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dtd24 said:
A peice of old garden hose works real well also
Grapple Design
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A peice of old garden hose works real well also
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dtd24
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OK I did all the calculations. Looks like my grapple will add 225 lbs +/- to my FEL. The specs say she is good for 1175 lbs at full lift capacity. Lets say she ends up being 250 lbs, that leave 925 lbs left. Seems ok to me. What do you guys think?
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dtd24 said:
Except for picking up stumps or whole trees, it is pretty hard to get more than 1000lbs of material into a grapple. My CK20 has a lift capacity at pivot pins of 1070lbs and I have a 280lb grapple on it. I can lift ANY amount of brush I can cram into the thing. I often have the grapple so overloaded I almost have to get off the tractor to see where I am going and I routinely stop, raise the grapple higher so I can peek underneath, and then lower and keep going. Point being that 900lbs of capacity is plenty to be useful.
Bigger stumps can weigh more than 900lbs and in theory you could try to load too many logs (I can lift one 15" x 16-18 foot log with limbs attached).
Bottom line is that you'll be fine with that residual net lift capacity.
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dtd24 said:
For the extra-work and productivity you get out of the grapple, I would trade a little GBW any day!
(GBW = Gross Bucket Weight , he, he, he... I may have coined a new acronym)
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Ok, the metal is all cut up. All the weld chamfers are done, the arms should be welded up for this weekend. We bored a hole in the arm to except a stainless pipe at the bucket connection. I got the idea from the gugliois thread. I think this should aid in stability of the arm, and wear better than just a hole alone in the arm. Perfect spot for another zerk as well.
We have decided to try something alittle different as far as the mounting of the the grapple at the fel. We will create a slid of sorts that the bracket will slip into. Then We will pin the grapple bracket in place to the fel. My stepdad came up with this. At first I was worried about slop, but I think this would be an exclent way to slip on and slip off the fel by myself.
Take a peek at this sketch and chime in!
We have decided to try something alittle different as far as the mounting of the the grapple at the fel. We will create a slid of sorts that the bracket will slip into. Then We will pin the grapple bracket in place to the fel. My stepdad came up with this. At first I was worried about slop, but I think this would be an exclent way to slip on and slip off the fel by myself.
Take a peek at this sketch and chime in!
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MrJimi
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dtd24, I have to hand it to you on your grapple build, I just read all 115 post and looked at all pictures, I have learned heaps and I am building a rake/grapple and no design yet? I have my teeth cut and just sitting on floor rusting away
Keep up all the great work
Jim
I have my teeth cut and just sitting on floor rusting awayKeep up all the great work
Jim
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I am getting very close. Thought I would share my progress with you guys. My stepfather has been helping me with the metal work. We trade off work. I work on the house (new kitchen project) he works on my grapple. Here are some pics
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Here are some more I trying out my new photobucket
Arm connection bushing w/ grease fiting
Side view of arm connection
Grapple side
Grapple front
Arm connection bushing w/ grease fiting
Side view of arm connection
Grapple side
Grapple front
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still not sure how to make the pics a link like 3rrl. I have half read a post. I just use photobucket to resize to 65% and then copy/paste the img code. I want them smaller in the board, but clickable any help? Hope the large pics don't hurt slow connection.
The grapple is coming along pretty well though huh?
The grapple is coming along pretty well though huh?
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Yeah, I'll say it is looking great. One question about those bolts and nuts holding the jaw pivots. Are the nuts run up against a shoulder or stop? Or is there still thread left where you could tighten them and would pinch the joint shut? Otherwise you may need to double nut them...or maybe use Nylock nuts so they don't fall off.
About posting "thumbnails" using your new Photobucket account...
Posting thumbnails is easy and I'll walk you through it.... lol ... But I needed help too figuring it out.
Ok so first thing is to re-size your photos to make them around 50 to 100 kb size to load up to your Photobucket account. This will help the dial up members. I use a Windows Picture Re-sizer that is free to download.
When I open or preview a picture, right mouse click on the photo and one of the options will be to "resize" the photo. I usually use "medium" setting and large only for more detailed ones. Here is the link to the Windows Picture resizer.
