different kinda of grapple

[davygp38]

Very nice.

 

[Farmerford]

Very professional. I wish I had the patience to do wood mockups like you did; my stuff would not look as good as yours, but it would look (and work) a lot better than it does.

Send us some pictures of it in action.

 

[mroldstyle]

Great job Looks Like factory built

I have been gathering info on and off this year ,on building a smaller version of the grapples I see on the internet.. I actually met with my welder friend yesterday. This is insperation. I will have somthing to show before spring. Mine will be much smaller though. Just for say 16 inch butt and down is all i need. Do you know how many pounds of pressure you have on the log grapple cylinder?

Thanks, I don't know what the pressure would be. Its a 2 1/2" bore, 3000psi welded cylinder. What would I do to check the pressure?. I would highly reccomend the boom swings side to side if your building one. Alot of the ones I seen didn't and after using for a few hours yesterday it came in very handy.

 

[mroldstyle]

That looks great, very impressive! What is the thickness of the steel used? Can you please add some photos of your grapple? Thanks, Stanley

I used 3/8" for most of it. The boom is 1/4" Heres a couple shots of the grapple. I posted some on here last year. I dont know enough about computer stuff to put a link to it, but I guess if you search my post it should work.

 

[mroldstyle]

WOW! Looks like a commercial product! I'll take two.

OK!! shipping could be costly though

 

[mroldstyle]

Very impressive!!!!!!

I'm looking forward for some pics of it in action. Do you have any steering problems or need for more weight up front? How about a video on youtube?

Thanks for sharing,
Eddie

Was out with it yesterday, but forgot to take any pics, tommorrow! youtube video my be above my computer illetirate technolgy challenged ability

 

[mroldstyle]

Very professional. I wish I had the patience to do wood mockups like you did; my stuff would not look as good as yours, but it would look (and work) a lot better than it does.

Send us some pictures of it in action.

I figure wood is a lot cheaper than steel, and easier to work with!
Im a paramedic by proffesion, a woodworker by heart, and a wannabe fabricator on the side pictures coming.

 

[teg]

...but I guess if you search my post it should work.

This one shows the bottom... http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/193711-pictures.html

PS. just copy the location from the browser and paste it like a word in a reply...

So the link above actually looked like this...."http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/193711-pictures.html" before it was Submitted.

 

[srs]

I used 3/8" for most of it. The boom is 1/4" Heres a couple shots of the grapple. I posted some on here last year. I dont know enough about computer stuff to put a link to it, but I guess if you search my post it should work.

Thank you for the info and pictures. Looks great!

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

Is this your own design or did you copy some one elses. I call it R&D rob and duplicate. Verry nice work.
Bill