Grapple Dehnerwelding Grapple dialup warning

pitt_md · Dec 23, 2009

Deerlope said:
I can not post any pics right now because it looks OK. But that post that is welded to the 3/8" angle iron that the cly is mounted to adds a lot of leverage. Mine also had the reenforcemant backup but I still bent the angle iron, At first I thought it was my fault so when I rebuilt it I used 1/2" angle iron, it twisted it again. The second time I used 1/2 angle and backed it up with a piece of 1-1/2 square tube 3/16" wall off the top of that mounting post down to the back of the bucket and I twisted the angle again. At this point I was about to give up but I took two step backwards then I realized what was going on. I used it this summer with a lot of fursturations but I knew that next spring I would have an exterme rootrake and grapple combined. Now it looks like I will have it by next month. I need it for logging and firewood processing. I will take the old one and remake it into a setup for my forks. I hope that I have explained this enough so that you understand what happened to mine. No one would ever beleive that the height of that post would help to compound the pressure that the cyl applies.Understand now that mine is a grapple that bolts onto the bucket.

Unless I completely missed the boat the bolt on units are far different from the one the OP has on order.

Deerlope · Dec 23, 2009

kennyd said:
Who is "their"? Dehner Welding?

"their" Is Dehner welding and mine is a bolt to the bucket grapple.

SWIMMER · Dec 23, 2009

Nice looking grapple.

I just finished plumbing in the WR long valve and it is super easy, then put my new 4' LD grapple from Markham on and played in the rain and hail just so I could say I used my newest toy (tool)

Deerlope · Dec 25, 2009

If you live in Washington state why would not buy an Anbo?

SWIMMER · Dec 27, 2009

Everyone had good things to say about the Markham grapple and I had heard nothing of the ANBO.

Deerlope · Dec 29, 2009

I just ordered and Anbo today. It should be here around the 15 of Jan 2010. Any one that has one of them has nothing but good to say of them.

dex3361 · Dec 29, 2009

Deerlope said:
I just ordered and Anbo today. It should be here around the 15 of Jan 2010. Any one that has one of them has nothing but good to say of them.

What model Anbo did you order?

Deerlope · Dec 30, 2009

In talking with Jeff Hudson (compamy rep) I ordered a Medium rated for 25-60 HP tractor. I got the 6" spacing, 72" wide. For the work that I will do with it and for the lift capicity of MY FEL it should work out good. It will do very little dirt work and a lot of logging. The lighter the grapple the bigger log I can lift.

dex3361 · Dec 30, 2009

I think that when you work in the brush and logging with a tractor a Grapple is one of those attachments that you wonder how you ever got along without it. I got a Anbo GRM 66" Grapple and the weight was one of the reasons I went with Anbo it weighs only 340# and is plenty strong. The LA703 loader is much weaker than the you loader that you have so you will be impressed with what you can do with it on your machine.

Deerlope · Dec 30, 2009

Mine with the QA and everything will weight in at a little over 400 lbs. I wanted a Grapple that did not have forks so to say. I want the weight as close to the pivot point as possible so I can lift more. I am looking at around 3200 lbs of lift at the pivot. I am impressed at what you have in it in the second pic.I was about to order one 2 years ago and then something came up and I couldn't.BTW how long did it take you to teach the pup how to operate the Bota.