Tim you sure have a lot of nice things. You have been blessed. Love to watch your videos. You’re a Great American Sir.

Reminds me of my dad, "Don't do as I do, do as I say." Great informative video.

Nice grapple! The Big Mouth can hold sure hold a lot and the clamps seem to have strong gripping power.

Good Sunday afternoon , God bless you & thank you for sharing . Have a wonderful & blessed day

Good morning Tim & Christy! Great video as always!! I don’t exactly have a need for a grapple but that Precision Mini 322 is a serious want for me 😁. I may have to create a use for it 😂. Have a great rest of your weekend!

Those dual action grapples are great. We run a mds grapple bucket our skidsteer for cleaning up stones and brush from our fields in the spring . You just about have a implement for every task imagined. Great video keep up the good work !

Thanks for the video. It shows all the work in upkeeping a property and also how equipment can help make it easier.

Love your interactions with each other. I was using my grapple doing the same thing the last few days. So much easier than dragging brush by hand.

" Grease" is The word, is the word, is the word.......Lube shuttle sure Rocks, I would NOT be without it, And the Lock and Lube.

Wow! That looks like a prehistoric fish skeleton of some kind! Good catch Tim! Better call the Smithsonian! 😀😃🙂🙃😊

Awesome grapple and great video! Thanks Tim and Christy!

That is nice! As a young man I had to drag the tree to the fire!

I ran hoses to the front for 3rd function. I drilled my loader, used tap and die set to thread holes and used bolts and clamps. Really nice finish.

As always Tim and Christy I enjoyed your videos and morning coffee.

Let’s get started , nice setup thanks Tim

I like the looks of that grapple! I like to take those ashes and place them in my garden! They really make it grow.

I don't have a grapple. I do have the factory third function on my 1025R though. So I purchased a hydraulic cylinder for a top link, pieced together lines and fittings to run up to the third function fittings, and just like that, no more reaching back to adjust the top link. Now I just push a button and life is good. No matter how you use them, extra functions make your life easier. My OCD wished the grapple arms would move together better. Nice piece of equipment though 👍

lol Christy noticed that chain saw just as I was thinking boy I sure would run over that! lol Great video awesome item to have on the front I just welded a thumb onto the backho and am blown away from how effective it is that thing is like 10x over it...

Hey Tim, from a farmers perspective the practicality of the 3046R is self evident. However; I'd like to see how it handles large round or square bales, if it can. So, future video idea: let's see the 3046R doing some large round/square bale work loading and unloading a trailer. Obviously, a 5 series would be better but, my property is too small for a 5 series.

Nice setup you have. Y'all stay safe.

These Precision Manufacturing grapples are simply awesome. Wish I had done a little more research and purchased double jaw mini from PM, rather than my Artillian double lid.

My Granite Grapple is my favorite toy...er, I mean attachment. 😁 It's amazing the uses you find for a grapple if you have one.

You're right, Physics is useful! Great job with the new 3rd function on the larger Deere!

Good Job Tim and Christy!

I like that grapple. It is satisfying to use one, and it’s sooo much easier. Nice job. Christy: “I thought you were smarter than that” Tim: “That was an invalid assumption”. 😂 Too funny! (I’ll have to remember that one) Blessings.

These compact tractor grapples are outstanding for sure! But real recently I bought a Cat 236d wheeled skid steer and got a really good deal on a 72” Super HD Root Rake/Demolition (TMG brand -Probably chineesium, but it weights 1100#’s …) grapple and the thing is a absolute crushing grappling monster! It breaks as much as it grabs if you let it🙈👍🏻 It’s nowhere close a comparison to the Tar River grapple I got for My JD3320, which I still do enjoy for these lighter less destructive to the ground/grass tasks.

That’s a very nice grapple! Thanks for another great video! Go Heels! See y’all on the next one…

Nothing like using baling wire to holding equipment together,,, it works well in a pinch..... 👍👍👍✌👋👋👋👋🙏

That grapple is nice. I was loading brush with my 2032r with my pallet forks and had it flare up and it made permanent marks in the hood. I was not happy!

Good job Tim, and your wife

Yes, now I know exactly which grapple to get for my 46r.

Smoke follows beauty

My JD 3rd function kit was all rubber hoses except for the loader boom those were steel. The kit did come with a replacement 6 hole bracket which was nice.

Loving the 3046 content. I have 7 acres of field and 63 acres of woods and debating between the 3r and 4r series. Needs something big enough for food plots and a big garden but small enough to fit down trails. Would love to see more videos with the Hardee brush cutter as well!

Great video! Really happy to see Johnny 3 getting some love in the new upgraded hydraulics. Looks nice 👍. Not really a fan of that clamshell style grapple, I found myself talking at my screen, while watching it drop stuff over and over. 😝 lol I have owned and still have multiple grapples. Whenever I was using my clamshell style I always found myself talking to it however in a much more colorful language. 😆 lol. Of your latest grapple videos, The iron fist Artilian is my favorite design.

