During Helene I lost about six big trees in my goat pasture to including three Chinaberry trees. Chinaberry leaves and berries are poisonous to goats so I have temporarily moved the goats to another pasture. I'm sure it'll be very expensive to have a professional cut up the trees and dispose of them. I'm now wondering if it'd be a good time to purchase a grapple for $2-3K along with a third function for my B2650 cab. It will probably take a while for me to cut up the trees with a chainsaw and haul the limbs and smaller trunks away but I believe I'm up for the challenge. I don't mind leaving the large logs in the pasture as they're in an out of the way place for the most part. The bucket on my FEL is easily removable and a grapple will attach easily. I have a burn pile in one of my pastures and can easily move the limbs to it. Two of the chinaberry trees are huge and I'm 77 years old but I think it's doable. What should I look for in a grapple purchase?
