Nope, but someone warned me of the possibility of it here a while back and I see the wisdom of saying it incase someone who gets a new tractor sees the picture. The learning curve is fast when dealing with steel coils too, if you get a second chance it means you probably have one less limb, most don't get a second chance.
I carry things around on the lip that sticks out past the bucket(cutting edge) on a normal basis without having to get the forks, you just have to be careful not to raise the bucket too high.
Looks perfectly orthodox to me.
I have seen guys do this and then lift it just above level and have the log/steel swing to the side and smash equipment and other items in the shop lol. Many of the problems are resolved not by avoiding the technique altogether, but rather by having the experience to know what could happen and how to avoid the problems/danger involved. I can't tell you how many times I've hit my head in a shop wearing a hard hat(wouldn't have happened it I wasn't wearing it, but someone always says, "good thing you had the hard hat on
), but for the most part you won't catch me dropping a tree without one(unless it's a green tree without other trees around).Sometimes I will put a log on a round and then push down on the short end to buck it off the ground. Many times there isn't much time saved as I can usually keep my chain out of the dirt, but sometimes I have a shorter bar and don't want to have to bend over as far, work smarter not harder.
Is that French, British, bicket lol.
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