Question About Adding a Grapple

[Believer]

When one adds a grapple to a FEL and adds a hydraulic circuit to operate the grapple, does one of the FEL functions toggle with the grapple (hydraulically)?

 

[jdfire]

Depends on how you want to plumb the new hydraulic circuit. You could plumb it with a diverter, which would toggle one of your FEL circuits when a button is pressed, or you could plumb a third function which could be also be operated electrically (but independently). Lots of great info on the forum on these two options.

 

[dangerdoc]

When one adds a grapple to a FEL and adds a hydraulic circuit to operate the grapple, does one of the FEL functions toggle with the grapple (hydraulically)?

I simply added a circuit to the power beyond. When the joystick is in neutral position, full hydraulic flow goes to the grapple. Works for me because I can't reach the sticks with my left hand which means the joystick is always in neutral position when I use the grapple valve.


I can see how having electric over hydraulic with the button on the joystick would be usefull but it wasn't in my budget.

 

[3RRL]

There are many, many threads about adding a grapple or bucket grapple in the Hydraulics section.
Here is one which is where my wife and I added a bucket grapple to her tractor:
My Very Own Grapples
It starts out with Loretta making the grapple jaws and gets into hooking up the hydraulics.
Rob-

 

[pitt_md]

I use the additional hydraulic circut and controls for other thing besides a grapple so I recomend going that route IF you might need to run other hydraulic stuff.