Grapple Grapple weight

[gnawbone]

Okay, you guys have convinced me. I want as much lifting power as I can get. As I said, I am hard on my equipment and I have really beat my bucket up. That was the thought process behind getting something heavy but I would be more upset about it not being useful than having to work on it every once in a while.

I just finished cutting down and moving 51 trees (6" to 36" diameter) using my 60" Wicked Root grapple from Everything attachments - some of these trees were enormous. I have an L3800 Kubota and my grapple and tractor moved all of the limbs, trunks, and stumps (stumps were dug up with a backhoe) - some of the stuff I moved almost a half mile away from where I cut them down. I was clearing land for a pole building (just finished 4 days ago! ). My grapple did one heck of a lot of work without a single problem - and I did not baby it - I worked it. I would absolutely buy another one from EA without question - the value (cost + quality) is outstanding - I am very happy with it and I think I proved it can do a lot of work.

It is also an awful lot of fun - I try to think up things to use it for!

 

[engine29]

I have the E.A. 50" grapple on a CK30 (Kioti). Used it today moving logs to the wood processor. Has been a very good grapple for my needs.

 

[DelSc]

Land Pride makes a 10 series grapple that is lighter than the 15 series. A 60" grapple is 389 pounds with their universal quick hitch mount installed. They use a high strength steel (AR400) which has almost twice the yield strength of what they quote for the steel on the EA grapples.

 

[Cord]

I have a John Deere 3320 that I would like to put a Root Grapple on. I like the design of the Faver products. The problem is they are heavy and may be over kill for my tractor but I am hard on my equipment. The one that I am looking at is 619 lbs. Is that too much my my loader? I an not sure how much the stock bucket weighs to make a comparison.

I have a Faver 314 grapple on a Gehl 6635 skid steer. This is a 2300lb lift machine. Having put at least 100 hours on the grapple, there are very few signs of damage. Yesterday I noticed the cylinder guard had a very slight dent in it. No bad considering that I've been moving rocks that weigh over a ton! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGslzYfoWzY&list=UUcsB4RG-_fcGrAyjIJMSdwQ I have become a huge fan of a narrow grapple.

 

[94BULLITT]

Since you said you are hard on your tractor I would go with a Everything Attachments dual lid wicked grapple.

 

[trihounds]

Another vote for the EA Wicked Grapple. I have the single lid on my 33HP tractor and couldn't be happier.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Since you said you are hard on your tractor I would go with a Everything Attachments dual lid wicked grapple.

Thatll make it harder on the tractor all right.

 

[94BULLITT]

Thatll make it harder on the tractor all right.

How is that?

 

[EverythingAttachments]

Land Pride makes a 10 series grapple that is lighter than the 15 series. A 60" grapple is 389 pounds with their universal quick hitch mount installed. They use a high strength steel (AR400) which has almost twice the yield strength of what they quote for the steel on the EA grapples.

The 10 series LP is more like our ETA Root Rake Grapple, which is a different design with less demand than the Wicked Grapple.

Land Pride uses AR 400 for their teeth, not the entire grapple(LP Literature), which we also use for our teeth.

Also, I do not think LP offers their grapple with a JD style quick attach. We do not charge any extra for the JDQA.
Travis

 

[SPYDERLK]

How is that?

Greater width and 2nd jaw get in the way. [You must approach a load more straight on, cant maneuver as freely, etc.] Heavier.