Homemade grapple

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OleBlue

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Here's a pic of my homemade grapple. Got tired of doing the slip chain (climbing down and up, down and up, ....) and was looking for a grapple for my Ford 1700. I found one, but no more than I will probably use it, I couldnt see paying $3K for one, so I built one. I used teeth and the shanks from a GBC box scraper, and a hydraulic clinder (1.5" bore x 3" stroke) off ebay. Total investment is around $250. I have it secured with chains so that it will move around as I'm pulling the feeled trees to the burn pile, and to make it easy on/off.
 

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Here's a pic with the grapple closed.
 

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Nice little tool....now hang it from a boom pole and you have your own 3k grapple.

Your second pic didn't load properly for me.

Regards,
Kevin
 
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Now thats a clever idea. That should save many trips on & off the tractor.
 
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That is neat! Don't forget to add it to OleBlue's implement list!
 
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Necessity is the mother of invention. I love it when you can make something that really works and save a bundle $$$$$ in the process. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 

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