EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
I'm doing allot of research into grapples and what will work best for me. There are quite a few attachment on ebay, but they all seem kind of small for me. My current plan is to add a grapple to the front bucket on my full sized, commercial New Holland 555E.
I have 4,000 pounds of lift, so weight isn't a huge issue, but strength is. Too small of a grapple, and I will tear it apart.
72" Backhoe Grapple and Hydraulic Kit Set looks like a very stong, heavy duty grapple. It weights 600 pounds and according to Jeff, it will cost $2,800 plus $200 for shipping to get one for my loader bucket.
This seems extremly high, but I never heard of AR 400 Steel. I've been doing some searches and it seems like all the big excavators have thumbs and grapples made from AR 400 Steel. In fact, it's something they advertise, and are also very proud of. Kind of seems like a big selling point from what I've read.
The only thing worse then spending too much money on something is getting a "deal" and finding out it wont work, doesn't last or breaks right away.
Can somebody tell me what AR 400 Steel is?
Thank you,
Eddie
I have 4,000 pounds of lift, so weight isn't a huge issue, but strength is. Too small of a grapple, and I will tear it apart.
72" Backhoe Grapple and Hydraulic Kit Set looks like a very stong, heavy duty grapple. It weights 600 pounds and according to Jeff, it will cost $2,800 plus $200 for shipping to get one for my loader bucket.
This seems extremly high, but I never heard of AR 400 Steel. I've been doing some searches and it seems like all the big excavators have thumbs and grapples made from AR 400 Steel. In fact, it's something they advertise, and are also very proud of. Kind of seems like a big selling point from what I've read.
The only thing worse then spending too much money on something is getting a "deal" and finding out it wont work, doesn't last or breaks right away.
Can somebody tell me what AR 400 Steel is?
Thank you,
Eddie