Grapple Rock grapple

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jhb

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Did a search, and nothing on TBN about this. What I am looking for is (after some research) an orange peel style rock grapple, only much smaller than what you can find here:
Rock grapple

Since I have Kubota BX23, I need something MUCH smaller, more the size of "ice tongs", and probably does not need to be hydraulic, I thought that on offset lift system that would use the weight of the rock to close the tines might be sufficient.

I might try and fabricate this, but was wondering if NE1 has seen this. I was orginally shying away from a thumb on my backhoe, but am now wondering if I am overthinking this problem. Does NE1 know of a backhoe grapple for BX sized tractors like: grapple

I like the idea of the orange peel grapple because if I hang it from the bucket on a chain, I can spin and guide the stone where I want when building stone walls.

TIA
 
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Here's something similar I posted back in September:

Rock Grapple Post

Worked pretty well when I was building my rock wall. Be careful lifting heavy rocks without a decent counterweight on your tractor. I used a 355lb box scraper on my little BX2230.
 
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That is wht I am thinking about. Did you build this yourself?
 
 

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