Ordered the 60" root grapple from MTL attachments last week for my JD4600. It should be delivered today. Bill of lading shows 490lbs. I'll be adding a diverter valve to get the 3rd function on the loader too. I'll throw some pictures up later for others that may be interested. I'll put up some pictures of the valve install too.
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Took about a week to process the order, then about three days to ship to Iowa. It was delivered by R&L Carriers. They gave me a window between 10AM-4PM that it would be delivered and the driver gave me about a 30 min heads up. Little difficult when you work away from home, but made it work out. It came wire banded to a regular pallet. Was able to use the loader quicktach to pick it off the semi.
Overall, I'm really impressed for the price. Welds are mostly good, with the exception of the quicktach pins not having full beads, but I don't foresee this being an issue down the road. Paint is ok, could be better as they missed a couple small spots on the bottom. No issues with fitment on the JD loader mounts. I think I'll be happy I went with the 60" version and not anything bigger.
My 4600 has a third SCV already mounted, but doesn't have the lines or cables to actuate it. JD used to sell a kit, but it puts the lever up on the right fender. I would rather have a button on the joystick, so I'm going my own route with a diverter setup. Ended up doing hoses for the loader instead of hardline too. I'll put up a final list later, but think I'll have ~$140 for the valve, ~$140 for fittings/hoses, and another ~$50 or so for the electronic bits.
Overall, I'm really impressed for the price. Welds are mostly good, with the exception of the quicktach pins not having full beads, but I don't foresee this being an issue down the road. Paint is ok, could be better as they missed a couple small spots on the bottom. No issues with fitment on the JD loader mounts. I think I'll be happy I went with the 60" version and not anything bigger.
My 4600 has a third SCV already mounted, but doesn't have the lines or cables to actuate it. JD used to sell a kit, but it puts the lever up on the right fender. I would rather have a button on the joystick, so I'm going my own route with a diverter setup. Ended up doing hoses for the loader instead of hardline too. I'll put up a final list later, but think I'll have ~$140 for the valve, ~$140 for fittings/hoses, and another ~$50 or so for the electronic bits.
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thekkfan
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I love my MTL. Used it again yesterday to remove two piles of slabs and a decent size brush pile.
Hope you like it after some hours in the seat.
Hope you like it after some hours in the seat.
thekkfan
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... also Pic #1: you may want to get that grill guard filled in a little better before your JD loses an eye! :laughing:
lt190b
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Was there an extra charge for delivery to your home?
EverythingAttachments
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They better hope mother Deere doesn't pay attention to their paint scheme...
Travis
Deere Wins Trademark Lawsuit in Protection of Green and Yellow Colors
Travis
Deere Wins Trademark Lawsuit in Protection of Green and Yellow Colors
TheMadOne
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Things like that can get muddy. Deere went after FIMCO specifically because they were trying to create a brand association. If MTL only sold green with yellow decals the same could be argued, and that looks like what they're doing with the JD attach grapple, but IANAL. I know that the onus is on JD to defend their trademark, less they end up loosing it.
thekkfan
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Correct, they offer black, orange, or green. Its not their exclusive color for their grapple line.
@lt190b Delivery was $60. Either that or deliver to my wife's place of work and have to deal with fitting it in the pickup. I didn't have a clue what size container it would be coming in, so went the easy route and shipped to (rural) residential. I found the prices on their website to be slightly better than their eBay store. Unless you find a xx% off eBay coupon, but I was tired of waiting.
For those of you that have gone the diverter route, would you prefer the grapple function to be split with the loader or bucket circuit? I think I have room to plumb it up either way... Can't decide if I would rather have loader/bucket and loader/grapple control or loader/bucket and bucket/grapple control.
She could use a bath too! Maybe someday soon now that this winter is almost over.
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Got to work a little on installing the diverter circuit. Cut up some angle iron to make a bulkhead for quick connects at the end of the loader. Drilled a hole to mount a button in the handle and carefully drilled a small hole to route wires through. Hopefully get around to mounting the valve next week.
Got everything buttoned up tonight. Had to rebend a couple of the hardlines to fit the valve placement. Really happy how the line routing turned out and how the valve is tucked in close to the tractor. I'll need to practice a bit to get a full grab.
goeduck
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Looks real good and you saved a lot of money over some of the Brand X grapples out there to boot. Grapples are fairly basic, no sense spending too much on them. :thumbsup:
