Grapple GRAPPLE HOSES

[flINTLOCK]

The quick disconnect hoses for my grapple keep sagging enough to catch on brush if I'm not careful. I've cable-tied them, but ties don't last very long. I seem to remember a thread a while back talking about mounting QD's on transverse loader bar, but couldn't locate that thread. Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[6sunset6]

I have seen bulkhead fittings on the torque bar. Thats the piece that ties the loader arms together out front. I am attaching two pictures. if Ihave them on this computor. one is a diverter valve with QD on the torque bar. The other is QD on a bulkhead bracket further back on the loader arms on a dufferent machine. The bulkhead fittings come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Look at Dicount Hydraulic on line. But they have a $20 min.

 

[jmc]

Here's a picture of a Long grapple on a Kubota L4330. The loader cross bar has a sheet metal cover on top to protect the factory steel hydraulic lines. I made the bulkhead mount out of a piece of angle iron and bolted it to the cross bar using the same mounting holes they used for the sheet metal cover.

John

 

[amigauser]

The WR Long bulkhead kit mounts on the torque bar area to.

Here is my setup on my Kubota B3030.

Norm

 

[3RRL]

I used my own set up and mounted the lines to the loader arms and then to the middle of the torque bar. Then from there another set of short hoses to the bucket mount. Then another shorter set from there to the cylinders themselves.