I have a B2650 with the BH77 hoe. Wondering if it is going to do any harm using the hoe and thumb to lift the butt of a log, pull it up by one of the rear tires so it is parallel to the tractor and skidding short distances at very low speed? This means the hoe is in the 90 degree position.
Skidding with BH77
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I frequently skid logs with the BH attached but I put a rope around the front frame of the tractor under the loader with the other end around the tree. I never use the hoe for anything but what it was designed for. I use the thumb only when stationary.
I'll admit that I've used my BT900 as a sideboom. But I lifted the log completely off the ground, near the center, and was extremely careful not to bump the load against the ground, a tree, etc. The boom and stick are not designed for the kind of side load you're proposing to exert on it. When you go around a curve while skidding like that, you exert even more load.
A better method would be to use skidding tongs or a skidding grapple.
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No. Don't do it. Your tractor's pulling power can and will damage the backhoe's hydraulics and frame. Catching one stump while dragging and huge torque on the hoe.
In that situation slowly moving a log with the bh77/thumb means, to me at least, operating it as a backhoe and planting the stabs/loader etc and grabbing and moving the log with backhoe only power.
Or pulling with the tractor's frame as suggested already.
In that situation slowly moving a log with the bh77/thumb means, to me at least, operating it as a backhoe and planting the stabs/loader etc and grabbing and moving the log with backhoe only power.
Or pulling with the tractor's frame as suggested already.
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