When I initially took my ideas from the sketch pad to the CAD program, I added a grapple to the design. I thought I would try it in the raw bucket mode for a while before I added another hydraulic circuit for the grapple. After useing it for a while, I don't think I will add a grapple now as I have had very little trouble getting and keeping debris on the forks. The stumps with the really big rootwads can be a little tricky but so far they have all went without me having to leave the seat to hand load the bucket. If I had it to do again, I would configure it to provide a little more rollback with the bucket fully lowered.