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Read articles →Tony uses his TYM T474 with grapple and backhoe to clear dead, dangerous trees from a wooded area he's converting into a sawmill workspace. The video's real value is its candid safety instruction, identifying widow-makers, proper chain-wrapping technique, why you never tie to a backhoe, and the chaos of rotten wood, plus Tony openly walking through two felling mistakes he made. Best for new tractor operators heading into the woods.
An owner-operator documenting his own homestead build, so the perspective is hands-on and experience-based rather than promotional.
Backhoes are strong but not meant for yanking force, so you should hook to the tractor frame instead, never tie a dragging chain to the backhoe itself.
Never loop the chain once, it will pull off the end. Wrap it around at least twice and hook it to itself so it binds and cinches onto the log.
He made a poor face cut with not enough room for a wedge, kept cutting on the back cut, and accidentally cut off his own hinge wood, losing control of the fall.
Watch for dead trees weak enough that bumping them with a tractor can break the top out and fall on you, and watch for hanging limbs that can act like spears.
