FS19 – John Deere Grapple Yarder V1

by Thomas · Feb 11, 2020

John Deere Grapple Yarder V1 mod for FS19.

This is skyline yarder with grapple to pull out logs from hard reachable areas. Just activate yarder, go outside the vehicle, attach yarder rope to some tree near the logs you want to pull out.
-you can attach rope in different height (1-10m).
-you can switch between active yarders and see their status
-you can show rope before attach it to better view direction between tree and yarder
-you can display info about yarder like distance to tree, grapple height, angle to tree etc. in 3 modes
-can be used as log loader / unloader too but allways activate yarder before operate with logs (it is heavier)
-allways deactivate yarder when transporting it (for less weight of it)
-you can switch exit / entrance to grapple or vehicle
-all controls can be set in your Inputbindings
-there will be xml config file in your game folder where you can change many options
-you can speed up movement of grapple (recomended only if empty)
-allways park yarder on very flat ground before use or it can be very unstable
-you can optionaly select back trailer attacher (1395 kW is good to towing other vehicles)
-when yardering from 150m or further steering is disabled (due to stability)

-price: 410000 €
-power: 1896 HP

Controls:
KEY_B - activate / deactivate yarder (vehicle)
KEY_X - attach / detach yarder rope to tree (player)
KEY_Z - switch to next active yarder (player)
KEY_V - show / hide yarder rope (player)
KEY_Y - set yarder rope height (player)
KEY_lctrl KEY_S - toggle yardering speed (vehicle)
KEY_lctrl KEY_E - toggle exit / entrance (vehicle)
KEY_Z - toggle yarder HUD menu (vehicle)
KEY_lalt KEY_KP_4 / 6 - move yarder HUD left / right (vehicle)
KEY_lalt KEY_KP_8 / 2 - move yarder HUD up / down (vehicle)