Added Grapple to bucket

[nybirdman]

Here is how I did mine.Tacked the nuts to the bottom of the angle for easy
removal.I had to "tilt" the angle a little so the Thumb would close on the bottom
of my bucket.I can pick up a one inch thick rock or a huge pile of brush.
The tooth-bar is a worth while addition also.

 

[Creamer]

I would sure like a grapple but I keep thinking I need more reach with the grapple as my biggest use for it would be for brush. Am I being too picky?

 

[Xfaxman]

I would sure like a grapple but I keep thinking I need more reach with the grapple as my biggest use for it would be for brush. Am I being too picky?

Do you have pallet forks that you could add a Thumb to?

 

[nybirdman]

I would sure like a grapple but I keep thinking I need more reach with the grapple as my biggest use for it would be for brush. Am I being too picky?

I wish I had taken pictures when moving brush piles;I could grab a huge pile with my set-up.Loaded logs on the a portable saw mill with great ease and control.Only limit with this set-up it doesn't open as wide as a full grapple;something like a large round bale would be difficult.

 

[Creamer]

I will be getting pallet forks as I have a lot of use for them on my Versatile. I wonder about the pallet forks for brush though as I have a lot of pond edge meaning willows and dead willows drop a lot of twigs which was why I was thinking grapple on a bucket.

The nice part of a grapple on pallet forks would be for handling more than one log as the tractor is big enough to handle more than one log.

 

[PHPaul]

Got a good start on installing the grapple mounts. Below Zero and 20 knots of wind and working in an unheated garage...what fun!

Details and more pix here:Shopbuilt Forum

 

[mykleh]

xfaxman you just have decide how the brush is.. if its tree tops and connected just get a bit and the rest comes along for the ride..

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep, then I go back and pick up what fell off along the way to the brush pile.

 

[kevin37b]

Added grapple and tooth bar to bucket. Love it for small clean-up, still put full size grapple on for brush piles.
Grapple from Green Machine The Thumb They call it the Thumb. Tooth bar from titan implements.View attachment 489597View attachment 489598

I like the receiver hitch .

 

[PHPaul]

Some details to finish up. I didn't allow for bucket curl when I thought about hoses from the loader to the thumb cylinder so I need to let things flop until I can get longer hoses. Then I'll secure the hoses from the rear remote to the loader cross-member with a bracket and just have the hoses from there to the thumb flexing.

Also should have ordered the 28" instead of the 24" thumb, but I don't think that will be much of a problem, and if it is, I can rig an extension.

Full story here.