Front loader log fork sucks.

[Mechanos]

It's already been posted, but I have to vent. I'm having the same problem as others. Weak grabbing. Weird physics boxes half the time. Moving part of the claw sometimes turns inside out and you have to fully release it to get it to go back to normal. Sometimes logs will even shimmy out after they're grabbed correctly. It's just a trainwreck. I find to get use out of it the log fork, I have to get the teeth perfectly level, touch the ground without actually pressing against it, close just right so the moving tooth's curve can get just under the log, then immediately flick the entire head backwards while lifting, so that the weight is supported by the stationary part of the claw instead of the moving part. When done right, it's reliable. But doing it consistantly is proving to be a PITA.

I read that FS17 had the same issue, and that there was a mod called Log Fork Duo that pretty much fixed it. Can anyone confirm this? Also, I found this mod http://www.farmingsimulator2019mods.com/stoll-log-fork-duo-v1-0-fs19/ that claims to be a port of the 17 version, but I was unable to find the mod in the in-game mods list. Has anyone tried this and tested if it makes grabbing logs easier?

Btw, before anyone suggests using more expensive machinary instead, just started a new game with a friend and.. we can't even afford a log trailer. We're just limping in wood cuz it seems to make money much faster than our fields currently. But the log fork is driving me mad.

[LEUVEN]

Logging has been a shambles since release, was supposedly fixed with the patch but it is still a joke, there's no way it's been tested.
Machines have way too little strength and the logs are overly heavy. I find it quicker to chop a tree into small pieces with the chainsaw much quicker, says a lot really.
The last few trees I've cut down I just pushed them out of the way as a whole tree until hopefully one day they will care to fix it.

[Kiirozu]

It's a damn joke! Logs float in the air and have invisble borders, the log fork sucks ass and has no grip because of invisible borders. It's even worse than in fs17.

[RLB]

The main reason why I just downloaded the auto load trailer.

[The Big Brzezinski]

It's fiddley as hell, but I think I'm used to it by now.

My big breakthrough was reseating the log after I get the fork tilted back. Before I really try moving a log, I just open the fork up, let the log fall back into it, and close up again. This way, the log is resting on the fork's two immobile prongs. I also stick a big 'ol weight on the back 3-point. If I have a really hard time finding logs' center of mass, I'll stick on double wheels as well. And, truth be told, I'd rather move the truck to the log rather than the other way around.

These huge red trees are real monsters, though.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1611049932
The logs are barely worth the trouble. Chipping the branches takes forever, too, even when they're free of ghosty bits. I have no idea what they're supposed to be. Their textures and such are just called volumeTree.

[derekhope1963]

"I'm not a lumberjack and I'm okay...." Sorry I couldn't resist a little Monty Python.... I don't do trees I farm all day.....

[Itto]

Planted 2 million dollar harvest of trees... 5% in and I am down to daily maintenance plays before rage quitting. 1 to 2 loads of loader fork hell, farm chores done for the day... exit! Just glad there are other people venting too.

[Mechanos]

Found a fix somewhat. The log fork duo mod I mentioned in the first post, works like a charm. It grabs stronger, has 2 grapple teeth instead of 1, and it has a belt strap that you can use for hard to grab stuff like extremely skinny logs or broken physics logs. It's not perfect, but it's like... 5x better than the vanilla log fork. Try it out.

[Usedfireball]

Found out with that log fork the straps will grab it even if the log is beyond the fork tips, at least on the wheel loader version it will. Even grabs 5 logs touching each other side by side if you nudge up against them with the forks. So easy you don't even have to use the grapple.