Grapple New 6 function grapple

[MadDogDriver]

What are you going to use the bull for? The screen in front is curious. What is that for? It looks like the grill/screen will snag brush so it might be difficult to cleanly or quickly drop a load of brush once you've loaded the thing.

Be careful with those hydraulic lines too. They are in a pretty vulnerable spot. When you crush brush/wood, sometimes it will pop through the upper tines and those lines that are not behind the screen are unprotected.

I envision using the screen function to separate out our rocks from the soil. We live at the base of Mt. Ranier and all the land out here is FULL of all sizes of rocks. The screen will be invaluable to us for that reason alone. We also have a couple of fair size compost piles and the screen will be very usefull in separating the refined compost from the rest of material that still needs to decompose more.

I haven't had a chance to fully evaluate it yet, especially with REAL brush. The demo video showed it grabbing a mouthful of brush and having no problems. I suspect if we'd get deep into the woods there might be a problem???? Right now I don't have that environment to deal with, so I'm not worried about that. My needs are more related to sifting, spreading, raking, sorting, and lifting for now. The size and type steel used is outstanding for the big components. The screen is obviously the weakest part, but I guess I'll have to find out. Also the rake is very stout and looks like those on the front end of road graders. The demo video showed it doing a nice job.

The only hoses that are "exposed" are the two that lead into the T that is behind the screen. Those two hoses are inline with the aft side of the center spar. We'll just have to keep an eye on them when getting rambunctious with the grapple.

Can't wait to put it to the test. We'll post photos with the review.

 

[MadDogDriver]

Gee whiz, I think it'd even make Julienne fries!!!

Nice looking unit. I bet it'd even keep the grandkids out of trouble for a while.

Now that's an idea! With over 24,000 ftlbs of crushing force I think only Superbaby (Kal-El ?) might get out.

When we were wee little ones my Dad would turn the play pen upside down on top of us to keep us ready for church as they'd get the rest of us ready. You don't really appreciate your folks until you have children of your own. Mom & Dad were busy having four of us in five years, therefore the need of the inverted play pen.

 

[lopezian]

Has anyone come across any more contact info for "Pour Tortured Manufacturing"? Yeah, I could write to them, but surely they have a phone number, right??

I can't find any trace of them on the web and google business lookup doesn't know a thing about them. I'm afraid that if I call my dealer he is not going to know anything about them, and then he'll try to sell me one of his grapples instead.

 

[MadDogDriver]

Has anyone come across any more contact info for "Pour Tortured Manufacturing"? Yeah, I could write to them, but surely they have a phone number, right??

I can't find any trace of them on the web and google business lookup doesn't know a thing about them. I'm afraid that if I call my dealer he is not going to know anything about them, and then he'll try to sell me one of his grapples instead.

The only way I'm aware of getting their grapple's is through a dealer. If you're having no luck with your local dealer then try the manager at Brim Tractor in Sumner,WA. 888-863-9004. Ask for Nathan.

 

[EquipmentJunkie]

That grapple looks pretty cool. I am impressed with the concept.

What is the price tag, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[MadDogDriver]

That grapple looks pretty cool. I am impressed with the concept.

What is the price tag, if you don't mind me asking?

Pricey! $2500 was a recent quote from the dealer.

 

[IslandTractor]

Pricey! $2500 was a recent quote from the dealer.

Wow! That is three and a half times more than my grapple cost. Gotta have a real good reason to need whatever the special features are with this thing to justify it over a standard brush/root grapple I guess.

 

[EquipmentJunkie]

That price is about what I expected. A lot of tools seem expensive until you use them and realize how much time that they save.

 

[IslandTractor]

That price is about what I expected. A lot of tools seem expensive until you use them and realize how much time that they save.

I agree but that is still very expensive considering it is essentially a grapple bucket which can be fabricated for only $500 more than the cost of a bucket. When a grapple bucket costs more than a full grapple, you gotta wonder what the special function is that justifies the premium.

 

[john_bud]

I agree but that is still very expensive considering it is essentially a grapple bucket which can be fabricated for only $500 more than the cost of a bucket. When a grapple bucket costs more than a full grapple, you gotta wonder what the special function is that justifies the premium.

Special function? I thought that was obvious! Able to pull money out of your wallet at an incredible rate.


;-) LOL!

Looks good, but it is a bit on the high side - then again, I'm so tight I squeak when I walk...

jb