Yes, I'm VERY happy with the tongs. I ordered them from L&M fleet supply for around $55 each. They are the spring loaded version from Timber Tuff, and they worked GREAT. They never let go on me. I could position the bucket over the log, slide them on the log where I wanted them, connect the chain, get back on the tractor and off I go. The ONLY drawback to having them spring loaded was having to get off the tractor to take them off when I set the log down. If it was up tight against another log, it made it tricky to get it off. I generally work alone, so I think the trade off was well worth not having to get off several times to reset the tongs.
The little skidding set up on the back worked well for me too. I was able to drag that long (still attached to its other half) out to where I could get to it. It's just 2" sq tubing (1/4 wall) that I welded up with a hook on the end. I dropped that into the upright on my cheap 3 point to 2" conversion and it worked like a champ.