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Read articles →An owner taking his Kubota B2601 to a neighbor's farm for two real tasks: moving old uneaten hay with a grapple into a garden compost bed, then chipping green cedar limbs with a Woodland Mills WC68. The cedar-chipping segment includes a candid heads-up about how springy green wood behaves and a genuine safety note. Useful for owners curious about grapple practicality and chipper behavior with green, stringy material.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on impressions from working his own and a neighbor's property, with no apparent commercial affiliation.
Yes, the owner says the grapple does a great job grabbing hay and is way better than trying to scoop it with the bucket.
Green cedar is stringy and springy, so unlike other woods it does not snap off and tends to get hung up in the chipper.
If you feed in a twisted limb, once the chipper grabs it, it can twist around and smack or pitch the limb into your face.
