Grapple Appropriate size grapple for a L 34

[chainsaw36]

After reading many articles on grapple size, I'm as confused as ever. I'm not sure my tractor (l 34 ) can handle anything larger than 60 inches. I questions the lift capacity of the tractor in relation to the weight of the grapple. Do grapples weight more than an original bucket? I need some information from a user, more than the hype I get from the manufacture. I will be using the grapple in the clearing of trees in the Colorado Mountains where bark beetle has killed the majority of the trees. We have a sawmill close and we plan to have some of the logs made into usable lumber. Thanks.

 

[94BULLITT]

Sizing a grapple depends somewhat on the weight of the grapple. A grapple usually weighs more than a bucket. I would go with something like this.

Everything Attachments Wicked Root Grapple for Compact Tractors

 

[jcummins]

I had an M7040, and had a single overhead claw, 48". It did everything I wanted and did it very well. I did NOT want anything bigger do to weight etc, and there wasn't anything I come across that I could not pick up with it.

 

[7879fordman]

I had an M7040, and had a single overhead claw, 48". It did everything I wanted and did it very well. I did NOT want anything bigger do to weight etc, and there wasn't anything I come across that I could not pick up with it.

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How well did it do with that big old stump . I have yet to get me a grapple yet for my new 7040 . Was you ballast on the back with it couldn't tell in the pics . Am I being retarded thinking about a 72" grapple .

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[94BULLITT]

Am I being retarded thinking about a 72" grapple .

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No. I have a 72" and like it.

 

[aginn]

This is about a 24 inch log so you can see what I have here. This works well on my L3200.

 

[jcummins]

How well did it do with that big old stump . I have yet to get me a grapple yet for my new 7040 . Was you ballast on the back with it couldn't tell in the pics . Am I being retarded thinking about a 72" grapple .

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I did a lot of research before I bought the grapple. I wanted to do uprooting of trees with it besides picking up things. The 48" I think allows you to better "root" with it, a larger width defeats that. I never found anything that the 48" wouldn't work on, the limitation was in the tractor, not the grapple. I was extremely pleased with it, and thankful I did not go any bigger than 48". I think many do think bigger is better, but I'm of the school that it is not.

That stump had the front tires near flat although the pic doesn't show that, I had fluid in the rear tires...without any fluid it would have pulled the rear tires off the ground. Most of the time I had a 3pt 7ft mower on the back to compensate for weight with whatever I had in the grapple.

 

[slofr8]

I did a lot of research before I bought the grapple. I wanted to do uprooting of trees with it besides picking up things. The 48" I think allows you to better "root" with it, a larger width defeats that. I never found anything that the 48" wouldn't work on, the limitation was in the tractor, not the grapple. I was extremely pleased with it, and thankful I did not go any bigger than 48". I think many do think bigger is better, but I'm of the school that it is not.

This proved to be my experience with my 48" also.

 

[7879fordman]

I will be doing a lot of land clearing clean up after shearing with dozers Got about 200 acres that going to start getting cleared . Burning bush piles . Moving brush around trees around . Stuff like that .

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[EverythingAttachments]

After reading many articles on grapple size, I'm as confused as ever. I'm not sure my tractor (l 34 ) can handle anything larger than 60 inches. I questions the lift capacity of the tractor in relation to the weight of the grapple. Do grapples weight more than an original bucket? I need some information from a user, more than the hype I get from the manufacture. I will be using the grapple in the clearing of trees in the Colorado Mountains where bark beetle has killed the majority of the trees. We have a sawmill close and we plan to have some of the logs made into usable lumber. Thanks.

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