Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

[dragoneggs]

I hate this thread... so jealous of you grapplers!

 

[Piston]

just found the thread and thought i'd share some of mine

no it wouldn't lift this one

Glad you found the thread! Awesome pics as well. I love seeing those giant logs like that, even though we can't lift them with our size tractors (and yours is much more capable than mine) That log probably weighs over 3k lbs depending on what it is!

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Clearing lakeshore.

Awesome pic Eric! I think you have the EA grapple right? Are those bottom tines perfectly flat at the bottom of the grapple? Or are they slightly curved?

I hate this thread... so jealous of you grapplers!

Well, you do know they make a grapple built SPECIFICALLY for the BX series right?

 

[Xfaxman]

------------ I love seeing those giant logs like that, even though we can't lift them with our size tractors ---------- That log probably weighs over 3k lbs depending on what it is!

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Here is one that weighed over 3K. The rear end came off of the ground at the burn pile, so I put it down to get the picture.

Here is a big one on the little grapple. :thumbsup:

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Awesome pic Eric! I think you have the EA grapple right? Are those bottom tines perfectly flat at the bottom of the grapple? Or are they slightly curved?

The bottom of the EA grapple is curved. Apart from the opening size, crossbars make the grapple strong but prevent skewering piles of material. As a result material is pinched from the top down. Although wide for the task, I regularly use this grapple to dig out root balls. It is just a matter of getting the tines under the root ball and slowly working the ball loose either by sheer weight of rolling my tractor or lifting.

A flat bottom with a sharp crossbar can be used as a land plane for leveling. This grapple cannot do that function.

 

[IslandTractor]

The bottom of the EA grapple is curved. Apart from the opening size, crossbars make the grapple strong but prevent skewering piles of material. As a result material is pinched from the top down. Although wide for the task, I regularly use this grapple to dig out root balls. It is just a matter of getting the tines under the root ball and slowly working the ball loose either by sheer weight of rolling my tractor or lifting.

A flat bottom with a sharp crossbar can be used as a land plane for leveling. This grapple cannot do that function.

When digging out bigger stumps/root balls, it also helps to move the tractor 90 degrees and push/pull/lift from that angle too.

 

[Jim Timber]

I've been surprised at how much the blunt edge of the Wood's grapple's "teeth" in the lateral support web will grab and rip out. I think it does better at hooking small trees than the sharp edge on my bucket.

The wide tooth profile also seems to prevent slicing roots off when you pull, and instead keeps them intact so you get more of them out in one pass. It surprised me the first couple times it happened, but now I'm used to seeing roots tearing out of the ground to the sides of what I'm lifting/pushing.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

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Not without a price!

I'm pretty sure I recently read that you have a grapple as well? What do you have? Care to post some pics?

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Not without a price!

I'm pretty sure I recently read that you have a grapple as well? What do you have? Care to post some pics?

Hahaha! Love it! Next chance I get to take pictures...

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

As promised. Landpride SGC1572.
If I could go back in time I would have gotten a grapple like the one Piston has. And maybe 64" not 72". Let the dealer talk me into this style and size. Said I really wanted 72" as that almost spans my rear tire tracks.
Don't get me wrong, I love having it, and I'm sure I would damage my loader arms before that beast... But at almost 900lbs it can be a little unwieldy even with 1300lbs of rear ballast.
For lager granite stone in the 1500-2000lbs range I end up having to switch to my forks. Not sure if a 400lbs grapple can handle stones that size? A slightly smaller width might be more dexterous?