Case Tractor With 3-Pt. Mounted Logging Tongs
Here's a couple photos of a Case 995 tractor with logging tongs hooked up to the 3-pt. hitch. We used logging tongs years ago to drag saw logs to the sawmill. This setup is similar to that except that we used a steel cable connected to the tractor's stationary drawbar and ran it up behind the top link over a 4-in. pulley, back to another 4-in. pulley, and down to the tongs.
The main advantage is that you have a longer reach to hook onto a log. Yet you can lift the end of the log just as high from the ground. This works very well on this type of tractor. The rear wheels are located farther to the back of the tractor than on other tractors. I want to caution anyone using this or a similar setup to make sure the tractor is not too light on the front end, causing rearup and backward turnover. (Tom Williams, Tom Williams Machine, Inc., HCR 1, Box 1-A, Aurora, mo. 65605 (ph 417 678-3723)
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Case Tractor With 3-Pt. Mounted Logging Tongs WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 25-2-34 Here's a couple photos of a Case 995 tractor with logging tongs hooked up to the 3-pt. hitch. We used logging tongs years ago to drag saw logs to the sawmill. This setup is similar to that except that we used a steel cable connected to the tractor's stationary drawbar and ran it up behind the top link over a 4-in. pulley, back to another 4-in. pulley, and down to the tongs.
The main advantage is that you have a longer reach to hook onto a log. Yet you can lift the end of the log just as high from the ground. This works very well on this type of tractor. The rear wheels are located farther to the back of the tractor than on other tractors. I want to caution anyone using this or a similar setup to make sure the tractor is not too light on the front end, causing rearup and backward turnover. (Tom Williams, Tom Williams Machine, Inc., HCR 1, Box 1-A, Aurora, mo. 65605 (ph 417 678-3723)
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