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Part 1 4/22/2011
Part 2 4/23/2011
Part 3 4/24/2011
The first photo shows the blue lever that will control the grapple, push forward for close, pull back for open. Pretty straight forward.
The next two photos show the bucket in the full curl back position and yes, I did re-paint the nine year old bucket. You can see the backward "S" of the hydraulic hoses and the great "overbite" of the grapple jaws. It took a cylinder with a 10" stroke to get that done. As far as the meshing spacing between the toothbar teeth and the grapple jaws, there's 1-1/8" of air between them-something to carefully research before the installation.
And finally, the monster opens up! 40-1/2" from the grapple jaw tip to the bucket cutting edge.
It's been a great albeit long install process due to two factors: I had no New Holland TC40 model to follow so it was done "by the seat of my pants" (whatever that means) and the fact that I work slow and probably over digest situations that others would have blown by at warp speed.
It was a breeze to work with Robert and the staff at Michigan Iron and Equipment and I knew I was in good hands with the way they designed the grapple specifically for my tractor, asking ME questions pertaining to several bucket measurements verification and requesting a full sized template of the bucket side and then sending me an autocad pdf drawing with measurements for me to tweek around with before going into production. Professional folks all the way.
I also want to thank Dean, the hydraulic tech at Stuart's Johanson and Thomas shop in Visalia, CA for tolerating me to no end, listening to my layman invisions and then creating them, one hose end crimp at a time.
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Part 2 4/23/2011
Part 3 4/24/2011
The first photo shows the blue lever that will control the grapple, push forward for close, pull back for open. Pretty straight forward.
The next two photos show the bucket in the full curl back position and yes, I did re-paint the nine year old bucket. You can see the backward "S" of the hydraulic hoses and the great "overbite" of the grapple jaws. It took a cylinder with a 10" stroke to get that done. As far as the meshing spacing between the toothbar teeth and the grapple jaws, there's 1-1/8" of air between them-something to carefully research before the installation.
And finally, the monster opens up! 40-1/2" from the grapple jaw tip to the bucket cutting edge.
It's been a great albeit long install process due to two factors: I had no New Holland TC40 model to follow so it was done "by the seat of my pants" (whatever that means) and the fact that I work slow and probably over digest situations that others would have blown by at warp speed.
It was a breeze to work with Robert and the staff at Michigan Iron and Equipment and I knew I was in good hands with the way they designed the grapple specifically for my tractor, asking ME questions pertaining to several bucket measurements verification and requesting a full sized template of the bucket side and then sending me an autocad pdf drawing with measurements for me to tweek around with before going into production. Professional folks all the way.
I also want to thank Dean, the hydraulic tech at Stuart's Johanson and Thomas shop in Visalia, CA for tolerating me to no end, listening to my layman invisions and then creating them, one hose end crimp at a time.
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