Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

[Xfaxman]

Easy for you to say LOL

My barn is 45' not including the cupolas. It would be nice to get up to the top with it.

Well that would require a fullsize telehandler and all they have is forks, so you lose the versatility of a compact telehandler.

This would be cheaper and get you up there.

2003 Genie S40 40

You could even use a manual grapple on it.

 

[TomSeller]

Well that would require a fullsize telehandler and all they have is forks, so you lose the versatility of a compact telehandler.

So the larger telehandlers don't have the curl functions?

 

[Xfaxman]

So the larger telehandlers don't have the curl functions?

They have curl.

They don't have a Skid Steer Quick Attach and may not have hydraulics on the boom to run a brush hog, snow blower, tree puller, tree shear, back hoe, harley rake, grapple and all the other hydraulic skid steer attachments that a compact telehandler can operate.

 

[dragoneggs]

I've thought about doing that with my grapple. Trouble is 1) trying to protect the camera and still have it get a view of the tine tips and 2) the small monitors that come with the rear view camera kits really need to be pretty close to your face in order to see detail. That would mean rigging a swing away arm or something like that and increases the complexity of the project. Bottom line for me was that I wasn't willing to put in the time and effort and bucks to set something up without a good sense that it would really be useful. I've managed (with an open back grapple) to do just fine without even though there are definitely times when I'd like to know the exact position of a tine.

Maybe the view from the top of your ROPS. Love the idea of an aux cam view. Technology has it's place here.

 

[IslandTractor]

Maybe the view from the top of your ROPS. Love the idea of an aux cam view. Technology has it's place here.

A camera mounted on top of my ROPS would survive about one day before being scraped off by a tree limb. It also would need to be telephoto to give useful detail of the action near my grapple tines.

I think the most useful set up (dreaming here) would be a series of strategically placed tiny armored HD wireless cameras aimed at the front and back with a wireless link to Google glasses that would automatically select the most relevant camera view for the task at hand. Just biding my time until I can order that set up from Amazon. A boy can dream right?

 

[Danny C]

I had one of these multi-purpose buckets on my '04 Cat 420D backhoe. It was awesome. WOuld like to get another one for my tractor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhIstG8l5TY

 

[IslandTractor]

I had one of these multi-purpose buckets on my '04 Cat 420D backhoe. It was awesome. WOuld like to get another one for my tractor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhIstG8l5TY

I have a 4n1 bucket for my tractor. It really doesn't get used much. The load capacity is less than with a standard bucket. The "grapple" feature is very limited compared to a true open bottom grapple. The dozer function is nice but CUTs shouldn't really do heavy dozer work so in practice it isn't much different than backdragging with a standard bucket to level soil. I would MUCH prefer to have both a standard bucket and a grapple than a single 4n1 but if you are trailering to a job site and cannot take two implements, a 4n1 can certainly be very handy. They cost considerably more than a grapple though so for most CUT owners a grapple is a far better purchase. A contractor who really needs the all in one Swiss Army knife capability of the 4n1 might be the exception.

 

[dragoneggs]

A camera mounted on top of my ROPS would survive about one day before being scraped off by a tree limb. It also would need to be telephoto to give useful detail of the action near my grapple tines. I think the most useful set up (dreaming here) would be a series of strategically placed tiny armored HD wireless cameras aimed at the front and back with a wireless link to Google glasses that would automatically select the most relevant camera view for the task at hand. Just biding my time until I can order that set up from Amazon. A boy can dream right?

I was thinking on top cross member but on the underside and shielded. Obviously you don't want it to stick out like a sore thumb.

 

[IslandTractor]

I was thinking on top cross member but on the underside and shielded. Obviously you don't want it to stick out like a sore thumb.

Trouble with that location is that the view/perspective is about the same as the operator gets with his own eyes. The desired view would be closer to the FEL bucket/grapple and not blocked by the FEL QA mount.

 

[dragoneggs]

Trouble with that location is that the view/perspective is about the same as the operator gets with his own eyes. The desired view would be closer to the FEL bucket/grapple and not blocked by the FEL QA mount.

Okay. I thought it might be high enough. Never mind.