just another grapple thread (jd 3032e)

[Piston]

I hadnt seen this thread and I called Wildkat today and was told the same thing. I also got some quotes for 3 different grapples from my dealer. The least expensive was $1995 for the AV20H and the most expensive was $2900 for the Long grapple. And I still need to do hydraulics. I have seen alot of threads and also need to keep looking.

Something is WAY off here. Are you referring to the WR Long grapple being $2900? If so, which grapple? I bought my 64" WR Long for somewhere around $1400 or so, I don't remember exactly. Look into the WR Long OBG2 grapple, I believe they are considerably lighter than the econo grapple from wildkat. I'm not on the puter right now (phone) but tomorrow I could look some more.
Rackluster, your tractor is by no means too small for what you intend to do. It sounds like you'll be doing a lot of brush work. Your grapple will be chock FULL of brush LONG before you run out of lift capacity. I've never picked up a load of brush that came remotely close to maxing my lift capacity, brush is light for the volume it takes up. Also if your cleaning up logging slash you won't be moving huge logs that are too heavy anyways, unless of course the loggers left all the good logs and just took the smaller worthless tree tops?
You will LOVE the grapple!

 

[Petroman1]

Something is WAY off here. Are you referring to the WR Long grapple being $2900? If so, which grapple? I bought my 64" WR Long for somewhere around $1400 or so, I don't remember exactly. Look into the WR Long OBG2 grapple, I believe they are considerably lighter than the econo grapple from wildkat. I'm not on the puter right now (phone) but tomorrow I could look some more.

I found that Everything Attachments has the 48" WR Long for $1755.00. with free shipping withing 1000 miles! The Valve kit is $837.00. Just need to see what the added cost would be for JD mounting option.

The quote I got from the dealer was for the RGB260, $2125.00-Grapple, $350-Mounting plates, $450-shipping.

 

[Piston]

Petroman,
What are your uses for the grapple? I ask because I have operated both types, the root grapple (clamshell style) you were quoted for, and the OBG (open bottom grapple) and unless you have a very specific use for it, the open bottom grapple offers many advantages over the root grapple. One of which, is that the OBG is considerably cheaper, also lighter, also more versatile. In most cases (I want to say all cases but there are always exceptions) you will be able to lift considerably more material.

Having used both for log/brush type handling, I personally think the OBG grapple is far superior.

Rackluster,
Sorry for sort of high jacking the thread but I think it's pertinent to the subject.

 

[Petroman1]

The use for the grapple will be moving alot of brush and blowdowns. I am seriously considering the suggestion of modifying the Wildkat to fit the JD loader.
Thanks for the insight! All of the help on this site is great!:thumbsup:

 

[buck12]

The use for the grapple will be moving alot of brush and blowdowns. I am seriously considering the suggestion of modifying the Wildkat to fit the JD loader.
Thanks for the insight! All of the help on this site is great!:thumbsup:

If you go that route ask wildkat to knock off a few dollars to delete the skid steer quick attach. When I bought my grapple in January wildkat knocked off $50 for deletion of the skid steer quick attach and another $50 to delete the hydraulic connectors.