Homemade Log Grapple Put To Test!

[@1str893]

You Sir are one clever Guy i love seeing what your doing next. Keep up the great projects.

[@fynbo1007]

Great precision cutting the trees, thank you for sharing your amazing video

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you for watching. ;)

[@mikelamothesr.8998]

Firewood at no real cost to the forest. The beaver chewed stump would make a good stanchion for a heavy table. Mike

[@DonnDIY]

Yup. You guys give me good ideas. Thanks! ;)

[@ВоваХунданов]

Mike Lamothe

[@green-zone36]

Just a note on hooking the grapple, once you put the line in the center of the log no other moving should not be needed. As long as the arm and winch are strong enough to lift the whole stick. I am an old guy and do not mind putting a little more physical effort in to the loading. I treat moving wood as exercise. Keeps me out of the gym and in the woods. But that system you have is very good. Great video. The second tree you cut, a few steps back out of the danger zone is best. You did a good job on the first tree. Take care.

[@russhall4780]

That stump is awesome! Definitely a cool conversation piece. Nice work on the tongs! They'll do the trick, huh.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers, yup they work great. ;)

[@quadarinxxx]

That beaver stump would be a nice coffee​ table!

[@lloydprunier4415]

Works great even with the shiny shackles! That remote winch control is a real work saver. Sure glad I don't have beavers in my area.

[@DonnDIY]

I love this remote. If the winch was hydraulic it would be even better.

[@samuelmartz1876]

I need to build me one of those trailers but if I do I m gonna put a roller on the back so it’s easier to pull the logs up on great set up tho

[@RyeHillBaptistChurch]

Great Vid! glad it worked out for you, wished id had a rig like this back in the day. Close though. Honda FL-250 Odyssey with a trailer. Great fun getting back to the Truck from deep in the woods. Thanks for sharing. Keep them coming and we'll keep watching!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man! Thanks for taking the time to watch. ;)

[@WoOk1982]

Awesome! You are living my dream Live. Keep rocking the Nature :)

[@dereksmith1803]

You know, a beaver fur lined cap would keep your head nice and warm out there in the snow. 😁

[@MikeyMack303]

The log grapple works very well! I like the helmet cam. It's almost as if I'm the one doing the work! That half chewed stump resembles the lower portion of a very large bear leg and paw! Thanks for sharing!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers! Thanks for watching.

[@Atvsrawsome]

Honda's are the best ATV for working I don't care what anyone else says you just can't beat them.

[@RyeHillBaptistChurch]

You Bet! Had a Honda FL 250 oddesy with a cart/trailer i built. Best log/firewood hauling rig there is, plus a blast to get the load back to the truck. Just got to strap it down tight! LOL

[@sillenHDsportster]

Nope ! Can-am is the best !

[@trevorwilson5461]

Atvsrawsome not enough ground clearance.I've owned every major brand since a 1980 Honda ,and moved to Yamaha in 87 with the first 4x4.I now own an 800 Polaris .the best I have ever had is a 2002 450 Kodiak Yamaha ,with a locker in the front with the manual shift.I own575 acres and am cutting/hauling wood 6 months a year.the Kodiak was also shafts drive.I buy new every 2 years.

[@Joey-ve7ku]

SillenTDMrider Can-am would break in 5 mins they are bad at pulling heavy things slowly.

[@sillenHDsportster]

Joey83 Nope ! I've had one and I had no trouble pulling heavy things! And then I had a 400 only! Have pulled a fully loaded timber wagon with no problems .

[@morgansword]

I wonder why you quit loading it. After all, everything you do is extreme limits of the metal and machine. Another cord of wood would be about four times the amount most could even move but that has never stopped you yet or is it a long walk home if something breaks. I have heard myself ask the question;"where dies he get the ideas" then I remember the mill build and the lack of directions.Your father should be very proud. Does he ever get involved besides tearing up beaver dams...... I would not get between the two of you boys when it is time to divide the spoils when dear old dad goes to his happy hunting grounds You boys rock and should write a book or a movie about the easy life on the farm and the toys that you improved on

[@bc65925]

I'd say those log tongs work just fine. Cool stump, good artistic piece.

