Brush Grapple on a L3710

[Woodsman603]

In need of a grapple on the front of the tractor. Equipped with a skid steer quick attach.

I'm thinking something along the lines of 60"-66". Smaller size. What's the weight limit I should be looking for? Local place has a 62" that's 820#. Guy on a forum I frequent builds a single ram, 60" one and weighs 260#. Quite the difference there, but his is "3/8" tines, 3/16" wall 2x3 and 2x4 tube along with schedule 80 pipe and a 2.5" cylinder."- kind of lost me at the Sched 80. Sort of seemed too light weight. And I think I want two rams over one.

So yea, what specs should I be looking for size wise? Thanks.

 

[nybirdman]

Normal steel pipe is schedule 40,schedule 80 is heavy and stronger.
I would check lift capacity of your load(assume about 1200lb) so you want a lighter grapple;I would assume.Don't know any advantage to two cylinders.
I have moved a lot of brush and logs with a single cylinder.

 

[Woodsman603]

Can't find what my lift capacity is. I think I need to lookup what loader I have- I forget. LAsomething.

I attribute Sched with "poop pipe" so I may be wrong with that way of thought.

820# seems a bit heavy, but the guy that I've chatted with says 260# which almost seems too light.

 

[nybirdman]

Kubota factory loaders are in kilos;so 2.2x the number on the loader.

 

[WVH1977]

I have a SGC1072 Landpride Grapple. I love it. 6 ft and 447 lbs. strong and light.

 

[oosik]

My Land Pride SGC1560 grapple is - 60" wide and weighs 820 pounds. Of course, it's on my M6040 which is a tad larger than your L3710. I use it to lift really large rocks and chunks( 5' or 10') of pine tree trunk. If on solid footing I can lift 3000 pounds with no problems. These really heavy loads are NEVER lifted high. My technique is referred to as "knuckle dragging".

My grapple and a 8 foot chunk of pine tree trunk. This chunk is 38" in diameter. Also - consider doing something like I did to your front brush guard. Sticks, stobs and limbs have a nasty way of damaging your radiator, grill and battery.

 

[Woodsman603]

Good stuff.

I'm actually going to call EA today on the EA 55" Wicked Root Rake Grapple. See what the story is there. Apparently a backlog.

 

[Woodsman603]

Kubota factory loaders are in kilos;so 2.2x the number on the loader.

No kidding. So a LA681 is 1362 kilos or pounds? kilos seems up there.

 

[nybirdman]

1362lbs.at the pins

 

[Woodsman603]

cool beans. I had no idea that's how that worked.

 

[Woodsman603]

EA is "We’re 4-5ish months or so behind." on that grapple.

crap. right in line what I'm looking for too. DOM and AR plate. There are others I'm seeing, but are 3/16" and Sched 80.

Don't need anything wide. <60" would be totally fine, but I want/need something stout. I can't help but feel that a ~200lb grapple is just asking to be folded up like a noodle.

 

[Woodsman603]

So I emailed the local place about a Land's Pride one. There's another one that was suggested here, and they're out of stock.

I do see a bunch of places locally that have some. Now, are these all the Chinese garbage ones? I feel like they are. For instance, I used a weld on thumb from Titan, and I ripped the first one apart removing trees. It tore right through the steel. You could tell it was cheap garbage. Is that the same for these generic listings on marketplace and craigslist?

Seems like half way decent grapples are months and months behind like everything else in the world right now.

 

[Smokeydog]

Have a 54” dual lid wicked on the B26. Absolutely love it. About the same lift capacity. Don’t want a wide grapple on a small tractor. Over 5 years of use and abuse no damage.

There are other places to save money. EA makes some good stuff and worth the wait. While waiting consider adding rear wheel extensions, ballast in tires and front grill protection. The B26 needed all those for our hillside farm. Do you have 3rd function?

 

[Woodsman603]

Have a 54” dual lid wicked on the B26. Absolutely love it. About the same lift capacity. Don’t want a wide grapple on a small tractor. Over 5 years of use and abuse no damage.

There are other places to save money. EA makes some good stuff and worth the wait. While waiting consider adding rear wheel extensions, ballast in tires and front grill protection. The B26 needed all those for our hillside farm. Do you have 3rd function?

Brush guard is on.

Calcium in tires.

Woods9000 slung on back.

I have a localish guy that makes grapples. He's going to try to do something up for me. Only its a single cylinder instead of a twin. But its all 3/8 and 3/16" wall. Looks good.

 

[Smokeydog]

Brush guard is on.

Calcium in tires.

Woods9000 slung on back.

I have a localish guy that makes grapples. He's going to try to do something up for me. Only its a single cylinder instead of a twin. But its all 3/8 and 3/16" wall. Looks good.

Good. You are ahead of the curve. Be mindful of the weight. It’s not just the thickness but type of steel that gives it strength. The wicked, dual lid, 54” is 397#. You might get your guy to weld some horizontal bars in the middle between the ssqa mounts like the wicked to help prevent branch pokes. Doesn’t have to be heavy bars.

Grapple tines bypass or touch? Have one of both and advantageous of each. Wicked touches and can pick up a twig or fist size rock. Hope you are in grapple heaven before too long.

 

[Woodsman603]

Grapple tines bypass or touch? Have one of both and advantageous of each. Wicked touches and can pick up a twig or fist size rock. Hope you are in grapple heaven before too long.

huh. good question. something I had not considered. either one would work though. I've got a manual thumb on the back if need be.

 

[Smokeydog]

Used the 72” skidsteer grapple with bypass tines 20 years before getting a little wicked for the smaller tractor. Amazing dexterity. Been cutting and moving a lot of limbs. Always some drops and rocks kicked up. Using the little wicked to pick the drops and rocks while doing a little mowing where branches kept me out. Someday you might appreciate not having to get off/on so much. Wife doesn’t seem disappointed losing part of her limb stacking job.