling, a barbed-wire tangle in the PTO, and an honest comparison to a brush mulcher. Best for owners weighing this dual-implement approach for similar land-clearing projects.
An owner-operator channel documenting ongoing property projects with family, so expect candid hands-on impressions rather than polished or sales-driven content.
Using the tree saw alone let him saw trees down but left brush he could not get around, so the grapple is needed together with the saw to clear it.
He put the PTO into the mid setting instead of rear, which let it rotate freely so the barbed wire wrapped around it could come out.
He was surprised the 3046R, though hydrostatic, had plenty of power to the ground, handling stump removal and big cedar trees well with the saw and grapple combo.
The brush mulcher mulches brush until it essentially disappears, while the saw and grapple combo piles the brush, leaving something else to be done with it afterward.