[@DonnDIY]

It is artistic. Hard to copy those teeth marks by hand though. :D

[@aulibarri79]

Nice work!! Im still watching your saw mill series also awesome work!!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers. There will be more on the sawmill series! Stay tuned! ;)

[@TheTed169]

great vid, I would like to have that beaver chewed piece on my cabin patio.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers! That beaver piece is quite something indeed, replicating those teeth marks with a chisel is quite hard I imagine if I wanted to do it myself. :)

[@bryanblood7063]

You can get that bever stuffed that did that to the birch tree and use the stump you took for part of the mount

[@jkwo2007]

"The piece of beaver eaten wood looks pretty awesome", I like that.

[@MrFakit]

Soon the Beavers will rise up and take back their logs

[@DonnDIY]

I've chopped these up already by the time they get to me. :D They have tons of trees left and small brush to eat. So no worries there. ;)

[@neeme8305]

Next project - wood chipper ?

[@foxtrot5elb]

I've come across several of your vids now and love seeing the things you make. Subscribed

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man! I appreciate it. ;)

[@kutunuikunikuni1301]

Notice you have all the safety gear on and practice safe working methods....well done!

[@Toto-ko5on]

Simbiose with beavers, logs for firewood, branches for beavers food. I have the same problem with beavers in Latvia. In my property beavers have 2.5 km of small river.

[@DonnDIY]

They're just starting to come upstream. I've fought with'em the entire summer by busting open their dams. One of the fields was completely flooded. They raised the water level more than a meter. 2.5 km is a long piece of a river, many generations of beavers probably living there waiting to come upstream. Until I have no flooded fields anymore I don't care. I would happily leave them alone and admire them from a distance. They're incredible workers. :) I hope you have more luck with'em.

[@Toto-ko5on]

They good workwers! They with ''hands'' can do more, than we with excavator... Situation with beavers is the same as you, somtime i win, somtime beavers. The fight does not stop...

[@ismaeldover268]

Love the quad with the trailer and ur Stihl chainsaw

[@DonnDIY]

I love that quad too. I have a thing for Hondas apparently. 😜

[@pghcosta]

4:49 - the first geek woodcutter from the Internet

[@prancstaman]

That stump is definitely cool looking. Goona have to break out the beer and look at it for a couple hours before deciding what to do with it. :) Log grapple works great too....

[@DonnDIY]

I like the beer part of this whole equation. Who wants to do work anyway... :D

[@MarioGarcia-ip6qx]

Stihl! Das ist mein liebling lied.

[@beakerunrefined4230]

definitely need to make some furniture out of the beaver stump!

[@DonnDIY]

For sure!

[@barrythacker7281]

I used the same method for loading a log truck, live pto is chained to 2 brake drums welded together in a spool to hold my cable. My boom was made from a 2 ton wheel hub bearing with rollers in side a heavy pipe (boom)

[@DonnDIY]

Sound like a cool and durable setup. Do you happen to have a video of it? Thanks for watching!

[@barrythacker7281]

That was 20 years ago, look at logging with mules, i found a side loader pto assisted it is a similar set up. You can build these out of a junk yard. i had very little money in my truck, I picked up pine logs for small tree companys I averaged 250$ per load;) it was fun I am retired and i miss it.

[@mattpaff7819]

Watching you do this has always intrigued me lol. makes me want to make my own setup. Although I have no use for it 😂 winches have always fascinated me.

[@DonnDIY]

Hahaa! The winch is quite handy indeed.

[@RubenKelevra]

Pretty dope trailer. I think you should add a handle with a roller that you can grab and pull on. Than you don't need to pull the wire itself. Gives the gloves a longer lifetime 😙🎶

[@kemalcekic9182]

wonderful.this man love easilly work.

[@genegoodman5233]

You can use it for a paper weight on your desk. That beaver is going to be MAD.

