Best attachment for clearing roads/trails after loggers mess

[EverythingAttachments]

Well built grapples are heavy, very heavy. More width adds weight and cost.

That was the case............until the Single Lid and Dual Lid Wicked Grapples arrived on the scene!!:thumbsup:
Travis

50" Single Lid Grapple: 255 pounds without intermediate tines and 274 with them. Tines are included, but can easily be removed.
54" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 349 pounds
60" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 382 pounds
66" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 410 pounds
72" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 435 pounds

 

[Ken45101]

That was the case............until the Single Lid and Dual Lid Wicked Grapples arrived on the scene!!:thumbsup:
Travis

I said weight AND COST. There is a 50% ($600) difference in your prices for the different widths.

Eddie Walker mentioned using forks, with the difficulty in balancing a load. Brush forks might be another option:

 

[David_Kb7uns]

Have a Bradco grapple it has a flat bottom and around 5-6 inches between tines and a flat bar welded across the tips around 4 inches in with dual clamps. I can rake, level dirt, scoop large rocks move logs, pickup slash, toss burn piles and they spend more time on the tractor then the dirt bucket. You need a good set of grapples that are full width of tractor for the best use in cleanup along with the W R Long style third function valve kit, using a diverter or a separate rear remote complicates things and makes the grapples less efficient with having to use two hands to curl and close. Being able to scoop, curl and clamp at the same time with a loader will amaze you. For those that say you want to feather the clamps, a properly sized restrictor on each cylinder will give the proper closure rate and keeps them well synchronized in use with the electric third function valve.

David Kb7uns

 

[Coyote machine]

I said weight AND COST. There is a 50% ($600) difference in your prices for the different widths.

Eddie Walker mentioned using forks, with the difficulty in balancing a load. Brush forks might be another option:
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Your pic of the bucket forks looks heavy duty. Do you own one? If so, your experience and where and how much, please?

And I agree that the difference between 66 and 72 won't matter in most situations weight-wise or $ wise.
Personal choice really. For the OP try to look ahead to what you might use whichever attachment for in the long term, not just today's task(s). I suggest buying what you can afford, best quality holds better value over time and balances initial outlay of $$. Worst case when done you sell what you bought and buy a different implement for a totally different need/use.

 

[LSU L4330]

Your pic of the bucket forks looks heavy duty. Do you own one? If so, your experience and where and how much, please?

And I agree that the difference between 66 and 72 won't matter in most situations weight-wise or $ wise.
Personal choice really. For the OP try to look ahead to what you might use whichever attachment for in the long term, not just today's task(s). I suggest buying what you can afford, best quality holds better value over time and balances initial outlay of $$. Worst case when done you sell what you bought and buy a different implement for a totally different need/use.

Thanks Coyote. That is exactly how I "try" to base most all of my decisions to help avoid making bad choices in the long run, which are usually more costly. Live and learn. I always try to look at the big picture. I do not ever see not having a need for a grapple so grapple it is and while the EA Wicked Grapple is a little more than others I have looked at after looking it over quite a bit, comparing and watching videos and talking to Travis this one seems well worth it.

 

[k0ua]

I am late to the party, but I will "me too" the grapple, I use mine all the time for logs, rocks, and brush removal. They are always handy. I have the smallest of the EA's but it does a good job for me.

 

[Msamt]

If you shop around you can you can find deals on a grapple, this 66" cost me 800$ at the auction.


Finally got it dirty too!

 

[jeff9366]

I have 58" aluminum clamp-on Debris Forks from Payne's Forks. Good implement, 2,000 pounds lift capacity, but pricey @ $800.

They work good for debris transport but not scooping up debris over sand. When you get the forks under the load you pick up as much sand by weight as debris.

Once you learn how to pick up, usually by pushing the debris against a tree to compact debris before lifting, the loads stay on the forks.

 

[Sparky64]

If you can create the right conditions, a burn may take care of a lot of the stuff.
Sparky

 

[newbury]

If you can create the right conditions, a burn may take care of a lot of the stuff.
Sparky

Like I wrote, napalm.