Unlimitied Fabrication Grapple, Forks, Spear, & QA plate..got em!

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Slippy

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Picked up my Unlimited Fabrications Skid Steer loader attachments from the freight terminal last night. They were shipped at about 4:00 on Thursday and by lunch time on Friday they arrived in the freight terminal.

Roger and Ronnie at UF are both very nice and answered all my questions in my 6plus calls before I bought. I did look at all the rest and there are many very nice grapples out there. But for me and my purposes, I think the UF will work the best. Looked over closely all the welds and workmanship. All looks to be top notch (although I am not a welding expert in the least).

Grapple: Heavy Duty 63" w/ bolt on rod covers, weight approx. 600lbs.

Forks: 48" high back rated at 4000lbs

Spear: High back 3 prong

Universal QA plate: 1/2 inch steel

I can't believe how easy and simple the whole concept of QA is. I am sorry I did not do this a long time ago. Just playing around, within minutes I changed out my bucket, spear and forks. I just can't say enough about how simple it is. It takes longer to get off the tractor and flip the levers than it does the rest.

A very good dealer fabricated a bracket to attach the WR Long 3rd remote to my Mahindra. He is going to refabricate my bucket to accept the QA plate and install the QA kit on the tractor. See picture 14 for a shot of the QA kit as well. The New Holland gets a 3 remote after that.

My thanks to all of you who have posted on these subjects and replied to my actual posts over the months during my review of the choices and considerations in purchasing the product.

Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I will enjoy the product!
 

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   / Unlimitied Fabrication Grapple, Forks, Spear, & QA plate..got em! #2  
Nice collection. Like the cylinder covers on grapple.
 
   / Unlimitied Fabrication Grapple, Forks, Spear, & QA plate..got em!
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Checked the shipping document and it lists the grapple at 859lbs. Can't believe it. Was not on a skid when I saw it on floor of the freight company. I might check with UF again, but I know they told me something around 600lbs.
 
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Looks like a great collection of tools. Show us more pictures once they are dirty.:)
 
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Did you obtain the QA plate from UF also. Do you mind if I ask the $$
 
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QA plates can be had from many sources for about $150-165 plus shipping. Check out ebay and northern tools for starters. They are sold as 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch types. I had never heard of a 1/2 inch QA plate for a CUT before this thread.
 
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The plate came from UF and was between $100 and $125. I got 4 items from Unlimited Fabricationsand at the same time so I can't remember the exact price break down. Some of the other plates I looked at were just a rectangle frame with no backing. This plate is solid. As shown in the picture, it is 1/2" steel frame. There were some less expensive and some more expensive, but none I found built like this.
 
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Here is a picture showing the 1/2" thickness. UF makes a lot of there stuff for skid loaders. I suspect that is why they are built as solid as they are. The grapple comes with flat face connectors, which are different from what is typically found on ag equipment. Thats all they have. Knowing what I get into, I did not want to take a chance on bending or breaking something. If the tractor can't move it or lift it, that is one thing, but if it can lift it, I don't want it to drop it. Yes, it might be a little over kill, yes it adds a little more weight, but that ok for me.
 

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Slippy said:
Here is a picture showing the 1/2" thickness. ..... Yes, it might be a little over kill, yes it adds a little more weight, but that ok for me.

So long as you are happy with the weight that is certainly going to do the job. I personally don't think most CUTs need much more than a 1/4 inch plate as that is the sort of steel that is used in standard buckets etc. You got a good deal on it though so the extra weight is the only potential downside.
 
 

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