[@lukadezman8091]

Pozdrav iz slovenije. Good job. Like :)

[@oisingilheany1460]

Hi just wondering what would that trailer be like in wet boggy ground it seems heavy enough

[@ShrewdCapital]

Tempting to do that, my one concern is slipping and sawing my hand off after the 4,798th pass at a branch. I wonder what kinds of guards a person can buy

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

This video is so great I have to watch it a second time. Lol.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man. :D

[@xrookie650]

Ha! I’m glad you showed yourself driving off with the logs! I was wondering if you’d be able to get going with all that weight in the back. Great video!

[@DonnDIY]

The weight distribution was definitely off. I struggled a lot with getting back home. :D

[@carsandguitars3894]

This was very satisfactory to watch

[@DonnDIY]

Weirdly, it was very satisfactory to do. ;)

[@younggunz20]

Pretty dang cool, but looks like it should be a hair larger! Great video, and cool system you got there.

[@DonnDIY]

Or the logs could be shorter. :D Cheers, thanks for watching!

[@kestutisk9397]

Great video looks amazing your atv👍👌

[@treaser2]

sharpen your saw, dont fell into the open field i you dont like picking branches. nice quality in video and great with many angles.

[@НикЯборов]

Красава мужик!!! Рукастый блин!!!!

[@martintotland341]

Beaver coming back that night: "What tha....???🤔🤔🤔"

[@DonnDIY]

"WTF? Who took my trees?" 😅

[@worklive5485]

Везёт же людям ,могут спокойно приехать и погрызаное дерево спилить!

[@ismaeldover268]

Those chainsaw are awesome

[@silvergrizzly316]

Very ingenious!!!!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man!

[@oisinhayes8761]

You should build a branch logger to cut up all the smaller branch's for firewood

[@DonnDIY]

It would be a really quick way of cutting them up alright. ;)

[@handmade6873]

thats great!

[@Kieran-wi9xm]

The first tree you fell was very satisfying

[@loganjohnson4584]

"how to piss off a beaver 101"haha great video!!

[@morgansword]

I admit when I saw pipe I was leary but it has proved out and you left the beaver what he wanted in the first place. Many years ago, I came across the skeleton of a beaver who didn't know 101 on how to fall trees amd got pinched to death, what a terrible way to go. I did the decent thing and buried him. I don't take pleasure in killing. I will feed my family but killing for pleasure .. it ain't for me

[@philippebaril2293]

You're ingenious & goog work

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers!

[@northmanlogging2769]

might I suggest a heel rack on the boom? nothing more then a few feet of tubing crossing the boom, with ears on the end to prevent slipping off the side, so the end of the logs heel up against it, and allow the far end to lift up, then you can position log easily before letting it down, might reduce the rehooking times.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man. It's a great idea. I must make this addition since the electric winch is slow-ish. It would definitely save me a lot of time. ;)

[@northmanlogging2769]

Donn DIY take a look at self loading log truck for a better image idea

[@albertasaugis]

Nyse Job

[@richardvarghese3231]

Awesome 👌 videography&good content i like it, Hey bro you got a new subscriber from india 🇮🇳

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you very much!

[@ВладимирНазаров-ш9ю]

Пни короткие-молодец!

[@АлександрКорнюшин-н1х]

А ветки не собрал

[@сергейчернышев-е3э]

Все прибрал. 👍👍👍

[@skeets6060]

Make the brush piles for the rabbits!

[@BlueGamerDude]

Pretty good

[@brianaugust6549]

Beever done a good job

[@КвСамбір-м2р]

L

[@LouCFur90]

Almost time to get the atv tracks out

[@DonnDIY]

The forecast promised +4 Celsius and rain the day after tomorrow. I'm skeptic about the tracks... :D

[@abramh3279]

Great videos!!!

[@amundgroven9722]

Love your vids :)

[@petefletcher]

,tough little trailer!

[@DonnDIY]

Little trailer that could. :D

[@pawelaco]

you have a great trailer, how many tons will it last?

[@DonnDIY]

As many as it takes. :D Until it brakes probably. ;)

[@АлексДжунгарский]

Бобры с голоду пухнут--берёзу грызут.

[@renslenferink946]

I like this!

[@boris--iv9np]

2:07 chair

[@fpsfunwelsh]

Stihl ms 260? Wo kommst du?

