Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

[Tomtint]

We had a bit of a storm up here a couple days ago, lost 3 trees at our commercial property, has a friend cut them up and he took the burnable wood and left the brush piles for me to move... about 6 very large ones. Took a hour with the grapple... huge huge time and back saver. When I got home, the top of a very large tree was broken off and blocking our road. My neighbors were out cutting it up and I unloaded the tractor again to pick up and move the piles. 4 trips to the brush pile and it was gone.. that grapple was 100% some of the best money I have spent on my tractor.

 

[Stupit]

Wow! That's a rock. Nice job Luke!

 

[Stupit]

Beautiful dog, too! I love Ridgebacks!

Thanks!

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Wow! That's a rock. Nice job Luke!

I was pretty proud of the MX and, as always, glad to not break anything (thank you conservative Kubota engineers!)

 

[dragoneggs]

I was pretty proud of the MX and, as always, glad to not break anything (thank you conservative Kubota engineers!)

I too think they are conservative... I should have broken my FEL by now, the way I have abused it.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Cut some new walking trail through thick re-growth today. A grapple makes a world of difference. Made 6 trip like this today with more to come.

(posting just to prove to Gordon that I don't neglect the big grapple )

 

[goeduck]

I too think they are conservative... I should have broken my FEL by now, the way I have abused it.

Agree Kubotas generally can lift more than they are rated. Sometimes well more.

 

[dragoneggs]

Agree Kubotas generally can lift more than they are rated. Sometimes well more.

I have no clue if I have lifted more than rated but I know I have tried lifting pallets that I could only lift a foot in the air and moved them around. Also tried large tree stumps that lifted my back end w/BH wheels off the ground.

 

[MutzFarm]

Wicked Grapple or Manure / Hay Fork ? Wicked Grapple use 1,298

 

[Gordon Gould]

Cut some new walking trail through thick re-growth today. A grapple makes a world of difference. Made 6 trip like this today with more to come.

(posting just to prove to Gordon that I don't neglect the big grapple )

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Some how I missed that post. I feel better now

gg

 

[LiveDog]

I think PISTON started a GREAT thread here... The pics are awesome and the info/stories VERY helpful/entertaining...

I read Piston's original rules (no arguing about which grapple is better)...

I have a new KUBOTA L4701DT and I am trying to decide on the SIZE grapple... The tractor comes with a 72" bucket but I am not sure what size grapple is best (60"/66"/72")... I am leaning towards a 66" (with additional/removable) tines and double lid... You can prolly deduce that I am looking at the EA grapples but I am also looking at/negotiating with others... I will gladly take any OEM recommendations you want to pass along but please let's not argue about it...

I will be using this machine/equipment (taming the land) in New Hampshire/Maine/Tennessee/Florida...

 

[Otgaugres]

JD 4066R, Frontier Root Grapple.

 

[Xfaxman]

I think PISTON started a GREAT thread here... The pics are awesome and the info/stories VERY helpful/entertaining...

I read Piston's original rules (no arguing about which grapple is better)...

I have a new KUBOTA L4701DT and I am trying to decide on the SIZE grapple... The tractor comes with a 72" bucket but I am not sure what size grapple is best (60"/66"/72")... I am leaning towards a 66" (with additional/removable) tines and double lid... You can prolly deduce that I am looking at the EA grapples but I am also looking at/negotiating with others... I will gladly take any OEM recommendations you want to pass along but please let's not argue about it...

I will be using this machine/equipment (taming the land) in New Hampshire/Maine/Tennessee/Florida...

No argument, I don't think you will find a better one, but the only one that I saw with removable tines was their little single lid:

I think this is the one you are looking at:

And the 66" would be a good choice. :thumbsup:

Edit: Evidently their Website isn't up to date. The grapple you are looking at is available with the removable tines: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...t-debris-grapple-post4921127.html#post4921127

This is the 60":

 

[Piston]

Livedog,
Glad you are enjoying this thread that so many people have contributed to! I love seeing the new pics that are regularly posted. (Like this latest 4066r above with some beastly equipment on it!)

What are you going to be using the grapple for?

I personally like my 66” WR Long (But the equivalent model wicked grapple would be just as good, maybe better I️ don’t know) but the reasons i like the extra width is for carrying firewood, multiple awkward shaped items like stumps for instance, and so many other random things I️ never realized i would do with it!

