Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

[FriendwithTractor]

Ah, finally this thread surfaces again!

After using my Landpride SGC0660, I'll never be without a FEL and grapple again! It makes taking down trees and limbs a trivial undertaking.
Only negative I have to say about it is that the grease zerks came out when I tried to grease it. No biggie, just need to clean the threads up and screw them in tightly.

 

[Jstpssng]

This pile shows the potential advantage of grapple mounted on forks, vs a conventional grapple. With forks I could flip the logs off the end of the tongs,tossing them to the back of the pile for a taller stack. That would have resulted in it being 8 feet tall all of the way back, rather than just in the front.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Pallet forks with a matching grapple is easily the most useful tool I've ever bought for a tractor,

From sorting logs out of a pile,

then loading them on the deck of my sawmill or trailer,

to taking loads of slabs or lumber away from the mill,

to holding firewood logs while they are being cut to firewood length,

to moving/loading all the brush or limb wood,

to moving the boxes of splits to the drying area,

Even prying boulders right out of the ground and moving them out of the way,

and a thousand "other" things they do amazingly well, MUCH more useful that a dedicated grapple.

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

Pallet forks with a matching grapple is easily the most useful tool I've ever bought for a tractor,

From sorting logs out of a pile,

then loading them on the deck of my sawmill or trailer,

to taking loads of slabs or lumber away from the mill,

to holding firewood logs while they are being cut to firewood length,

to moving/loading all the brush or limb wood,

to moving the boxes of splits to the drying area,

Even prying boulders right out of the ground and moving them out of the way,

and a thousand "other" things they do amazingly well, MUCH more useful that a dedicated grapple.

SR

I broke my Titan pallet forks digging a rock out. I can buy a new backing plate but am not a proficient enough welder to make a safe repair.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I broke my Titan pallet forks digging a rock out. I can buy a new backing plate but am not a proficient enough welder to make a safe repair.

Yeaaa, you have to buy "good stuff" if you are going to be prying, HLA makes some good forks!

You can't buy "price" if you want good stuff!

Take yours to a welding shop...

SR

 

[Piston]

It’s always nice to see this thread continue on with more photos.

 

[Piston]

I broke my Titan pallet forks digging a rock out. I can buy a new backing plate but am not a proficient enough welder to make a safe repair.

This isn’t that uncommon. A lot of forks have been bent by trying to use them for digging out rocks and brush/stumps. The owner I bought my tractor from bent my forks doing the same thing.

 

[Piston]

I was a little surprised to see my tractor featured on WR Long’s advertisement

My original photo…

 

[two_bit_score]

I'm sure your Royalty check is in the mail.

 

[Piston]

I'm sure your Royalty check is in the mail.

Shockingly, I havent received it yet.