[@TheTorkerman]

Well it works. Man those beavers can tackle BIG trees. Is Birch suitable formflooring? I imagine that would look very nice milled into flooring boards...

[@DonnDIY]

Yup, birch is good for flooring.

[@roaldmol3259]

Poor bever... you took away his tree, now he has to find another one ;)

[@purask]

ohh dont worry, thouse were beavers spare trees, they are like maniacs without axes

[@soulbrothers7789]

Beavers will strike back :D

[@DonnDIY]

Definitely. They're gonna make me miserable in the following spring-summer-fall. :D

[@soulbrothers7789]

hahahahha :D

[@inthemountainswithmeachum3256]

Don't ever chip Birch, Birch is one of the best burning woods you could use to heat a home.

[@niklar55]

Very useful, gave me some ideas, to avoid busting my back humping logs onto my dumper. I've just ordered a winch from aliexpress. Question. What size are the tubes for the crane on the trailer please? (Width and Gauge)

[@DonnDIY]

80x80x4mm if I recall correctly.

[@niklar55]

@@DonnDIY Thanks.😊

[@georgem.kokindajr.941]

Tell me, how does a beaver know which side of the tree to gnaw on to fell the tree? Nice grapple hook too.

[@BeachsideHank]

George M. Kokinda Jr.++ They don't always get it right: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3041930/Dam-Beaver-squashed-death-falling-tree-gnawing-on.html

[@conga8936]

0:56 stop video and look to face in wood

[@leontiy.ryabkov]

Как странно запиливает. Его к нам в бригаду надо на недельку.

[@vitalitimofejev6086]

Бухать и пиздеть о деле?

[@darrellpike6949]

great video

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you. ;)

[@heribertobonilla6797]

Excelente trabajo

[@yakuza6550]

Таскаешь на полном приводе?

[@edgarburnett2115]

Time to get some beaver?

[@rolfnilsen6385]

That bever made stump is already a chair for the sauna :-) What is your winch rated at? Do you have a recommendation for what camera tripod to get? I also thought about getting a wood chipper - but that is extra work compared to burning the pile (or leaving it inside the woods for insects and smaller game to live in - and composting)

[@DonnDIY]

The winch is 3000 lbs, so it's around 1360 kg dragging capacity. It isn't rated for lifting and it said in the manual that not permitted for lifting people. I have the cheapest one I could get that extends over 1,6 meters in height. The tripods in this household get used up. :D

[@rolfnilsen6385]

Well - yesterday I had the pleasure of watching an action cam with tripod go through the firewood processor, so I can relate to that :-D Hmm - the el-winch I am putting on my ATV timber trailer now is rated 750kg. I think/hope/guesstimate that is enough.. Thank you for answering.

[@janmeyer8640]

Oh nice

[@loghauler3069]

Where did you buy the wheels and tires from?

[@typicalhunk1299]

Are you running the winch off of the atv battery?

[@christopheleblanc9175]

stump would make a cool table , or anvil stand ,

[@DonnDIY]

Yup.

[@ethics1017]

Those trees might be aspen instead of birch.

[@DonnDIY]

Birch.

[@JENNISWISS]

you are very creativ💪🍀

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man!

[@jpdumais5229]

Birch all the way

[@rnilazarev2553]

👍👍👍

[@ivanf442]

Hi! Is cutting and picking up firewood legal in your country? Do you need to apply for any permission or pay some tax previously? Thanks and good job.

[@DonnDIY]

It is. We don't need to apply for permission when we cut in our own wood in small scale for our own use. We do have to maintain the forest by planting new trees though.

[@stensihver9925]

Longer videos and more content

[@dereknewtown615]

What winch and mount do you use?

[@jimt125]

Your trailor looks like it can hold a lot of weight, did u build it? Also like your winch mount set up .very impressed 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@DonnDIY]

I didn't build it but I've improved it a lot. Hauls great now indeed!

[@genegoodman5233]

He has videos on the work he did.

[@johnwisniewski5065]

Nice chainsaw work

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers mate!

[@АндрейЯрославцев-р1щ]

👍

[@14jan141]

super! 👍👍👍

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers! ;)

[@ИльшатСатвалов]

Good