cyberknight
Member
Hi All,
I am somewhat of a new guy here and this is my first post so I hope it is in the correct section of TBN. I have a BX23 with Fel and Back Hoe and many other assorted attachments.
I have just bought and installed a very nice Grapple made by American Solutions. I was going to build my own but no time and then I read Berniep's good write up, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69176&page=3 ,about it so I got one. It is a very nice unit and installed in 2 hours or so with no problems. I tested it on a huge pile of brush and trees and it worked super well and saved so much time. Before I had to slide the piles around but now it is just load up grab it and off to the burn pile it goes. The one I received is a newer model and has adjustable mounting brackets for different bucket widths otherwise I think it is the same as Bernie's and mounted the same way. The hardest part was finding a mounting location for the switch. I was going to do the joy stick mount but decided to do my idea first. I mounted a NAPA Heavy Duty Pushbutton switch on the left floor board on the roll part. There is a hole in the back of the battery box that I could get the wire threw to the battery hook up. My left foot was getting bored so now it has a job also and it works out well. I still may go with the joy stick mount but I was in a rush to try it out.
I also put a Hubble two prong Twist Lock Plug at the FEL hydralic disconnect ports to make it easy to unplug the solenoid wires.
I am very pleased with the Grapple and Jeff at American Solutions was very nice to work with. I also got his Loader Level which is so much nicer then Kubota's bracket idea. It also went on with no problem. I Know you guys always want pics so this will be my first try at that also.
Glenn
P.S. I hope I did this right !!!!!!!!!!
I am somewhat of a new guy here and this is my first post so I hope it is in the correct section of TBN. I have a BX23 with Fel and Back Hoe and many other assorted attachments.
I have just bought and installed a very nice Grapple made by American Solutions. I was going to build my own but no time and then I read Berniep's good write up, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69176&page=3 ,about it so I got one. It is a very nice unit and installed in 2 hours or so with no problems. I tested it on a huge pile of brush and trees and it worked super well and saved so much time. Before I had to slide the piles around but now it is just load up grab it and off to the burn pile it goes. The one I received is a newer model and has adjustable mounting brackets for different bucket widths otherwise I think it is the same as Bernie's and mounted the same way. The hardest part was finding a mounting location for the switch. I was going to do the joy stick mount but decided to do my idea first. I mounted a NAPA Heavy Duty Pushbutton switch on the left floor board on the roll part. There is a hole in the back of the battery box that I could get the wire threw to the battery hook up. My left foot was getting bored so now it has a job also and it works out well. I still may go with the joy stick mount but I was in a rush to try it out.
I also put a Hubble two prong Twist Lock Plug at the FEL hydralic disconnect ports to make it easy to unplug the solenoid wires.
I am very pleased with the Grapple and Jeff at American Solutions was very nice to work with. I also got his Loader Level which is so much nicer then Kubota's bracket idea. It also went on with no problem. I Know you guys always want pics so this will be my first try at that also.
Glenn
P.S. I hope I did this right !!!!!!!!!!
