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Read articles →An owner with 100-plus hours on both the B2601 and Land Pride SGC0660 grapple walks through real working techniques: grouping and lifting awkward logs, navigating tight wooded trails with uneven loads, reshaping dense brush piles, using the grapple as a rake or battering ram, and bleeding a pressurized hydraulic hose to reattach the grapple. Practical and task-specific; most useful for compact-tractor owners new to grapple work in wooded or brushy settings.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on techniques from their own property and woodland trails.
Push the lower jaw against the nearest log to roll logs into a tighter group, then roll the grapple forward, lower the upper jaw to cage them, and pinch and curl while adjusting loader arms.
Hook the ends of the load around the nearest tree and weave to the next point, going slow and raising or lowering the grapple to avoid low stumps and foliage.
Yes, roll the grapple forward, extend the upper jaw until it hits the stops, keep the angle shallow, and use it in float mode for lighter, less aggressive raking.
Try relieving pressure by cycling the three point, loader, and third function valves; if that fails, remove the line and bleed out hydraulic oil before reconnecting.
