rustyshakelford
Veteran Member
Well I finally found the limit of my grapple! Looks like I'll be needing atleast one cylinder unless I can get a replacement rod and maybe a second one. It's only 1/2" or so from closing all the way.
I shoved over a pine tree while the ground was soft from all the rain. Come down easy enough but the root ball was being stubborn. I grabbed it in the middle and went forward to try and roll it out of the hole and pop and remaining roots. Went all the way I could one way and moved to the other side to push it back. I moved to the back and when I cycled the grapple I noticed the right hand lid was about 10" from closing. Checked it out and looked like a bent rod. Wasn't until I went home and popped the pins out till I saw the damage. Hopefully I can get some new ears to weld on. Guess I'll be calling Travis to see if they would sell me some.
I am taking full responsibility of this. My tractor is 11k lbs iirc and this grapple was designed for subcompacts. I also was putting the lids in a bind, never had any issues before but today was my day. Consider what this has been thru I'm still very happy with it and recommend it.
Brett
Bent rod
Bad side mount
What it should look like
I shoved over a pine tree while the ground was soft from all the rain. Come down easy enough but the root ball was being stubborn. I grabbed it in the middle and went forward to try and roll it out of the hole and pop and remaining roots. Went all the way I could one way and moved to the other side to push it back. I moved to the back and when I cycled the grapple I noticed the right hand lid was about 10" from closing. Checked it out and looked like a bent rod. Wasn't until I went home and popped the pins out till I saw the damage. Hopefully I can get some new ears to weld on. Guess I'll be calling Travis to see if they would sell me some.
I am taking full responsibility of this. My tractor is 11k lbs iirc and this grapple was designed for subcompacts. I also was putting the lids in a bind, never had any issues before but today was my day. Consider what this has been thru I'm still very happy with it and recommend it.
Brett
Bent rod
Bad side mount
What it should look like
Last edited: