CurlyDave
Elite Member
Regarding the balance of the load, that needs to be centered regardless of the grapple width. The width of the grapple really has nothing to do with balance. I wouldn't want to travel with 2/3 of a heavy load off center in any situation. Grasping and holding logs securely is really not an issue with a 48 inch grapple. I can use mine as a saw buck just as well.
There is where I have different thoughts.
If all the logs are straight, and more or less even in diameter you can arrange them with about the same center of gravity and pick up the stack. No matter how wide the grapple.
I get a lot of small scrub trees. Most are very crooked, some have root balls, some don't, and it is hard to stack them evenly. There is where the wide grapple really helps.
I agree the jaw opening is the same width.
There is where I have different thoughts.
If all the logs are straight, and more or less even in diameter you can arrange them with about the same center of gravity and pick up the stack. No matter how wide the grapple.
I get a lot of small scrub trees. Most are very crooked, some have root balls, some don't, and it is hard to stack them evenly. There is where the wide grapple really helps.
I agree the jaw opening is the same width.