Do like the grapple for brush, I do think depending on how big brush is I do like the the 3046R pulling a chipper dump combo better then dumping at the end

I'm trying to get JD 3rd function kit for my 2038r. I like the looks of precision grapple.

Good vid. Love this channel.

Dandy video. Tires might of been getting hot there at some points. But I’m sure that type of tire can handle some heat.

Nothing like a good burn to kick off the arsonist in us all.🤠

I commented in one of your earlier videos I was trading my 33R for a 2025R because of health issues. It pretty much a done deal if JD can find a 2025R. But I've been thinking about getting a Frontier MG20F mechanical grapple for my new tractor. I don't do a lot of grapple work but I think it would come in handy for storm cleanup or cleaning up trees I've dropped once in a while. Another great video guy's.

Another great episode of "Tearing up the Tractor with Tim" lol, these things happen when you spend enough time in the seat, it just happens.

Hello tractor time with Tim I just got my new 2022 John Deere 2025r tractor and I like it only had it for 4 days

I was reading up on burn pits the other day and one of the things I came across was people repeatedly saying not to use equipment to push material into the burn pile. Of course, there's the other camp that says if you don't use your tractor, you'll never get hurt on it. And I won't say I haven't pushed brush into a burn pile with my tractor. But yeah, I'm a little paranoid about cooking hydraulic lines :) BTW, when you said she smelled like smoke, you could have followed up with "Because you're smokin' hot!" and gotten some extra brownie points :)

Have you shown more detail of the rear ballast you were using? I was trying to understand why the weights were all so high.

Gotta get a smart country girl like Christy or none at all! I hope I get a smart country gal like Christy someday! GO CHRISTY!!

“That was an invalid assumption”, that was one of the most clever retorts… 😂

Invalid assumption. Definitely going to be using that!

It is called a "Bulkhead" fitting. Be cautious about using a JIC end as an o-ring fitting. The nose can sometime fit fully in the bottom of an SAE female.

You need to have that throttle turned up your hell on a hydraulic pump

You should start a series of shorts called "Teachable Moments"

Bulkhead fittings 👍

Oh ya......try a leaf blower for fires .....it ignites awesomely.....lol

I am going to expand on what J.C. Wren had to say about shoving stuff into a burn pit. About 20 years ago I worked at a produce packing plant. We had a three sided concrete block burn structure at the edge of the large parking lot. I was the assistant plant manager and production tech. We worked one Saturday morning and everyone had left but me and the back end guy, a tall, skinny black man. He had been cleaning up and putting busted up pallets into the fire pit with our new John Deere skid steer loader. I was working on a packing machine inside when he rushed in and was shouting, "Mr. Dan, Mr. Dan, the Bobcat is stuck in the fire pit, it's gonna burn up!" To most people all skid steers are Bobcats. He told me to get the dump-truck while he got a chain. I ran out the back door where the dump truck was and backed it over to the pit. He had already hooked the chain to the skid steer and when I got close enough he wrapped it around the frame of the truck and I started pulling. We were just in time, the front tires of the skid steer were already smoking. I dragged it over to the where he was waiting with the wash down hose and he cooled everything off. What had happened was he rammed the slid steer into the pile to push unburned wood to the back and he was thrown up out of the seat. The seat safety switch turned off the engine. The front of the skid steer was pitched down and with his long legs and skinny butt he couldn't get enough weight on the seat to reset the switch. Another minute and that skid steer would have been toast. Just the two of us there, we never told anyone. I was there for ten years, we had a lot of fun times. Fun with pallets, fun with fire, lots of pallets, lots of fire. But those are stories for another time.

Those tubes are SO awesome! I used them when i was working at a construction side, but i cant convince my family at home on the farm to buy them....aaaa i hate those normal style tubes!-.- (you need to prime SO often.-.- (it doesnt even to be a electric one...)

Hey Tim, I just got an idea for a view over the hood on that 3 series, see what you think. is it possible to mount one of those half round bubble convex mirrors , the kind you usually see on school buses ,somewhere on front, like on the grill guard or even the upper corner of the loader?

Use your leaf blower to get the fire going better. Be gentle and don't blow too hard. The extra air will turn a smoky barely burning pile into a smokeless inferno.

Tim, love your videos and scenes from Southern, IL. I am 78 and have been in Texas since 1958. However, I was born at 433 South 20th St. in Mt. Vernon, IL and still consider it my "hometown". I am curious what part of that country you are in. You were working near Wayne City in one of your videos and my Grandfather (on my Dad's side) and his family are buried in the Thompson cemetery in Wayne City. On my Mother's side are the Modert's a well known medical family there in Mt. Vernon. When I was a kid my Grandpa McCoy had a cabin on a 26 acre plot with a 7 acre lake down by Pinkneyville. We had family in Westfrankfurt, Woodlawn all around that area. I guess it will always be home to me. My wife and I have 182 acre tree farm here in Texas and altough I am a retired financial advisor and insurance agent, I love piddling around on the farm. My favorite activities these days. keep the good videos coming.