Windows Picture Resizer for XP
Or do a search if you don't have XP for the computer system you have.
When you re-size a picture, it makes a copy of the original photo so it is not lost. I keep the resized pictures in a separate folder under TBN photos, under individual folders for each project.
OK, once you have a folder of resized pictures, you can log on to your Photobucket account and also log onto TBN and to the thread you want. So now you have 2 web browsers open at the same time.
Minimize the TBN and go to the Photobucket web browser. I have made sub albums in the Photobucket account for each project too. Make one for "Grapple" and click on it so you are in that sub account and upload those pictures to that.
Once the photos are upload, they will all appear as thumbnails on your screen. You have already done that so you know what I mean.
Below each photo is a square box with the name of the photo and also 4 types of formats, but disregard those.
What you want to do is check that box by the photo name by clicking on the box. You can check more than one photo at a time if you want. It will highlight the photo(s) and puts a red border around it.
After checking the box(s), scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. There is an option to select/unselect all and also 3 rectangles below that.
You want to click on the one that says "Generate HTML and IMG code".
Click on it and another screen pops up with 5 more rectangles.
You want the 3rd rectangle down that says "IMG clickable thumbnails for message boards - recommended".
Highlight all that is in the box and Right mouseclick on it to copy it.
Then open up the TBN browser and "paste" the information into the reply post with another right mouse click.
When you "Pre-view" your reply, you should see a clickable thumbnail in it along with your written post. That is why I don't use the "quick reply" so I can check my spelling and also my photos.
Click on the thumbnail in your preview and it should open up. If good, post it.
Sounds harder then it really is, but like anything else, once you get used to it it's not bad at all. lol ... Like tying your shoe laces the first few times.
Try that and keep these instructions in your computer for reference. I should keep a copy of these instructions too, since many many TBN'ers have asked me how to do this.
About posting "thumbnails" using your new Photobucket account...
Posting thumbnails is easy and I'll walk you through it.... lol ... But I needed help too figuring it out.
Ok so first thing is to re-size your photos to make them around 50 to 100 kb size to load up to your Photobucket account. This will help the dial up members. I use a Windows Picture Re-sizer that is free to download.
When I open or preview a picture, right mouse click on the photo and one of the options will be to "resize" the photo. I usually use "medium" setting and large only for more detailed ones. Here is the link to the Windows Picture resizer.
Windows Picture Resizer for XP
Or do a search if you don't have XP for the computer system you have.
When you re-size a picture, it makes a copy of the original photo so it is not lost. I keep the resized pictures in a separate folder under TBN photos, under individual folders for each project.
OK, once you have a folder of resized pictures, you can log on to your Photobucket account and also log onto TBN and to the thread you want. So now you have 2 web browsers open at the same time.
Minimize the TBN and go to the Photobucket web browser. I have made sub albums in the Photobucket account for each project too. Make one for "Grapple" and click on it so you are in that sub account and upload those pictures to that.
Once the photos are upload, they will all appear as thumbnails on your screen. You have already done that so you know what I mean.
Below each photo is a square box with the name of the photo and also 4 types of formats, but disregard those.
What you want to do is check that box by the photo name by clicking on the box. You can check more than one photo at a time if you want. It will highlight the photo(s) and puts a red border around it.
After checking the box(s), scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. There is an option to select/unselect all and also 3 rectangles below that.
You want to click on the one that says "Generate HTML and IMG code".
Click on it and another screen pops up with 5 more rectangles.
You want the 3rd rectangle down that says "IMG clickable thumbnails for message boards - recommended".
Highlight all that is in the box and Right mouseclick on it to copy it.
Then open up the TBN browser and "paste" the information into the reply post with another right mouse click.
When you "Pre-view" your reply, you should see a clickable thumbnail in it along with your written post. That is why I don't use the "quick reply" so I can check my spelling and also my photos.
Click on the thumbnail in your preview and it should open up. If good, post it.
Sounds harder then it really is, but like anything else, once you get used to it it's not bad at all. lol ... Like tying your shoe laces the first few times.
Try that and keep these instructions in your computer for reference. I should keep a copy of these instructions too, since many many TBN'ers have asked me how to do this.
