Grapple Weight of grapple compared to max loader lift

[First one]

First of all, thanks for the advice!
I have the Grand L3240HSTC with the 724 loader.

The Grapple i'm looking at is this TITAN 60 ROOT GRAPPLE-RAKE STYLE root rock brush grapple ( ROOT4RG-R60 ).
I'd be using it mostly for picking up brush , picking up wood to be cut for firewood ,maybe push a few rocks around, using to help keep the road around my field from small trees and roots. I was told that by getting this type of grapple I could pick up more because it pick's up the weight close to the SSQA plate . I'm not looking to lift more than one log at a time and really don't mind cutting logs smaller. I also like the idea of being able to use the smaller tines at the bottom for being able to work out small rocks to. I see a lot of you out there have longer tines at the bottom , and some of you have dbl. claws which I'm told are better than one. But, knowing about not being able to lift more weight on the end of the tines I thought that this would be a better choice. I'm looking at $1,375.00 for it ,and that's delivered in the yard. I've got to see if I can find the lifting weight for my loader and bucket and go from there. Any other advice ?

 

[ljohnson778]

Here's a question for everyone... Is it safe to assume that you would subtract the weight of your current bucket from the weight of the grapple, and the excess is what you would lose in lift capacity?

 

[Code54]

Here's a question for everyone... Is it safe to assume that you would subtract the weight of your current bucket from the weight of the grapple, and the excess is what you would lose in lift capacity?

That is pretty much right - the only other place you lose capacity is the bottom of the bucket is mostly longer on the grapple than the factory bucket so there is a little more distance to the pins thus dropping the lift capacity a little more.