Ever since I started watching your videos I always catch myself saying greazing instead of greasing

That grapple looks almost like it is a cartoon one because of how big it is. I have been looking for an electric grease gun and when you mentioned yours I got excited but almost $500 for one is just too rich for me. I will probably be leaning towards the DeWalt one because that is what power tool I major in so I already have the batteries.

Those fittings are (broadly) called bulkhead fittings.

I believe those fittings on loader crossmember are called a union

Outside the expense of the tractor itself, there is no implement that is worth every penny spent on it as a grapple. A grapple opens up so many projects that one can do.

what is that tree with the finger like leaves ... we have those in nc, it seems to spread under ground, starts as a soft weed. 20:36 and earlier

Bulkhead fitting

Hey Tim off the top of your head is lube shuttle more expensive than the other grease brand you use? I thought for sure y’all used two different brands. Maybe lock n lube?

Great demo. I've looked at Precision MFG grapple videos in the past and I do like the look of their grapples. Which Mini 327 are you using with your 3R in this video, The 63" or the 72"?

Tim I've noticed on the past few videos there's a mid PTO and autoconnect setup on the 3r. But I've never seen a deck on the channel or did I miss it? Also does the 3r autoconnect pin up higher like the 2r does

Hi Tim, hope you are well, have you ever heard of anyone replacing the 15" front wheels with a slightly larger 16" wheel? Is it harmless or do you think it would cause problems? Appreciate your wisdom, thanks.

Not a criticism........why not the bamalight brush mower? *Back over the pile* would it not handle that? Do you guys have a 3 point chipper? Do you have a recommendation? Thanks as always for the content and of course to also spread the good word. God bless you and yours

17:10 that rabbit

Hey Tim, I’m thinking about getting a 3046R with a cab but disappointed that my JD dealer couldn’t find a hydraulic thumb for the 375A backhoe . Any suggestions.. thank you 😊

My grand dad would have extra bailing wire tied to the fences around his farm when I was younger. Which cat is the best mouser?

Bulkhead fitting or connector.

Hey Tim. I noticed that the Valve stem on the tire don't have protecters. have you broken a valve stem off before?

I bought an Artillian grapple after seeing it on your channel. Do you like the Precision grapple better than the Iron Fist Artillian, or do you just like to try out as many as you can?

15:33 I definitely got a little concerned for that chainsaw while you were talking to camera and the tractor started creeping forward as the discussion/monologue continued. :)

Been waiting for your review of this grapple before purchasing but you didn't really give any details on your impression of it. Debating between the 60" (63" actual) and the 72". Is the extra weight of the 72" worth it for a 50hp compact tractor with a 1700# FEL lift capacity? Also any concerns with this grapple so far?

You definately have good vendors. Everything attachments people are some of the most arrogant salesmen I've ever seen. Even though they have things I want, I'll never deal with them.

I am going to purchase a 322 or 327. I have a new John Deere 3046R with 320R loader. This tractor/loader is right on the edge of the HP range for either grapple and was curious which one you think is better suited for the 3046R? I hate to give up the 200lbs of extra lift to go to bigger size, but maybe extra width or hydraulics make it worth it? It is for private use, just moving trees, brush and cleaning fence lines on my properties so it is not used hard commercially.

Nothing like a 3series and a grapple wish that that grapple was available when I was buying maybe I can get the finance committee to let me upgrade

He has a lift and a wife that helps? He's doing something right!

Try this on SUPER Johnny... it might be to big.... 👍

It does not look like you used the bracket, that bolts to the loader frame mount bolts. Why not? I had to cut about 1.5" off mine to not block the factory loader hydraulic connection point.

🚜🚜🚜🚜😎😎👍

Ok

At the 17:10 mark in the video was that a squirrel or a cat?

Is this the 63 0r72 "

I notice most of your reviews on tractors don’t have enclosed cabs. Is that done on purpose. I’m in a cold weather climate 5 months of the year. So cabs are essential.

Dont do what I did ... hey ... that saves me money!

That's a z Tim, not a c.

You do not pay that model enough to assist with videos and cut down trees…

then you hear other teachers no Tim it’s especially english teachers. here’s the deal as i say your correct but it depends on where your from. My mother would fight you tooth n nail on grammar. accept i’ve corrupted her. her speech pathologist would show up. when that happens i’ll borrow your iso tunes and ear muffs. i do the red neck lingo. then she does in public i’m like yes score air fist bump 👊🏻 watch all the comedians larry the cable guy bill engval jeff fox worthy enough you’ll speak the lingo

Bulkhead fitting