Poopdeck Pappy
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- Kioti DK50SE Cab, Kubota BX23, Kubota BX2660, Grasshopper 729BT
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This reply took me about 15 minutes to type because I sold a 60" Wicked Grapple right in the middle of it! :thumbsup:
Travis
That was me ordering the grapple. ****, if I knew you were working on one with a larger opening I might have waited:confused3:
Something is already in the works.After some talking and thinking with Ted this morning, he is now at the drawing board.
It will not be a redesign of our current models, but a new model that is a cross between our 50" single lid and our larger dual lid wicked grapples.
This reply took me about 15 minutes to type because I sold a 60" Wicked Grapple right in the middle of it! :thumbsup:
Travis
I think this is wise. You have hit the mark for small tractors with limited lift. Now would be the time to make something for those of us that have larger tractors with greater lift and larger and more loads to move. I just could not live with a 30" opening.
I do hope they keep it at 50" wide though. There are many choices with wider grapples but only a handful of traditional knockoff designed narrow (48-50") grapples that are appropriate for under 50hp tractors. A fresh rethink of a 48-50" grapple taking into account some of the features (intermediate tines, wide single upper jaw) of the EA 50 but a little beefier (3/8" mild steel) would certainly get a lot of attention (especially with EA's aggressive marketing and shipping policies). Most of the competition (exception is WRLong) are really just smallish welding shops knocking off traditional designs with little imagination. EA can do better.
Totally agree. The most useful grapple is ~48" wide with one lid, lightweight and a large opening of ~45". It doesn't get much better than that.
I think you just described the W.R. Long OBG-2 48". I'm thinking about what grapple to get when I'm done with my stump grapple. If ETA doesn't have something with a wider opening by then, I'd probably get the OBG-2 48".