sd455dan
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- Joined
- Oct 23, 2012
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- 5,235
- Location
- North Idaho
- Tractor
- Rhino 554, Ford 550 TLB (JD X500, MTD, Gilson riding mowers) Ford 3000-Sold
This sounds so familiar , the first 3 years after getting my first tractor. I needed to move logs ,brush, pallets and on and on.
and I did ALL of it with a set of pallet forks, and for many jobs still do...
If on a tight budget, I recommend a set of pallet forks before even thinking about a grapple(well not thinking about) just buying...They can accomplish much. I got the chain around the bucket style rated for 3000 lbs. for about $200 with a 10 year warranty, they are the round style, which is a drawback for pallets, but they easily lifted to the loaders max capacity..and yo can add your own custom touches like this Originally built it for lifting 8 hay bales at a time to the upper levls of a stack- can't do it with a grapple don't recommend it for what i used it for here...:ashamed:
and I did ALL of it with a set of pallet forks, and for many jobs still do...
If on a tight budget, I recommend a set of pallet forks before even thinking about a grapple(well not thinking about) just buying...They can accomplish much. I got the chain around the bucket style rated for 3000 lbs. for about $200 with a 10 year warranty, they are the round style, which is a drawback for pallets, but they easily lifted to the loaders max capacity..and yo can add your own custom touches like this Originally built it for lifting 8 hay bales at a time to the upper levls of a stack- can't do it with a grapple don't recommend it for what i used it for here...:ashamed:
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