PT425 lift capacity

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Since this thread is "PT425 lift capacity", here are a few pictures of what The Great And Powerful Grapple Bucket will do!!


Now it's time to grab that entire tree top and move it over to be burned or chipped! Notice that it is completely off the ground being held by the grapple teeth and fangs!!

Moving with this load held high wasn't at all tipsy due to the low, wide stance of the PT. (Even so, I drive with one hand on the suicide knob, and the other on the joystick, ready to drop the load should something unusual happen.)

Someone could do some of this work with just Forks or a Bucket, but it would be hard, real hard!!


PS: That's my daughter posing behind the wheel! Yesterday Lara, 26, won a Gold Medal in Team Basketball at the North Carolina Special Olympics!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


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[MossRoad]

Awsome log lift photos! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Keep that load low /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

And congratulations to your daughter, too! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[toolz_not_toyz]

Fourteen. Thanks for the pics.

So the square lights are your own custom modification then? And I assume the same for the amber warning light on the back. Did you add a reverse warning beeper too?

What's with the paint job? Is that your work too? Looks awesome!

 

[toolz_not_toyz]

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Never mind. Just read your post on that! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

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/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I take all the credit, and all the blame!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Yes!! The reverse warning beeper sounds like this: "HEY!! GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY!!" It seems to work quite well!!



Now we clamp on the Stump Grinder for that finishing touch!



Attachment: Stump Grinder.

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[jol1269]

well it is a 79 pickem up truck 2 wd not sure of what it weighs but it is heavy my 425 also has that small cutout area between the lift cylinders not sure of why they did that surely not to save money on the steel prices .i also like the photos of the log lifting with the grapple bucket i honestly didnt think that bucket would have been that strong after seeing it at tazewell , owell never judge a book by its cover /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[jol1269]

ohhh yeah mr i also have the added benefit or detriment of weighing 320 lbs wonder if that has anything to do with it all that extra counterweight /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[jol1269]

ok im not the smartest guy on here but exactley what is borium and how and where do you get it /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[toy]

That is a pretty big log, I don't have a grapple bucket but I use my minie hoe to stack brush. If you had a choice of a grapple bucket verses a grapple forklift which would you choose.

 

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I'm not sure what you mean by a "grapple fork lift"!

I do have Forks for my PT, and have moved some logs with them, but it is a continual balancing act. I wouldn't have been able to move that big log over the rough forest floor non-stop and feel as safe and secure as I did!! Because of their lighter weight, the Forks can lift a little more, but then what!!??!! Brush?? Forget it!!

When you buy the Grapple Bucket, you get a HD Bucket with Rock Teeth for free! It also works well as a Man Lift! Needless to say the Grapple Bucket is the favorite
of my 7 attachments, and is used for ~80% of my jobs!



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