Home made Grapple

   / Home made Grapple #11  
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very nice job
 
   / Home made Grapple #12  
WELCOME TO TBN!!! Very nice job on the build. Way out of my league. don't be a stranger and keep the pics comming. think you might be able to size the photos a little smaller for us that have dial up?
 
   / Home made Grapple #13  
Yeah, welcome to TBN.
That is a great job making that grapple from scratch. It is one of the best I've seen. Looks extremely tough and heavy duty.
What a great investment for $200 bucks. You saved a ton of money building it yourself. Now you'll save a ton of time and effort in your clearing jobs too.
Great work and thanks for sharing.
 
   / Home made Grapple #15  
Maltpj, How long did you make the tines?
Don't be surprised if you don't get a responce. The thread is over 3 years old, and he last signed in here on March 19th of this year.
 
   / Home made Grapple #16  
Yea, I saw that before I posted. I'm getting ready to build one and wanted to know how long his tines are
 
   / Home made Grapple #17  
The guys that have grapples, how long are the tines and how thick are they. I'm wanting to order the material next week so I can have a winter project.
 
   / Home made Grapple #18  
Try to send him a private message. That will automatically generate a notification that is sent to his e-mail address. He might respond.
 
   / Home made Grapple #19  
I sent him one but have not heard anything back. I would like to know how long do most people make the tine's when they build theirs?
 
   / Home made Grapple #20  
I sent him one but have not heard anything back. I would like to know how long do most people make the tine's when they build theirs?

Attached is a pic of a Gator grapple with a reference you can use to measure whatever you like. After using skid steer grapples that are basically buckets with pinchers, this thing seems to have a HUGE capacity and a HUGE 'bite', which is perfect for what i'm using it for...moving brush, tree limbs/logs/etc. I will say that my attempts at grubbing roots with it have been mediocre, due to a combination of inexperience on my part and what i'm assuming is a loss of leverage due to the length of the tines. However, given my primary use, they are a great length.

Mind your cylinder attachment points as well, the Gator grapples open very wide, yet still seem to have lots of pressure available when they are closed. I think this is partially due to how high the rear point is, but i haven't really sat down to try to figure it out.
 

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