LouieJunior
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Here is my 60" Frontier Root Grapple -- and some willow trees ready for the chipper.
Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....
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I don't know about "cooler" but I find ripping out brush, knocking over trees and carrying so much brush in a load that you cannot see where you are going to make me REAL happy it is the grapple/tractor and not my back that is doing the work!
Oh, yea, almost forgot the rocks......hurts my back to even think about moving those without a grapple.
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Yep, Rocks.
Got two rocks.
Got three rocks.
Got four rocks.
Took them to the pile.
One more rock on the pile.
Another rock and the pile.
Got two rocks.
Got three rocks.
Got four rocks.
Took them to the pile.
One more rock on the pile.
Another rock and the pile.
Is that a burn pile:laughing:
k0ua
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No, that is a rock "mating Klatch". Kinda like one of them snake balls. How did you think new rocks are around every spring when you plow.. They have to propagate somehow.
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I guess it could be if I had the oxygen lance that I operated when I worked for Calument Concrete Cutting, back in 1960! :laughing:
But it would not burn it up, it would just melt it.
Just remembered one of the most unusual jobs we did, was cutting and removing a blast furnace at Inland Steel. I got to cut (melt) the fire brick with the iron powder oxygen lance. I have been inside an open hearth blast furnace and lived to tell about it!
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Grapples are cool in general. Using the grapple to move brush is definitely fun. It would take forever to get a load like that on the truck by hand. The grapple is a huge times aver.
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O.k., Roger, now I'm really impressed! :shocked::thumbsup:
I started a thread on that log to see how much it weighed. I punched the weight into log weight calculators and came up with 3,500lbs. People in the thread estimated it weighed between 3,000 and 3,500lbs. Once I showed the pictures of the 4240 lifting it they said it did not weigh that much:confused2:
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Hi Matt
Its a Land Pride SGC1060, and I got it from my friends at Townline Equipment in Plainfield NH.
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Scott
Its a Land Pride SGC1060, and I got it from my friends at Townline Equipment in Plainfield NH.
Thanks
Scott
Nice grapple and tractor!
TomSeller
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Looks like this is in the same weight range as the wicked grapple from EA. Very nice to have choices.
http://www.landpride.com/ari/attach/lp/public/specs/380-092s.pdf
Twotter
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Hello Gentlemen, really enjoying the awesome pics!
Which has led to me feeling grapple envy ;-)
I am not looking for a competition, but would some of you care to share the strong points of the different styles of grapples? In a short amount of time I have come across a tremendous amount of information here on TBN. I know different grapples work better for different jobs, curious as to why you all have chosen the grapple style you did?
Thanks!
Which has led to me feeling grapple envy ;-)
I am not looking for a competition, but would some of you care to share the strong points of the different styles of grapples? In a short amount of time I have come across a tremendous amount of information here on TBN. I know different grapples work better for different jobs, curious as to why you all have chosen the grapple style you did?
Thanks!
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It would help focus replies if you give us some idea about 1) what size tractor/loader and 2) types of tasks you intend to do.
The simple answer to your question is that any grapple is better than no grapple. Less expensive light duty grapples do virtually everything more expensive wider and heavier grapples can do on any CUT up to about 50hp. Most inexpensive grapples are "open bottom" and while "clamshell" type grapples are more expensive. Basic difference there is to look at your own hand as a carrying device. If you have your palm up then the load sits in your hand and your thumb just stabilizes the load. If your palm faces down, then your fingers and thumb must close tightly on the load to keep it from falling out. Palm up = open bottom grapple. Palm down = claw or clamshell type. The grapple in my avatar is a light duty open bottom type.
If you give us more info, we can be more helpful.
By the way, I'm just down the road in Winchester.
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I chose a stump grapple because I'm digging out 100's of cedar trees and piling them up. It's very useful as a grapple and somewhat useful for digging up cedars. The reason it's only somewhat useful for digging is that the solid back on it keeps me from seeing the bucket part of it, so I have to dig by "feel".
After I used it for a while, I bought a backhoe to handle more of the digging chores. I still dig some with the stump grapple but use it more for the grapple work and less for the digging work. At a cost of well under $1,000, it was a good investment.
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I have an older pin-on bucket vs the newer easy-change bucket so switching between bucket and grapple would be a lot of work. So I got a bolt-on grapple. Even if I had a easy-change system I am not sure I would get a dedicated grapple because a lot of the work I do requires both bucket and grapple. One minute I am moving a rock or stump and the next minute I am moving dirt with the bucket to fill the hole where the rock or stump was. No matter where I am I have both available all the time and even though my grapple is less capable than a dedicated grapple I have always been able to get the job done and don't feel handicapped.
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I chose the L style, because I wanted more depth to the grapple for picking up big rocks, and logs. I think the shorter depth grapples are perhaps better for grubbing out roots and applying more pressure because the teeth are closer to the pivot pins of the loader.
I chose the smaller lighter EA grapple because I was looking for a smaller width grapple, (mine is 50 inches) and light weight to maximize my lift capability yet built with 80,000 psi steel instead of the usual A36 mild steel. As far as I know any grapple is way better than no grapple, but like you said, some grapples are better suited for some jobs than others.
