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Read articles →A friend-helping-friend project video where Tim and his buddy Steve tackle a failing riprap waterway by building rock levees and clearing silt-covered stone. The real focus is grapple work, sorting riprap from silt, placing pipe, and shaping berms, with a Ventrac power rake making a brief appearance near the end. Conversation wanders into trailer insurance at length. Best for viewers curious about real-world drainage problem-solving with a grapple.
An owner-operator channel where Tim documents hands-on projects on his own and friends' properties, with a family-friendly, learn-as-you-go tone rather than expert instruction.
He underestimated the water volume, so it washed out and silted in at the lower end, and water carved a new ditch right at the edge of the landscape fabric.
The grapple shakes and separates dirt and silt from the riprap, letting you pull clean rock back to rebuild levees and redirect water toward the middle of the ditch.
Build one or two rock levees down the ditch, run water through buried pipe, and let it pond up briefly to slow the flow and prevent further erosion.
| John Deere 2038R | John Deere 4044R | |
|---|---|---|
| PTO horsepower | 30.4 hp | 33.6 hp |
| Loader lift capacity | 1,949 lbf (at pivot pin) | 400E: 3,853 lbf at pivot point; 2,902 lbf at 500 mm forward of pivot point; 440R: 4,027 lbf at pivot point; 3,037 lbf at 500 mm forward of pivot pin |
| 3-point lift capacity | Not Published | 3,130 lb |
| Hydraulic flow | 5.3 gpm | 10.2 gpm |
