Buckeye Guy
Bronze Member
- Joined
- May 9, 2020
- Messages
- 55
- Location
- West Alexandria, OH
- Tractor
- MF GC1725M, Ferris IS2100Z, Kawasaki Mule Pro MX
Hello everyone, new to the forum, in fact this is my first post, thanks for letting me join. Just bought a new GC1725M with fel a few weeks ago, and of course now looking at adding attachments. Not my first tractor, but my first new one. I've owned 3 others but they were all at least 10 years old when i got them, the last one I sold 6 years ago to buy a new Ferris IS2100Z (best mower ever IMO) because I had my property in good shape and was only using the tractor to mow. Now, 6 years later and I have hundreds of dead Ash trees due to the EAB. After cutting down 31 trees this past winter without a having a tractor for cleanup, I decided I needed another one. It kicked my butt.
I cut down 13 trees in one day this past winter and rented a skid steer with a root grapple for cleanup. it was awesome, but it destroyed my yard (too heavy for the soft wet ground) so I decided to get a lighter tractor and add a smaller grapple.
After doing weeks of research (on this site and others) I narrowed it down to a 48" to 54" rake grapple, or the thumb by Greens machine. all the root style were too heavy for my machine IMO, even though they were the most reasonably priced for my budget. I just received my third function kit and will install it this weekend.
I really wanted to take advantage of the SSQA on my loader and buy a separate grapple, but I decided to go with the thumb by greens machine. I went with this one for 3 reasons; it will do everything I want it to do, maybe not as efficiently, but still effective. 2nd it was one third the price of my second choice. 3rd, it's lightweight. I ordered it this week along with a Piranha tooth bar, can't wait to install them both!
Thanks to the members i messaged about their thumb grapples, it really helped my decision. I'm currently building a carry all for my machine also, I will post pics when I am done along with pics of the grapple.
I cut down 13 trees in one day this past winter and rented a skid steer with a root grapple for cleanup. it was awesome, but it destroyed my yard (too heavy for the soft wet ground) so I decided to get a lighter tractor and add a smaller grapple.
After doing weeks of research (on this site and others) I narrowed it down to a 48" to 54" rake grapple, or the thumb by Greens machine. all the root style were too heavy for my machine IMO, even though they were the most reasonably priced for my budget. I just received my third function kit and will install it this weekend.
I really wanted to take advantage of the SSQA on my loader and buy a separate grapple, but I decided to go with the thumb by greens machine. I went with this one for 3 reasons; it will do everything I want it to do, maybe not as efficiently, but still effective. 2nd it was one third the price of my second choice. 3rd, it's lightweight. I ordered it this week along with a Piranha tooth bar, can't wait to install them both!
Thanks to the members i messaged about their thumb grapples, it really helped my decision. I'm currently building a carry all for my machine also, I will post pics when I am done along with pics of the grapple.
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