55" or 60" Root Grapple EA vs MTL

[kenmac]

Not much customer service needed after you buy the thing though. A grapple is a fairly simple piece of equipment. Like I said earlier, I have given MTL a bunch of money and have a lot of their attachments. No complaints. It is easier to get MTL by text a lot of times if you need.

yeah, If you only use it but to pick up a few sticks, you'll be fine with that cheap grapple But, If you really use it something is going to break.
And once you buy it. My bet if anything does happen to it. It's yours !

 

[kenmac]

Very, very, very few TBN members are running grapples on a 105 HP tractor. Thank you for point out that EA grapples have problems. All grapples can have problems.

Guess I'm one of the few, and the proud to run one on a 105 hp tractor.

A bolt broke on my grapple. The thing is, I was taken care of. Excellent Customer service in a day and time where customer service is lacking !

Buy that cheap grapple and something happens. It's yours !

 

[kenmac]

That could easily be heated up and bent back.

yeah, right.... Once the steel is bent it stretches. And now, where the steel is heated and bent back, It's even weaker at that point.

 

[goeduck]

yeah, right.... Once the steel is bent it stretches. And now, where the steel is heated and bent back, It's even weaker at that point.

What experience do you have with non-EA grapples? What brand are they? I have 3 non EA grapples so I am speaking from experience. I consider myself a heavy user and none have failed. I am curious what your experience is with less co$$$$tly grapples.

 

[kenmac]

What experience do you have with non-EA grapples? What brand are they? I have 3 non EA grapples so I am speaking from experience. I consider myself a heavy user and none have failed. I am curious what your experience is with less co$$$$tly grapples.

owned a thumb grapple. It bent several times. I would love to put one of your grapples through the paces of my every day uses.
Only picking up tooth picks now and again and the cheapest grapple on the market should hold up.

Dig up a few of these for a week and post back how well your grapple held up

 

[goeduck]

owned a thumb grapple. It bent several times. I would love to put one of your grapples through the paces of my every day uses.
Only picking up tooth picks now and again and the cheapest grapple on the market should hold up.

Dig up a few of these for a week and post back how well your grapple held up

What is a thumb grapple and what brand was it? Was it rated for a 105 HP tractor? Pictures please or it did not happen. No sense anyone spending more than a person needs to and saying that an MTL Grapple can only pick up toothpicks is simply not credible.

 

[kenmac]

What is a thumb grapple and what brand was it? Was it rated for a 105 HP tractor? Pictures please or it did not happen. No sense anyone spending more than a person needs to and saying that an MTL Grapple can only pick up toothpicks is simply not credible.

LOL the thumb is the name of the grapple. the thumb wasn't on my 105. Just like the pictures of EA wicked with the big rocks aren't of my 105 either. they are of my 51 hp

I have shown you picks of what a EA grapple can do...Lets see pics of your MTL digging some of those large rocks out of the ground

 

[goeduck]

LOL the thumb is the name of the grapple. the thumb wasn't on my 105. Just like the pictures of EA wicked with the big rocks aren't of my 105 either. they are of my 51 hp

I have shown you picks of what a EA grapple can do...Lets see pics of your MTL digging some of those large rocks out of the ground

No pictures of a damaged thumb grapple? Maybe it did not happen?

I do not have an MTL Grapple and I never said I did but I do know that your statements that an MTL can only pickup toothpicks is simply not credible. Come on now, be truthful.

 

[kenmac]

here's the thumb. It was on my 35 hp tractor. bent the claws on it a few times. But like I said, my stuff gets used !

 

[goeduck]

here's the thumb. It was on my 35 hp tractor. bent the claws on it a few times. But like I said, my stuff gets used !

That is a thumb on a bucket. Not a grapple. No story here.