Grapple Grapple Options
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93Mustang
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I took the day off to do some work on the tractor work. My second grapple arrived at a shipping dock and long story short and a uhaul truck later it is at my house. Everything looks great. Thank you Gator!
Well I had two things to accomplish today. Pick up my grapple and connect a new CCM hydraulic toplink. I can only laugh at myself sometimes - spent the morning picking up the grapple. Then I made two trips to a local hydraulic store to get the top link in reasonable shape. Finally get around to hooking up the grapple - well the diverter valve couplers are smaller than the supplied pioneer couplers on the grapple! :ashamed: Can't believe I didn't at least try the grapple out when I got it home. I hope my local NAPA has what I need to make this work as by the time I figured this out, the hydraulic store was closed for the weekend! So I now have two grapples (one will be headed back) and can't use either one! Well, at least this appears to be a simple fix. Almost there!
Well I had two things to accomplish today. Pick up my grapple and connect a new CCM hydraulic toplink. I can only laugh at myself sometimes - spent the morning picking up the grapple. Then I made two trips to a local hydraulic store to get the top link in reasonable shape. Finally get around to hooking up the grapple - well the diverter valve couplers are smaller than the supplied pioneer couplers on the grapple! :ashamed: Can't believe I didn't at least try the grapple out when I got it home. I hope my local NAPA has what I need to make this work as by the time I figured this out, the hydraulic store was closed for the weekend! So I now have two grapples (one will be headed back) and can't use either one! Well, at least this appears to be a simple fix. Almost there!
foggy1111
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It's kinda the way this stuff goes sometimes....especially when you don't work with these things everyday. There are three sizes of Pioneer couplers that JD uses on their products (1/4, 3/8, 1/2)....and the 3/8" and 1/2" look pretty similar to my eye too. (don't ask me how I know) You'll get 'er. :thumbsup:
jgrreed
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Gator and I have had a few problems over the past few weeks as well. Christine and Nina have been great about making things right, but I have lost a lot of fall winter prep time in the process.
Christine, if you read this (I'm guessing you will), please let us help you out with the couplers/quik-tach styles for the different machines. Between all of us on here you'll be able to get the info needed to build a database of tractor info and make orders right the first go-round. Alternatively, you could build an order sheet that the customer can fill out with blanks for hose length, coupler style, coupler size, and quik-tach style.
Just throw out a thread or PM us and we can help. I don't know a lot of these things off the top of my head, but KennyD, SPJenkins, et al do!! I'm always willing to go out to my machine with a tape measure or calipers.
-Jer.
Christine, if you read this (I'm guessing you will), please let us help you out with the couplers/quik-tach styles for the different machines. Between all of us on here you'll be able to get the info needed to build a database of tractor info and make orders right the first go-round. Alternatively, you could build an order sheet that the customer can fill out with blanks for hose length, coupler style, coupler size, and quik-tach style.
Just throw out a thread or PM us and we can help. I don't know a lot of these things off the top of my head, but KennyD, SPJenkins, et al do!! I'm always willing to go out to my machine with a tape measure or calipers.
-Jer.
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93Mustang
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I must clarify that the coupler size has nothing to do with gator- i didn't realize the diverter had smaller couplers.
I do agree that if I had a form to fill out and fax or something maybe less chance things would go wrong. I also agree that honestly without the collective wisdom of this site, I would have had no idea what to order as well. Just sort of assumed that the make and model of tractor would dictate what I got but was very naive to the various options such as hose width, hitch type etc - not that this is gators problem but I can't be the only uneducated individual placing orders so more structure would be helpful for someone like me.
I do agree that if I had a form to fill out and fax or something maybe less chance things would go wrong. I also agree that honestly without the collective wisdom of this site, I would have had no idea what to order as well. Just sort of assumed that the make and model of tractor would dictate what I got but was very naive to the various options such as hose width, hitch type etc - not that this is gators problem but I can't be the only uneducated individual placing orders so more structure would be helpful for someone like me.
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93Mustang
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foggy1111
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You cant have much fun with a small pic like that. :laughing: :laughing:We need some size to see those pics man! (nice grapple :thumbsup: )
OH....and I agree that some help for the folks at Markham / Gator would be a good thing. As I tell my kids....nobody is born knowing this stuff.
OH....and I agree that some help for the folks at Markham / Gator would be a good thing. As I tell my kids....nobody is born knowing this stuff.
IslandTractor
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universalgirl said:
It is the same product and shop now under new management. Gator seems committed to keeping the same standards based in a couple of reports on TBN. The ownership transition actually occurred over a year ago.
SWIMMER
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Markham was a treat to work with, made me a custom 48 inch grapple and had it to me all the way out on the left coast in under a week. Hope the new management can keep that going.
The hydraulic fitting thing was frustrating when i got my grapple, I finally just loaded the grapple in the truck with the hoses from WR long and went across the river to the hydraulic shop, they had me fixed up in 10 minutes. The guys at napa just gave me a blank look when I asked them.
The hydraulic fitting thing was frustrating when i got my grapple, I finally just loaded the grapple in the truck with the hoses from WR long and went across the river to the hydraulic shop, they had me fixed up in 10 minutes. The guys at napa just gave me a blank look when I asked them.
IslandTractor
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Markham never did seem to understand that most tractor owners used Pioneer style rather than skidsteer flat qc fittings. Maybe Gator will get that figured out.