Shivering Kioti

[jake98]

A couple shots of my new, too big, unlimited fabrication root grapple. These are sold under a few (5?) websites in Denton, NC. I'm considering cutting it in half and selling one side...
Jake

 

[IXLR8]

Hmm... I don't see any shots of anything.

 

[jake98]

you gotta give me a second...

 

[40_acre_mule]

That ain't too big, the tractor's too small!

 

[jake98]

you know how to hurt a guy.

 

[TBDonnelly]

That ain't too big, the tractor's too small!

Yep, it's all in the way you look at it.

Looks like my tractor. CK30?

Don

 

[jake98]

I bought the CK25, the CK30 came with the rear hydraulics so I figured I'd wait so it would cost a little more to have them installed later, and be a little bit of a bigger pain...
Jake

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Most guys use their grapples on the front.
Here is a pic of the 1st rock that I moved with mine.

 

[Rara Avis]

Most guys use their grapples on the front.
Here is a pic of the 1st rock that I moved with mine.

That's just because he doesn't want anything falling on his tractor's grill/hood area...

By the way that rock you moved was part of the historical scenery...please replace it...

 

[jake98]

that rock does look pretty old.

 

[firemanpat2910]

as compared too????

 

[RollTideRam]

Nice grapple, but I missed the pics of the Skid Steer you are putting it on. How much does the beast weigh? JC

 

[MtnViewRanch]

that rock does look pretty old.

It was just the lighting, in bright sun light it doesn't look half its age.

 

[AndyMA]

Are you going to use the grapple? How wide is it. Is it for sale?

Andy

 

[jake98]

I hear it's 600# or thereabouts.

 

[IslandTractor]

I hear it's 600# or thereabouts.

Hey, that's only half your total lift capacity. I thought it would be worse. You could still use it to move brush so long as you don't fill it too full.

I figure you can either trade the grapple on a smaller one or trade the Kioti for a bigger one or a skidsteer. DK40se would handle that grapple nicely.

Does it have a universal skid steer mount or a Kioti pin mount?

 

[RedRocker]

That's why I went with the Millonzi, light and bullet proof.

 

[jake98]

I may have been panic-ing too soon. I had it made for the Kioti loader pins. Probably could be lightened up a bit too.

 

[Bob_Young]

Was it made by Acme?

Great little accessory....for a Maxxum 130

 

[IslandTractor]

I may have been panic-ing too soon. I had it made for the Kioti loader pins. Probably could be lightened up a bit too.

Before you "lighten" it up, I would think twice. Here is my argument: if you cut away any of the tines to lighten the grapple you will effectively destroy it's resale value. No one will pay a good price for a hacked grapple. You are stuck with the Kioti pin mount and as that fits only the KL120 and KL130 no one (in their right mind) would want to buy such a heavy grapple from you. However, it would cost very little to cut off the Kioti pin mount and weld on a universal skid steer mount. If you did that I'd guess you could get something in the range of $1200-1400 for this grapple as it would essentially be a brand new heavy duty skidsteer tool. Lots of skidsteer guys would like to have one. It would also be appropriate for someone with a loader with lift capacity of >1500lbs. If you sell it for that amount, you could just turn around and order an appropriately sized grapple from either Millonzi (less than $1000 shipped I believe for the 48"LD that I have) or the RGB2 48 or 60" model from WRLong via a dealer (probably cost you $1500 or so). Benefit is that you would end up with an excellent grapple of appropriate weight for your loader that still has very good resale if you ever decide to sell it. Also you are not spending a lot of time butchering a perfectly good heavy duty grapple that still might be too heavy even if you cut out half the tines (there are only 8 in your picture so you'll be lucky to get the total weight down to 500lbs). If you can weld you can attach a universal skidsteer mount to the heavy duty grapple for about $50-75 bucks. If you cannot weld it will cost an extra hundred. No biggie. Frankly, if you go the Millonzi route you might even save some money given the difference in the cost and what you are likely to get for your perfectly new heavy duty grapple on the "used" market with eBay or Craig's List.