Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

Piston · Oct 23, 2015

Great photos Terry! I love that last shot!

kminnick · Nov 6, 2015

Here is my new (new to me) tractor with a 72" grapple.

Brown Dog · Nov 7, 2015

JD 5093E & AV20 Grapple

Mikejeakins · Nov 9, 2015

Nice setup Brown dog.

Brown Dog · Nov 9, 2015

Thanks MJ.
This Tractor along with my other 2 has made life a lot easier

Jim Timber · Nov 9, 2015

Doing some more road clearing the last couple days.

Found a great reason for two lids vs one too. You can shove a debris pile into a tree to condense it, and then close the lids around it. Try that with a single lid!

IslandTractor · Nov 10, 2015

Jim Timber said:
Doing some more road clearing the last couple days.

Found a great reason for two lids vs one too. You can shove a debris pile into a tree to condense it, and then close the lids around it. Try that with a single lid!

First and only reason for two lids I've ever heard. We'll put it in the record book.:laughing:

IslandTractor · Nov 10, 2015

Jim Timber said:
Doing some more road clearing the last couple days.

Found a great reason for two lids vs one too. You can shove a debris pile into a tree to condense it, and then close the lids around it. Try that with a single lid!

First and only reason for two lids I've ever heard. We'll put it in the record book.:laughing:

Don't know how I managed to get this pile of brush into a single lid grapple without a tree around:

Jim Timber · Nov 10, 2015

Did you do it in a single move and bite?

Didn't think so...

I'm not going to argue one is better or worse. I just pointed out a method singles can't do.

I have a 12' wide lane I'm working. With the grinder out back my tractor is 24' long. Pushing and crimping from multiple directions isn't physically possible like shown in your wide open field.

IslandTractor · Nov 10, 2015

Jim Timber said:
Did you do it in a single move and bite? Didn't think so... I'm not going to argue one is better or worse. I just pointed out a method singles can't do. I have a 12' wide lane I'm working. With the grinder out back my tractor is 24' long. Pushing and crimping from multiple directions isn't physically possible like shown in your wide open field.

Actually it was one bite! What I didn't show was that it was one bite out of a huge pile so the pile acted as a back stop. Also, the brush was very sticky and dry. My grapple jaw was at least a couple feet from the front of the load. More typically I roll brush over to compact it but I have used tree backstops too. No doubt your trick with the double jaw would work better around ornamental trees. I just push against trash trees and don't mind scraping the bark.

dirtymartini · Nov 10, 2015

I'm in! I just picked up my Everything Attachments 60" Single Lid Wicked Root Grapple from the freight terminal. It's raining cats and dogs here so pictures tomorrow. I can't wait to get it hooked up!

Luke'sScreenName · Nov 10, 2015

dirtymartini said:
I'm in! I just picked up my Everything Attachments 60" Single Lid Wicked Root Grapple from the freight terminal. It's raining cats and dogs here so pictures tomorrow. I can't wait to get it hooked up!

:thumbsup::cool2::drink:

Jim Timber · Nov 10, 2015

IslandTractor said:
Actually it was one bite! What I didn't show was that it was one bite out of a huge pile so the pile acted as a back stop. Also, the brush was very sticky and dry. My grapple jaw was at least a couple feet from the front of the load. More typically I roll brush over to compact it but I have used tree backstops too. No doubt your trick with the double jaw would work better around ornamental trees. I just push against trash trees and don't mind scraping the bark.

Huge pile takes more than one move and bite to create. You made my point.

I have crop trees that damaged bark has zero impact on (logs or firewood) as long as I'm harvesting them in the near future. I can mash a pile of slash into one without any negative impact on my bottom line.

Rustyiron · Nov 10, 2015

Now I can grab it on each end!
It's nice to be able to pull it out the "long way".

terryknight · Nov 10, 2015

Rustyiron said:
Now I can grab it on each end!
It's nice to be able to pull it out the "long way".

awesome :thumb:

IslandTractor · Nov 10, 2015

Jim Timber said:
Huge pile takes more than one move and bite to create. You made my point.

I have crop trees that damaged bark has zero impact on (logs or firewood) as long as I'm harvesting them in the near future. I can mash a pile of slash into one without any negative impact on my bottom line.

I understand your point. The huge pile in question was made by an excavator and big backhoe however. I was just cleaning up.

All grapples are better than no grapple. Even an added grapple arm on a standard bucket is WAY more useful than a bucket alone in moving brush and logs. We can all agree on that I'm sure.

Now, tell me how you would have pulled this rock out of the ground with your two lid grapple. Rock was buried until I snagged it with my little 48" grapple. I thought it was a small rock that had grown over the winter and was hitting my mower blades so I stuck the grapple "under" it, clamped and lifted. Not sure I could have done it with a double lid as the rock weighs something over 2000lbs and having it on one side of the grapple would have been dangerous.

Luke'sScreenName · Nov 10, 2015

IslandTractor said:
I understand your point. The huge pile in question was made by an excavator and big backhoe however. I was just cleaning up.

All grapples are better than no grapple. Even an added grapple arm on a standard bucket is WAY more useful than a bucket alone in moving brush and logs. We can all agree on that I'm sure.

Now, tell me how you would have pulled this rock out of the ground with your two lid grapple. Rock was buried until I snagged it with my little 48" grapple. I thought it was a small rock that had grown over the winter and was hitting my mower blades so I stuck the grapple "under" it, clamped and lifted. Not sure I could have done it with a double lid as the rock weighs something over 2000lbs and having it on one side of the grapple would have been dangerous.

Island, how did you estimate the weight of that rock (granite?)?

IslandTractor · Nov 10, 2015

lukestafford said:
Island, how did you estimate the weight of that rock (granite?)?

From memory. I measured the rock several years ago and calculated volume. It is granite. It lives about 50 feet from where I dug it out.

I didn't search for the post I made here on TBN many moons ago when I gave the measurements and calculated weight. As I recall it was significantly more than a ton but not 1.5 tons. It was held out on the tip of the grapple so was about three feet from pivot pins. I could only lift it a little higher than you see in the photo and my loader is rated at 2760lbs to full height at pivot pins. The grapple held it with just the one upper tine which got splayed out. Needed some heat and hammer to straighten it.

Jim Timber · Nov 10, 2015

I've moved several hundred yards of taconite with my 3/4yd bucket. 2Klb rock off one side would be cake.

Luke'sScreenName · Nov 11, 2015

Ya, I think many would be surprised how much of a difference it makes as you move away from the effective point of pivot. I also think the distance and reduction in lift capacity are not linear. In other words, the farther out your load the bigger difference it makes. So a few inches at the end of your loader can make a huge difference in lift capacity.