need advice on grapple and 3rd function valve

EverythingAttachments · Feb 20, 2019

Thanks to Hank and Cataclysm for recommending Everything Attachments. I'll elaborate a little more concerning our hottest selling grapple for tractors like yours, the 400 pound Wicked 60 Root Rake Grapple!

We combine the best materials money can buy; a combo unlike anything else on the market.
AR450 Steel and DOM tubing is incredibly strong, rigid and durable.
You値l find more pics and feedback about Wicked Grapples than any other tractor product out there. The last time I counted, there were 583 total EA Wicked Grapple reviews on our website alone!

Concerning the rake style grapple...
The dozer-like tine geometry of the rake style promotes a tractor's ability to push the tines through the ground with ease.
The root rake style allows you to pull brush, vines and other debris backwards, which isn't recommended with many long bottom grapples. Besides pulling backwards, you can also pull down. Reach up and snap a limb off the tree if you feel like it.
The root rake style will easier "unload", so you can hover over the trailer, dumpster, pile, etc., open it up and whatever you've captured is gone!

We are incredibly blessed and thankful for all of our awesome, proud and loyal customers who provide us with the feedback and pics to convince everyone that Wicked is the best tractor grapple on the planet.

Back to the subject at hand... Did someone say Mahindra 4540? Great!
These are from Carol in the EA Channel Group!

Man, this thing is so Wicked NASTY!!!
Travis

Multiple and off balanced objects/logs is no problem and the load stays close. #Ideal

FTG-05 · Feb 26, 2019

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TractorNH · Feb 27, 2019

FTG-05 said:
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Nope, you can't have just one EA attachment. Once you have one and see the quality you will want another and another and another!

GunPilot64 · Mar 1, 2019

I have the Mahindra 3rd function (really a diverter valve) and a W.R. Long OBG-2 grapple on my 6075 cab. I am very pleased with this combination. The Mahindra diverter valve is just fine with me. Being able to curl the grapple while simultaneously opening/closing the grapple is not a big deal to me. Not a single time have I ever felt like I needed to simultaneously perform those functions. It has been a non-issue.

The WR Long grapple is very rugged. Here are a couple pics of me doing a little work after dark moving some concrete rubble. Not sure how heavy that solid piece of concrete was, but it was not light, and the OBG-2 grapple handled it with ease.

Here is the link for this grapple W.R. Long, Inc. | Open Bottom Grapple "OBG-2" & "OBG-1"

heavy hammer · Mar 3, 2019

Go with Everything attachments there grapples are awesome, built tough, light weight and the customer service is second to none! Once you get one, you will want more of their attachments!

GunPilot64 · Mar 3, 2019

Go with WR Long. Their grapples are also awesome, built tough, light weight, and I do not know about their customer service because I have never had a problem with my grapple!

Bottom line is that you have to pick what works best for you in terms of price and features. EA sells great stuff. WR Long sells great stuff. Get what works best for you and beware of folks who are brand myopic that try to push what they have on you because what works well for them may not fit your situation.

oosik · Mar 3, 2019

I have a WR Long third function valve. Electric over hydraulic - $1100 installed. My grapple is a VERY heavy duty Land Pride - SGC1560 - $3175 installed. It weighs 820# but still allows me 3000+# of lift for what I do.

I do not want to be limited in what I can do by the limits of my grapple. And I am not.