 

[Peter 315]

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JD 4066R, Frontier Root Grapple.

Nice:thumbsup:

 

[LiveDog]

Livedog,
Glad you are enjoying this thread that so many people have contributed to! I love seeing the new pics that are regularly posted. (Like this latest 4066r above with some beastly equipment on it!)

What are you going to be using the grapple for?

I personally like my 66 WR Long (But the equivalent model wicked grapple would be just as good, maybe better I️ don稚 know) but the reasons i like the extra width is for carrying firewood, multiple awkward shaped items like stumps for instance, and so many other random things I️ never realized i would do with it!

I have a LOT of general farm-type chores, landscaping, and a LOT of 'tree work' to do basically... Brush/stumps/logs/firewood/storm clean-up/sticks/roots/etc... Some rocks... I MAY try some digging in order to remove small trees with their roots mostly intact for transplanting (while dormant)... I will be turning-over large mulch/compost/manure piles and making large amounts of specialized potting/planting soils... Etc... All the usual stuff as well as some 'experimental/proprietary/specialized stock-in-trade' ideas... If things work out I MAY be getting additional tractors/implements for North/Central/South-East locations... I can't afford the time/money for mistakes...

I have looked at the EA grapples and MANY others... EA is a contender...

BTW for you that are burning... IF you are burning ONLY wood, the pot-ash has some value... I use/sell/trade mine...

There is NO substitute for experience and NO GIFT GREATER THAN WISDOM...

I will be posting pics soon...

Thanks for YOUR time/effort...

 

[LiveDog]

Nice:thumbsup:

There are some things about THIS grapple that I like... http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...e-thread-b666e69d-ef56-4b2f-8927-94e0b675e2d2

I am not the biggest JD fan but this is a VERY nice looking rig...

And there are things about THIS grapple that I like also... W.R. Long, Inc. | Tarboro, NC

Apparently some of the grapple OEMs are VERY busy, almost to the point of over-stressing their resources, it seems... Evidently there is a run on these implements (perhaps due to the latest hurricanes/storms)...

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

LiveDog,
It sounds like you just bought a tractor package with a used grapple. Is that correct? Can you post a picture of the grapple?

If I might make a suggestion: You are absolutely correct that there's no substitution for experience. So get some with your grapple! Use it for awhile. You will get a better sense of what type you need, what size you want, and how may lids you become fanatical about. :drink:.

You will destroy the same grapple you can use to grub for palmettos in Florida as to grub for granite in Northern New England.

My point is you my want to keep the grapple you have now and get a SECOND grapple of a different application. Once you know your tasks. :cool2:

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Nice video.
..but you know people aren稚 going to ask about the 99 times it works right. We want to know: Why did it fall off?

Because Kioti uses a single lever SSQA on their NX series tractor which had been tripped by a bit of material and I did not see this in the sun while paying most of my attention to not running over my two dogs. my solution to this problem is a field modification that I recommend to everybody with a single lever SSQA lever.

 

[LiveDog]

LiveDog,
It sounds like you just bought a tractor package with a used grapple. Is that correct? Can you post a picture of the grapple?

If I might make a suggestion: You are absolutely correct that there's no substitution for experience. So get some with your grapple! Use it for awhile. You will get a better sense of what type you need, what size you want, and how may lids you become fanatical about. :drink:.

You will destroy the same grapple you can use to grub for palmettos in Florida as to grub for granite in Northern New England.

My point is you my want to keep the grapple you have now and get a SECOND grapple of a different application. Once you know your tasks. :cool2:

NOT correct... NO USED GRAPPLE... Not sure where YOU got that idea... I hope I was not unclear... No Biggy...

I am going to use this new tractor/EXISTING 6' bucket to get the feel for it before I decide on a new grapple OEM/size... I have a LOT of bucket-work to do...

BTW, I currently use 3 tractors (2 x New Holland 1 x John Deer) of different HP/applications, but NO GRAPPLES, just forks...

YUP, grubbing palmettos (and several other similar infestations, including bamboo) in the semi-tropical environ of Florida is a life-long-past-time since those things grow several inches per day down there...

Thanks for YOUR help/input...